Enrolments and Team Formation

• Students will be automatically assigned to either A or B groups when they enroll in any IST course (depending on their IST ID); you can't choose which group you belong to!
• Each group should attend in-person classes every two weeks; In this course, you only need to attend studios
• For project #2 and #3 you will work in teams of 4 people (ideally); 2 students from the A group and 2 students from the B group; we will deal with exceptions on a case-by-case analysis
• This means that during studios, half the team will be attending in-person and the other half will be remote
• The first couple of weeks will be used to define the teams; you can use our Discord server (see next sub-section) to find a team

Technologies

• Zoom - We will Zoom for lectures and studios. If this is new for you, check IST's recommendations on how to use the platform
• Discord (https://discord.com/) - We will use Discord to facilitate communication between all students, teams, and faculty. Discord is particularly useful for asynchronous communication and ad-hoc video conference. We will send a link to our discord server to all enrolled students.

Lectures

• We will use Zoom for all lectures; that is, all lectures will be offered via videoconference
• Faculty will frequently use Break Out Rooms to assign various group tasks during lectures
• All lectures (video and slides) will be made available afterward
• A Discord server will be used as a secondary communication channel in case Zoom fails
• Please check the Lectures webpage to enter the Zoom meeting

Studios

• Studio sessions should be attended by all students
• Each team will have half of its member in-person (either A or B); the other half will be working remotely
• It is crucial that we take all the necessary precautions during these sessions (e.g. social distance, hand hygiene, wear a face mask, etc.)

Office Hours

• Office hours will be offered via videoconference
• You should schedule your timeslot with faculty (via Discord or email) the day before

Evaluation

• The evaluation method in this course is solely based on projects (1 individual project and 2 group projects)
• Most evaluations will take place during the studio sessions
• Presence is mandatory in the studios that will be evaluated
• Students that are allowed to go to classes that week (either A or B) need to attend the studio in-person (unless otherwise authorized by the Graduation Office, e.g., at-risk students). The remaining students need to be online.