Before Wednesday’s class:

• • Get yourself set up on discord.  Before you use the invite link available in canvas, make sure your username is not offensive (I get a notification the moment you click the link).   Discord has channels where you can chat with each other, and message are public by default.  It also have a video/voice channel capability.  Please choose an alias on our server that is your first name and last initial or first name and last name (let me know of any concern).  The discord has me, our TA, and our class, that’s it.
  • Read carefully through each of the pages that is listed on the TOP menu bar of this website (About, etc.).  These constitute the syllabus for the course.
  • Note: the next activity is to watch a video and do an accompanying worksheet.  I strongly suggest working on this in groups, and collaborating on daily tasks with classmates in general.  Get to know your peers!  To that end, I’ve set two designated times to meet on discord to do the video with peers (totally optional):
    • • Monday August 26th at 9 pm
      • Tuesday August 27th at 6 pm
  • The main activity for this daily post is to watch my video “Modular Arithmetic: User’s Manual” (9:22 mins:secs) and do the accompanying self-check worksheet.  Please be sure to show your work on the last problem.  (Note: you don’t need to print; you can work on a separate sheet of paper if desired.)
  • You will track your work on daily posts using this evaluation form.  You’ll keep this all semester –you might want to print it out and clip it to your wall.  Give yourself a score for your work today.  You can always find the link to this file under “Notes/Videos” on the top bar.
  • After each daily post, there are two things for you to do:  first, update your daily evaluation worksheet (the bullet point above), and then second, upload a record of your work to canvas.    The record of your daily post activity should be an images/copy of your written work, and including a copy of your self-evaluation sheet as it stands currently (both sides).  This is so we have a record we can return to if anything gets lost (chances are non-trivial that some student will lose their sheet at some point).
  • I’m flexible about it as you get used to this “daily task” system.  Just try it out and let me know if there are any hiccups.  I’m here to answer questions.