15-300 Fall '17
Notes on Assignments and Quizzes

Assignment 1 (pdf)

• Issued on Friday, September 1st.
• Presentation practice video due Friday, September 15th
• Peer feedback due Monday, September 18th.
  • We have provided guidance for evaluating the talk videos in PDF and Word form.
• Oral presentations due on Friday, September 22nd.
• Written summary due on Friday, September 29th.

Assignment 2 (pdf)

• Issued on Friday, September 15th.
• Rubric guidance (pdf)
• Recitation notes on how to write a good critique (pdf)
• Due dates:
  • Paper registration due: Tuesday, September 26th, noon.
    • Register your papers
    • See what has been submitted already (plus your approval status)
  • First Referee Report due:
    • Monday, October 2nd, noon
  • All Referee Reports due:
    • Monday, October 9th, noon
  • Complete First Draft of Critique due: Friday, October 13th, noon
    • Example LaTeX source for your critique. ZIP file of directory
  • Final Draft of Critique due: Monday, October 23rd, noon

Assignment 3 (pdf)

• Issued on Friday, October 6th.
• Have a look at project ideas proposed by SCS faculty and Ph.D. students. Of course, you can talk with any faculty member in SCS about any project, so these are just starting points!
• Fill out the Project Search Update form by Tuesday, October 10th at 5pm.
• Fill out the Project Search Update form again on Thursday, October 19th by 5pm.
• Meet with instructors between October 19th and 25th to discuss your progress (scheduling information will be forthcoming)
• Oral presentation practice video due at noon on October 27th.
• Oral presentations due on October 30th; they will be given in recitation that week and the following week.
• Written summary due on Friday, November 3rd at noon.
• Lecture slides describing the assignment: 1up,

Assignment 4 (pdf)

• Issued on Tuesday, November 14th.
• Form for registering your group and topic (due Tuesday, November 28th, noon: https://goo.gl/forms/3rC4qJLqBR1vO13y2
• Dry runs during recitations, week of December 4th.
• Final presentations in class on December 8th.

Assignment 5 (pdf)

• Due on Monday, December 18th, 10:00am.

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