Description

Sundry
Before you start writing your final homework submission, state briefly how you worked on it. Who else did you work with? List names and email addresses. (In case of homework party, you can just describe the group.)
1 Administrivia
(a) Make sure you are on the course Piazza (for Q&A) and Gradescope (for submitting homeworks, including this one). Find and familiarize yourself with the course website. What is its homepage’s URL?
(b) Read the policies page on the course website.
(i) What is the percentage breakdown of how your grade is calculated (please include both breakdowns)?
(ii) How many discussions do you need to attend to get full credit for discussion attendance?
(iii) Can you attend a section different from the one you signed up for?
2 Course Policies
Go to the course website and read the course policies carefully. Leave a followup in the Homework 0, Question 2 thread on Piazza if you have any questions. Are the following situations violations of course policy? Write “Yes” or “No”, and a short explanation for each.
(a) Alice and Bob work on a problem in a study group. They write up a solution together and submit it, noting on their submissions that they wrote up their homework answers together.
(b) Carol goes to a homework party and listens to Dan describe his approach to a problem on the board, taking notes in the process. She writes up her homework submission from her notes, crediting Dan.
(c) Erin comes across a proof that is part of a homework problem while studying course material. She reads it and then, after she has understood it, writes her own solution using the same approach. She submits the homework with a citation to the website.
(d) Frank is having trouble with his homework and asks Grace for help. Grace lets Frank look at her written solution. Frank copies it onto his notebook and uses the copy to write and submit his homework, crediting Grace.
(e) Heidi has completed her homework using LATEX. Her friend Irene has been working on a homework problem for hours, and asks Heidi for help. Heidi sends Irene her PDF solution, and Irene uses it to write her own solution with a citation to Heidi.
(f) Joe found homework solutions before they were officially released, and every time he got stuck, he looked at the solutions for a hint. He then cited the solutions as part of his submission.
3 Use of Piazza
Piazza is incredibly useful for Q&A in such a large-scale class. We will use Piazza for all important announcements. You should check it frequently. We also highly encourage you to use Piazza to ask questions and answer questions from your fellow students.
(a) Navigate to the “Index” Piazza post, where you can find links to most resources in the course. Write down the Piazza post number for the Note 1 Thread. (When you see @x on Piazza, where x is a positive integer, then x is the post number of the linked post.)
(b) Read the Piazza Etiquette section of the course policies and explain what is wrong with the following hypothetical student question: “Can someone explain the proof of Theorem XYZ to me?” (Assume Theorem XYZ is a complicated concept.)
(c) When are the weekly posts released? Are they required reading?
4 Timezone
Please fill out the discussion time preference form at bit.ly/fa20cs70dispref. What is your magic word?
Please write or type out the following pledge in print, and sign it.