GdI/ICS 1 WS 2008/2009 Telecooperation/RBG Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser, Dr. Guido Rößling, Melanie Hartmann, Daniel Schreiber

Contents  ICS Portal  Exercises and Homework Assignments  Formal Stuff  Contact 2

GdI/ICS Portal 3

GdI/ICS Portal II  The central portal for all information about the lecture  News  Exercise sheets  Forum  Personal area  Submitting homework assignments for grading  Blog  …   Please check often for updates!  The login uses your RBG account  The portal also contains these slides (you do not have to take notes…) 4

A typical lecture week… 5 WeekMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday nExercise X online n+1Deadline for homework X Exercises to exercise X  Exercise sheets are provided in the GdI/ICS Portal  Presence exercise part will be done during the exercise, guided by a tutor  Additionally, each sheet has homework assignments  These must be submitted and will be graded  Submission deadline is always Fridays at 4 PM  Submission is done using the GdI/ICS Portal

Consultation Hours There will be a consultation hour every day held by varying tutors (you find all details in the portal):  When?  Mon - Wed, Fri: 11:40-13:20  Thu: 12:30-14:00  Where?  Mon: S2 02 / A213  Tue – Fri: S2 02 / A126 You can also pose your questions in the forum 6

Registering for an exercise group   Register using the Webreg System:   You can trust this page  Assignment: October 16, 2008  Now you only need to join the right group in the portal 7

Step 1: Login 8

Step 2: Joining the exercise group 9 Join the group you were assigned in Webreg!

Step 3: Message to tutor  Your signup will be accepted by the tutor  This may take a day 10

Submitting your homework assignment  Please visit the exercises!  Find a learning group with which you can also cooperate outside the exercises  Solve the homework assignments by yourself!!!  Plagiarism is taken very seriously at the TUD  You submit your solutions electronically in the GdI/ICS Portal  The correction is also done inside the portal (but not automatically)  The earlier you submit your solution, the earlier you will get feedback and can benefit from the corrections! 11

Step 1: Login  As described above 12

Step 2: Input a solution 13

Step 3: Attach files 14

Step 4: Ungraded homework 15

Step 5: Graded homework 16

Step 6: View correction and comments 17

What else does the GdI/ICS Portal offer?  Forum  Asking and answering questions  Blog  „Tell the world about yourself “  Also contains a „teacher‘s blog“ (linked as „Guidos Blog“)  Surveys and Polls  Articles and News  Please check back often!!! 18

Formal Stuff 19  „Fasten seat belt“

The simple approach…  If you plan…  to solve all homework assignments,  to participate in the exams and pass them,  and to pass the lab…  …then you essentially do not need to know the following details 20

Exam Rules for GdI/ICS  Part I  Homework assignments  Exam I: Monday December 1, :10 – 20:10 (Scheme + parts of Java)  Part II  Final lab  Duration: 2 weeks  When: after the lecture has ended  Groups of 4 students  Exam II: scheduled for March 30, 2009 (complete topics of lecture) 21

Overview 22

Contact  You should first consult the GdI/ICS Portal  Articles  Forum  Blogs  Google  Other students  Posting solutions in the GdI/ICS Portal  If all this fails…  ask your tutor!  Consultation hours  Dr. Guido Rößling: Thursday10:30-11:30 Uhr 23

Questions During the Lecture  Download the interaction client TVremote (requires Java!)   This is a simple tool for submitting questions during the lecture  All questions arrive directly at the teacher‘s computer  We will try to address them during the lecture  By sending you an reply  By addressing them during the lecture  By sending you an reply after the lecture  By posting them to the Portal  Although you log in using your RBG account, questions are anonymized  We do not know who asked which question  Do not hesitate to ask – even asking a „stupid“ questions is more clever than not asking 24

Scripts  The scripts can be bought for 6 Euro  Script sale takes place at  Monday 13 th October 17:45 – 18:30 TODAY  Tuesday 14 th October 12: :30  Tuesday 14 th October 16:30 – 17:30  Wednesday 15 th October 14:00 – 15:00  Thursday 16 th October 10:30 – 11:30  In S2 02 / A112 25