Help Sessions

What are Help Sessions?

Help Sessions are certain times during the week when the instructor, TA or LA are available to answer questions outside of schduled class meeting times.

What can I ask for help on?

Pretty much anything related to the course, or about learning programmming in general. The instructional staff will not give you solutions outright, but will encourage you to think and reason out the solution yourself by asking pointed quiestions or by explaining concepts you might be stuck on.

Are these only for homework help?

No. You can get help on the homework assignments, but you can also get help on anything else course-related. We will help you with concepts and topics covered in the lessons, managing the time for the course, etc.

Should I only approach the TA/LA's in my discussion session?

No. You may approach the instructor or any of the TA's or LA's for help.

Can I ask questions about grading?

All grading questions should be brought to the TA who graded that assignement or the instructor.

How do I go to the Help Sessions?

The Love Building, where most of these will eventually be held is currently under renovation. We will continually announce where the in-person Help Sessions will be on this page and through a course announcement. In the meantime, we will hold Help Sessions virtually.

How do I access the Virtual Help Sessions?

To give simultaneos access to all the 3 lectures, we have created a SEPARATE Canvas Organization Site called "COP3014 Help Sessions". To access virtual Help Sessions you MUST Self-Enroll in that Canvas site, which you can do by clicking on this link

Once you have self-enrolled, you can click on the Zoom tab, which will show all the upcmoing Help Sessions

What if I don't see a Zoom link for a Help Session?

Some of us don't schedule the Help Sessions weeks in advance. The links will show up in time for the session, unless you get a Course Announcement saying the session has been moved, usually due to some emergent event.

Why do some of the table entries say "TBA"?

This means the particular detail (usually the location of a TA/LA's office) is not available yet, due to renovations of the Love Building. The location will eventually show up. At that point, these will become IN-PERSON help sessions and the individual will no longer be online at the time. In the meantime, those help sessions will be virtual.

Why are a lot of these on Tuesday or Thursday?

The TA's and LA's carry a full course load of their own classes. Most of those happended to be scheduled on MWF too, so they're available on T/TH for Help Sessions

Are there any other ways to get help?

• Visit ACE Tutoring
• Email the instructional staff
• Schedule a one-on-one appointment. However, these depend on the availability of the instructor, TA's or LA's. The instructional staff is having an exceptionally busy term, so we ask that you reserve this for serious matters.

Can I get help from anywhere else?

That is NOT recommended. Outside sources are usually unverifed, and might lead you wrong. Or, they might be unaware of the assessments in this course or the couurse policy. Collaboration outside of the in-class exercises is NOT ALLOWED according to the syllabus.