Instructions and support for teachers and TAs at CS department

A+

• online instructions:
  • learn about A+ at What is A+? and benefit from the A+ manual
  • Aplus orientation for TAs and interns with development tasks
  • read at least this one: instructions for needed course personnel and recommended schedule for creating and running courses in A+
• training:
  • orientation to new teachers and TAs in online meetings
  • training for technical TAs in courses
• request course instances: use the Requests for course instances
• support: aplusguru@cs.aalto.fi
  • (on daily basis during Mon-Fri office hours followed together in EDIT and CS IT) 
  • remember to tell the course name, instance and repo URL in the message - providing all the background information makes it easier for us to come with responses
  • URGENT questions (e.g. if the exam is about to start and there seems to be a technical issue)? Use the label TIME-CRITICAL in the subject field of your email message! We aim at reacting to these issues asap (Mon-Fri office hours).
  • Complex questions? Feel free to suggest an online meeting! In complex needs it is easier to solve the issues in a discussion
• Discussion:
  • join the Teams team A+ support channel for teachers in Aalto Teams (Aalto external users; send us an email to aplusguru, and we'll add you there!)
  • join the CS department Teams team Aalto Computer Science and there the channels Educational technology and Events (only for CS department staff)
• follow what's going on
  
  • Join the mailing list apluslms-cs@aalto.fi by sending an email to aplusguru
  • follow the changes in this wiki (log in → click on the "Watch" icon in the upper right corner and choose what you want to watch)
  • read the CS news weekly newsletter
  • join the release webinars
  • follow Github
• Influence on A+ future at Aalto:
  
  • join the Educational technology Task force, and join the Steering group
  • create an issue in Github at https://github.com/apluslms/a-plus/issues!

JupyterHub

• online instructions: https://scicomp.aalto.fi/aalto/jupyterhub/
• Instructor guide: https://scicomp.aalto.fi/aalto/jupyterhub-instructors/
• request course instances: use the Requests for course instances
• Support: guru@cs.aalto.fi (remember to tell the course name in the message)
• Discussion: join the Teams team JupyterHub teaching Q&A!
• Influence on JupyterHub future at Aalto: Join the task force! See the task force page JupyterHub (visible for CS faculty only)

Zulip (these instructions apply for spring 2021, and will be edited after that)

• online instructions: https://scicomp.aalto.fi/aalto/zulip/
• request chat instances: use the Requests for course instances
• Support: guru@cs.aalto.fi (remember to tell the chat url in the message)
• discussion: https://scicomp.zulip.cs.aalto.fi/ (#zulip-support, #zulip-feedback, #zulip-announcements)
• Influence on Zulip future at Aalto: read Finding solutions for course online discussion needs and give feedback during spring 2021 when the questionnaire is open!

Other technologies needed or used in teaching, and asking for ideas

• contact EDIT team leader Anni Rytkönen by email (@aalto.fi), phone (0504155301) or a calendar invitation!