This term, all lectures of CS 173 are sharing one web site because we will be running in sync.
Please look through the links above to get familiar with the syllabus and the tools that we'll be using. This page provides a quick summary to deal with immediate issues. See also information about registration and prerequisites, the honors add-on, and special situations.
Add yourself to our piazza site now. The link is in the menu above. Piazza is our forum for announcements, asking questions, and so forth. It is particularly important to stay connected with piazza because some sections don't have physical meetings this term.
The lecture content will be pre-recorded and available on the lectures page (see menu above). The synchronous lecture periods will be used for weekly examlets and tutorial (small group) activities. Specifically
The instructor office hours the first two weeks are primarily for resolving practical problems, such as questions about course logistics, registration problems and disability accommodations.
Make sure that you are logged into Zoom with your U. Illinois (netID) credentials.
For the first week of the semester, Friday tutorials on January 21 will be online; zoom links:
- 9am: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83460385485?pwd=K2I1dkFlcUl6cExkUUthUFY2N2RCQT09 (Meeting ID: 834 6038 5485, Password: 557657)
- 10am (BDB - non-honors): https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83423251007?pwd=NERrQTFzV3hyYk5Zb1F1QjNvbFpFZz09 (Meeting ID: 834 2325 1007, Password: 595107)
- 10am (CDA - honors): https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89241607830?pwd=NUNpRjl3WGhKWXptQ1BSLzBWYWxaQT09 (Meeting ID: 892 4160 7830, Password: 395449)
- 11am: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85908153324?pwd=WnFtRXJIVy9HK2tqTFJPM2FFOWhsZz09 (Meeting ID: 859 0815 3324, Passcode: cs173)
- 2pm: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/82459402126?pwd=aitkeHRycEJuMmluUFMwR3l0LzZvUT09 (Meeting ID: 824 5940 2126, Password: 678690)
- 4pm: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81430828034?pwd=TWdlWW9mdGc4TGdpM2dHNGJxQlhndz09 (Meeting ID: 814 3082 8034, Password: 436671)
Here is the normal workflow for one topic (after the first couple weeks):
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
| Week k | Do the readings; watch the lecture videos | Tutorial | |||||
| Week k+1 | Homework due (late evening) | ||||||
| Week k+2 | CBTF Examlet | ||||||
Look at the Lectures tab (above) to see how the sequence of topics fits together in more detail.
Study problems and the problems for the tutorials can be found on the Tutorials page.
You are expected to come to the tutorial class each week and make a good-faith attempt to work on the problems in your assigned group.
Each Wednesday evening, there will be two pieces of homework due on PrairieLearn.