This page is transitioning from the previous semester and some details haven't been updated yet or are still in flux#
Engaging with the subject from the beginning is critical to learning, in this course as in any other. The labs in particular are crucial to learning. In each lab, there are some required tasks, and tutors will check off in the lab whether you have attempted and/or succeeded at these, before or during the lab. The class engagement mark is calculated as a function of all your lab checks at the end of the semester. It is critical that you ensure that a tutor gets to check off your class engagement mark before the end of each lab, regardless of how far you got in the lab exercises.
Please note that the mark is for engagement with the lab material, not attendance. If you are present at the lab, but do no work on the lab material, tutors will not mark this as engaging. On the other hand, if you work through the lab tasks, seek out information, and ask for help when you get stuck, that is engaging, even if you don’t succeed in finishing all the lab tasks. If you have already done all the lab tasks (and extension exercises) before the lab, the tutor may ask you some more challenging question, but it is not required that you stay in the lab for all of the lab time. The class engagement mark is not simply proportional to the number of labs you have successfully solved. You may get a “partial” check for some labs but still get the full engement mark at the end of the semester. Likewise, you can miss a few labs if you do well in the others, and still get the full mark.