For questions related to course content, contact an instructor or an ISA. The best place to ask questions is to use MS Teams. For questions about marking, contact the Assistants first by email, who will consult with the Instructor if necessary. You can email them at "cs106@uwaterloo.ca". For questions about course logistics (particularly absences), contact the Coordinator, Scott King.

Office Hours

The following outlines the schedule of online consulting hours for the Winter 2021 term. These chat hours provide you with an opportunity to to ask the Instructor, ISAs or IAs any questions you may have pertaining to assignments, exams, or course content. If you are unable to make it to any of these online office hours, alternative options include posting your question to the discussion board, emailing the ISAs directly at cs106@uwaterloo.ca or requesting a time in the MS Teams Office Hour channel.

Day	Time* EDT	Communication Tool	Staff
Mondays	9:30am-11:30am 12:00pm-2:00pm	MS Teams	Kevin Ehsan
Tuesdays	9:00am-11:00am 1:00pm–3:00pm 3:00pm–5:00pm 6:00pm–8:00pm	MS Teams	Ken Aksh Lakshmi Benyamin
Wednesdays	10:00am-12:00pm 12:00pm–2:00pm 2:00pm–4:00pm	MS Teams	Adam Aksh Ken
Thursdays	9:00am-11:00am 12:00pm-2:00pm 2:00pm-4:00pm 4:00pm-6:00pm 6:00pm-8:00pm	MS Teams	Lakshmi Aksh Benyamin Lakshmi Ehsan
Fridays	10:00am-12:00pm 12:00pm-2:00pm 2:00pm-4:00pm	MS Teams	Adam Aksh Lakshmi

Default Marking Scheme

Weekly Participation	6%
9 Labs (best 8 count)	8%
8 Assignments (best 7 count)	21%
Midterm Test (online)	15%
Final Project	10%
Final Exam (in person)	40%

Marking Scheme ONLY IF in person final exam is not allowable.

Weekly Participation	6%
9 Labs (best 8 count)	16%
8 Assignments (best 7 count)	28%
Midterm Test (online)	20%
Final Project	10%
Final Exam (online)	20%

NOTE: The default marking scheme is marking scheme A. You do not get to choose your marking scheme. If we are unable to have an in person final exam then it will be marking scheme B. Please see the bottom of the course outline page for more information about re-marking of assignments and the tests.

Before submitting code for assignments, you should familiarize yourself with the code style guidelines and read the instructions on how to submit code on LEARN.

• Assignment 01: (Due: Friday, January 14th at 11:59pm)
• Assignment 02: (Due: Friday, January 21st at 11:59pm)
• Assignment 03: (Due: Friday, January 28st at 11:59pm)
• Assignment 04: (Due: Friday, February 4th at 11:59pm)
• Assignment 05: (Due: Friday, February 11th at 11:59pm)
• Assignment 06: (Due: Friday, March 4th at 11:59pm)
• Assignment 07: (Due: Friday, March 11th at 11:59pm)
• Assignment 08: (Due: Friday, March 18th at 11:59pm)

Labs will be submitted as pdf files with links to Open Processing sketches following this template.

• Lab 01: Recap (Due: Tuesday, January 11th at 11:59pm)
• Lab 02: Recap (Due: Tuesday, January 18th at 11:59pm)
• Lab 03: Recap (Due: Tuesday, January 25th at 11:59pm)
• Lab 04: Recap (Due: Tuesday, February 1st at 11:59pm)
• Lab 05: Recap (Due: Tuesday, February 8th at 11:59pm)
• Lab 06: Recap (Due: Tuesday, February 15th at 11:59pm)
• Lab 07: Recap (Due: Tuesday, March 1st at 11:59pm)
• Lab 08: Recap (Due: Tuesday, March 8th at 11:59pm)
• Lab 09: Recap (Due: Tuesday, March 15th at 11:59pm)

Practice

• A set of practice programming exercises will be provided before the tests to help you build your skill at writing short functions.

JavaScript p5

• The course is taught using the ( JavaScript p5 ) programming environment. When working on assignments, the reference reference section section will be especially useful.

Textbook

No required textbook, but there is a recommended textbook: Lauren McCarthy, Casey Reas, and Ben Fry. Getting Started with p5.js. Published October 2015, Maker Media. Paperback. An electronic version of the textbook is available through the University of Waterloo library at: https://ocul-wtl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_WTL/5ob3ju/alma999986579998305162 Anyone with an email address ending in uwaterloo.ca can access the above link. If you are asked to select your institution, then select “Not Listed” and log in using your uwaterloo.ca email address.

Course technology

• We use LEARN for questions, discussions, announcements, and other topics of interest to students in the course. Visit LEARN for timely updates on course material. Feel free to seek help with assignments from the course staff or each other, but keep academic integrity in mind. Don't post anything publicly that might constitute an academic offence (e.g., a partial solution to a programming question).
• Non-public aspects of the course (such as assignment submission and marks) happen on LEARN. But for the most part, all other course-related documents will be posted publicly here.

Other documentation

• There are a few general documents that will help you get through this course, which are identical to the ones we made available to you in CS 105. Make sure you've read the Survival Guide for starters. Then, before submitting code for assignments and labs, make sure you're up to speed on our suggested code style guidelines and that you know how to submit code on LEARN.

Academic Integrity

In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. [Check www.uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/ for more information.]

Grievance

A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70, Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy70.htm. When in doubt please be certain to contact the department's administrative assistant who will provide further assistance.

Discipline

A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity [check www.uwaterloo.ca/academicintegrity/] to avoid committing an academic offence, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about 'rules' for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course instructor, academic advisor, or the undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on categories of offences and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71, Student Discipline, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy71.htm. For typical penalties check Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties, www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/guidelines/penaltyguidelines.htm.

Appeals

A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70 (Student Petitions and Grievances) (other than a petition) or Policy 71 (Student Discipline) may be appealed if there is a ground. A student who believes he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72 (Student Appeals) www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy72.htm.

Students with Disabilities

AccessAbility Services (AAS), located in Needles Hall, Room 1132, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with AAS at the beginning of each academic term.

More Information

Academic Integrity and Students with Disabilities