Adding EECS 183 After the Start of the Semester

Authors

Steven Bogaerts

William Arthur

Note

This page only applies to students who are registering for EECS 183 on or after Wednesday, September 2.

Welcome to the course! We’re glad you’re here. Because we cover material starting the first day of class, you will need to catch up to where we are now. As a rule of thumb, you will need to budget about 10 hours of extra work for every week of the course you have missed. We have procedures and policies on extensions for assignments, so please read very carefully below.

Note

These policies do not apply to anyone hoping to add the course after the drop/add deadline for the semester. No late adds (adding after the drop/add deadline) are approved for EECS 183.

Warning

If it is close to the add/drop deadline, we highly recommend that you contact the lecture instructor to gauge whether adding the course at this point is realistic for you this semester.

Items to Do Right Away

  • You must fill out the Admin Form the day you add the course to let us know that you are requesting an extension, so that we can unlock the submission websites for you and add you to the rosters for course tools. You will not receive any extensions or exemptions for work due before you added the course unless you contact us using the admin form.
  • Follow the instructions to register for course tools.
  • Read this entire course website. Make particular note of the syllabus and the course schedule.
  • Note that lecture slides are available on Google Drive and class recordings are available on Canvas.
    • The location of lecture recordings on Canvas is dependent on the particular classroom’s recording capability; they are available in the “Media Gallery” section and/or in a “Lecture Recordings” section in the left sidebar.

Updated Due Dates

From the day you add the course, you have exactly 7 days to become fully synchronized with the class schedule. Specifically, your deadlines are adjusted as follows:

  • Add Date: The day you officially add the course is considered “day 0” of your enrollment. The next day is “day 1”, etc.
  • Past Tasks: Anything originally due before your add date is due 7 days after your add date (“day 7”).
  • Imminent Tasks: Anything originally due between “day 0” and “day 6” (inclusive) is extended and due 7 days after your add date (“day 7”).
  • Future Tasks: Anything originally on “day 7” or later is due at the standard time.
Note

Extra credit deadlines are not extended; all submissions under an extended deadline are for regular credit only.

For example, suppose the standard due dates for five tasks are below:

  • Task A is due on the 5th of the month
  • Task B is due on the 8th of the month
  • Task C is due on the 10th of the month
  • Task D is due on the 15th of the month
  • Task E is due on the 16th of the month

Suppose, then, that a student adds the course on the 8th of the month. In that case:

  • Task A, B, C, and D are all due 7 days after the student added the course: on the 15th. Note that this means A, B, and C have an extended deadline, while D is due at the standard time, which happens to be the same day as the extended deadline.
  • Task E is due on the 16th, as usual.

Assignment Types

You can see when various items are ordinarily due on the Course Schedule. The extension rules above apply to:

  • Tutorial tasks
  • “Pre” tasks (zyBooks readings)
  • “Post” tasks (PrairieLearn)
  • Lab assignments
  • Projects (checkpoints and full submissions)
  • Assignment 1
  • Any additional tasks, including surveys, readings, etc.

I recommend you complete Tutorials 1 - 4 first, as soon as possible. They are prerequisites for many of the other tasks.

Note

You will be exempt from lecture and lab participation due before you added the course.

Note

Your grade for tasks due before or shortly after you add the course may be originally recorded as 0 or “not submitted”. Your grade will be corrected after the task is re-graded for students adding late, at least a week after the drop/add deadline.