Written by Nick Troccoli
This document contains a summary of course logistics for CGOE students.
Welcome to CS111! We are happy to have you in the course this quarter. Since CGOE students are off-campus, there are several aspects of CS111 that are slightly different for CGOE students than for on-campus students, as described below.
For general questions for the Stanford CGOE staff, you can reach the CGOE team at scpd-gradstudents@stanford.edu. For exam-related questions, you can reach the CGOE team at scpd-exams@stanford.edu.
Note: For CGOE NDO students (not HCP students): you must follow visitor guidelines specified here.
Myth Access
Everyone with a SUNET ID can access the myth machines. However, you may not have a home directory created for you once you log in. If you encounter an issue when you try to log into myth where it says “could not chdir to home directory”, then this is the reason why. To fix this, submit a HelpSU ticket here (you only need to open the URL and click on the Submit button) to have your home directory set up:
Lectures
Lectures are recorded and posted within a few hours to the course Canvas site, under the "Panopto Course Videos" tab. The lectures are not live-accessible via streaming, but are viewable roughly live with a slight delay on Canvas under "Panopto Course Videos" by clicking the list item for that lecture.
CGOE students cannot complete lecture polls for credit, but can get lecture credit by completing the lecture quizzes, which work the same way as for on-campus students.
Section
Each week, we post section materials on the course website, along with a link for where to submit answers to exercises. Because CGOE students are off-campus, there are a few different options for you to complete section problems each week.
- Attend an in-person section: You are welcome to attend an in-person section if you would like to (NDO students must make sure to adhere to the requirements mentioned earlier on this page about coming to campus) - to do this, submit your section preferences as normal during the preferences window.
- Attend a section remotely via videochat: we are looking at offering a small number of the sections remotely via videochat, or offering a standalone remote section if there is sufficient interest in 1 or 2 times. We will email out during the first week with more information about this option.
- Complete section problems asynchronously: You can choose to complete the problems on your own (or with partners) - the section checkoff sheet link allows you to submit from Wed. at 12:01AM PDT until Sunday at 11:59AM PDT each week. You can feel free to post on the discussion forum with any questions you have while working through sections, and you are encouraged to work with other CGOE students if you would like – you can use the class discussion to find others to work with. For this option, do not submit section preferences - once we assign sections based on preferences, you can then enroll in the special CGOE section.
Assignments
The process for working on, submitting and getting feedback on assignments is identical for both regular and CGOE students.
Course Support
We encourage you to take advantage of the discussion forum and the course staff email as mentioned on the course website. We also offer helper hours at scheduled times each week, and CGOE students are welcome to call in to any hours, even in-person-only ones, via videochat; details on times and how to call in are listed on the Getting Help page of the course website. You may also attend helper hours in person (NDO students must make sure to adhere to the requirements mentioned earlier on this page about coming to campus).
Exams
Exams are administered by your registered CGOE exam monitor; please see https://online.stanford.edu/programs/graduate-education/exams-homework-faqs for more information about exam monitors. The deadline for nominating an exam monitor is the end of the second week of the quarter. For any last-minute exam monitor changes, please contact CGOE at scpd-exams@stanford.edu. We provide exam windows during which to take the midterm and final exam - see below for more information. You are also welcome to attend the on-campus seatings of the exams if you would like to (NDO students must make sure to adhere to the requirements mentioned earlier on this page about coming to campus). If you’d like to do this, when selecting an exam monitor on mystanfordconnection, select the “nominate a new exam monitor” option and nominate Stanford Campus using the CGOE email address. Even if you do come to campus, we advise that you still have an exam monitor recorded as a backup.
Midterm
You will have a 43 hour window from 31 hours before the start of the on-campus exam until 12 hours after the start of the on-campus exam in which to complete the exam using the allotted exam time (2 hours for the midterm exam). In other words, you can start and finish the midterm exam during any 2 hour time slot between 12PM PDT the day before the midterm and 7AM PDT the day after the midterm.
Final Exam
You will have a 36 hour window from 24 hours before the start of the on-campus exam until 12 hours after the start of the on-campus exam in which to complete the exam using the allotted exam time (3 hours for the final exam). In other words, you can start and finish the final exam during any 3-hour time slot between 8:30AM PDT the day before the final exam and 8:30PM PDT the day of the final exam.
After they are graded, exams will be returned to you electronically.