Teaching a Computer Lab

1
Teaching a Computer Lab

• Getting started
• Course management
• In the lab

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Getting Started

• Get a CATS account.
• Consider fowarding your email.
• How do I? http//ic.ucsc.edu/docs/howdoi
• More faculty resources http//www.ic.ucsc.edu/f
  aculty/

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Course Management

• Turning in homework with submit
• Using AFS
• Course/Class directory
• Newsgroups

4
Submitting Programs

• man submit
• submit cmps012a-cm hw1 Code.java
• puts Code.java in /afs/cats/class/cmps012a-cm/hw1
  /username
• peek, accept_homework, noaccept_homework
• suggest moving hwX to .LOCKED
• students can actually use regular unix commands
  (e.g. mv, rm) on their on hw subdir
• .log in hwX dir logs all submits with md5
  signatures

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AFS

• http//www2.ucsc.edu/cats/sc/help/unix/afs
• unix chmod has not affect

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Course and Class Directory

• Instructor requests it http//www2.ucsc.edu/cats/s
  c/services/courselocker.shtml
• /afs/cats/class/cmpXXXX-cm is the class homework
  directory
• /afs/cats/courses/cmpXXXX-cm is the class
  directory for file distribution
• /afs/cats/courses/cmpXXXX-cm/public_html can be
  used as a web site and maps to http//www2.ucsc.ed
  u/courses/cmpXXXX-cm
• .htaccess and .htpasswd for web page control
  http//apache-server.com/tutorials/ATusing-htacces
  s.html

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Class Newsgroup

• Instructor should request ithttp//www2.ucsc.edu/
  cats/sc/services/newsgroup.shtml
• Cant be accessed from outside ucsc.edu.
• Use ssh and run netscape on cats.
• Use text only such as trn.

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WebCT

• Some instructors may use WebCT
• http//ic.ucsc.edu/docs/webct/

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In The Lab

• Dont touch a students keyboard or mouse.
• Be proactive - if they dont ask questions walk
  around asking them questions.
• Create a waiting list on the chalkboard if
  necessary.
• Encourage them to ask a neighbor for help (if
  collaboration policy allows it).
• Get you instructor to allow pair programming

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Collaboration

• Get instructor to allow pair programming.
• Make sure you and students are clear on what is
  ok and what isnt.
• Warn them about moss http//www.cs.berkeley.edu/
  aiken/moss.html