ME132a TA-Instructor Meeting, Winter 2011: Difference between revisions
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== Course Preparation == | == Course Preparation == | ||
=== Course Organization === | === Course Organization === | ||
* Homework | |||
** How many: 1 per week? 1 per module? | |||
** Due date: 1 week later? When will the first homework be assigned? | |||
** How to turn in: box in Steele? Thomas? | |||
** Office hours: once or twice per assignment? | |||
** Grading: when? how (percentage, late hw)? | |||
* Midterm/Final | |||
** Is there one? | |||
** Percentage? | |||
* Web page, mailing list | |||
** Where to set up the web page: Murray Wiki? IMSS? Andrea/Shuo's site? | |||
** Format: plain HTML? Wiki? | |||
** Upload: by TA (probably easier)? by instructors? | |||
** Access (incl. solutions, hw sets, lecture notes): outside Caltech OK? enrolled student only? | |||
** Mailing list: email IMSS to set up one? | |||
* Honor code | |||
** Collaboration policy: hw? lab? exams? (cf. [[CDS_101/110a,_Fall_2008]]) | |||
** Use of other materials: previous hw solns, other textbooks | |||
* Textbooks/references? | |||
* Prerequisites? | |||
=== Platform === | === Platform === | ||
* Which robots we are going to use (ER-1 from Joel's lab vs Pioneers from JPL) | * Which robots we are going to use (ER-1 from Joel's lab vs Pioneers from JPL) |
Revision as of 12:48, 16 December 2010
This page is used for facilitating discussion between the instructors and TAs of ME/CS 132a (Winter 2010). Please note that the content of this page is open to the public.
Course Preparation
Course Organization
- Homework
- How many: 1 per week? 1 per module?
- Due date: 1 week later? When will the first homework be assigned?
- How to turn in: box in Steele? Thomas?
- Office hours: once or twice per assignment?
- Grading: when? how (percentage, late hw)?
- Midterm/Final
- Is there one?
- Percentage?
- Web page, mailing list
- Where to set up the web page: Murray Wiki? IMSS? Andrea/Shuo's site?
- Format: plain HTML? Wiki?
- Upload: by TA (probably easier)? by instructors?
- Access (incl. solutions, hw sets, lecture notes): outside Caltech OK? enrolled student only?
- Mailing list: email IMSS to set up one?
- Honor code
- Collaboration policy: hw? lab? exams? (cf. CDS_101/110a,_Fall_2008)
- Use of other materials: previous hw solns, other textbooks
- Textbooks/references?
- Prerequisites?
Platform
- Which robots we are going to use (ER-1 from Joel's lab vs Pioneers from JPL)
- ER-1: there is some maintenance to do. The unit I was using summer had a motor controller failure. We have bought the
replacement, but haven't installed yet (it is not a 5 minute thing, as the software driver has changed, so there will be a little tinkering required).
- Software stack.
- What interface/drivers do you want people to work with? (player, ROS, ...)
- What would be the format for data files? (HDF, carmen, ...)
- Labs organization
- For example, the first lab assignment: Should I give them a charged robot with installed drivers, and let them write the software to collect the log? Or should I write all the software and let them collect the log? Is this done as a group (all the students together), as many small groups, or once for individual students?
- Matlab vs. Python