Computer Sciences Dept.

CS/ECE 252 Introduction to Computer Engineering

Spring 2015 Section 2
Instructor Mark D. Hill
TAs Lisa Ossian and Sujith Surendran

URL: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/cs252/Spring2015/

Piazza

What is Piazza?

Piazza is an online platform which facilitates interactions between students and instructors. (Piazza is Italian for "square" as in a market square.)

Why Piazza?

Piazza is the best way to get answers about 252 material, because:

  • other students may have already asked (and answered) your question
  • your question can be answered by staff or other students
  • your question is usually answered faster than by other methods
  • staff is movitated to provide good answers as they usually benefit many students
  • it avoids staff getting behind and losing hundreds of emails.

How to use Piazza?

All the students enrolled in CS252 Spring 2015 (Section 2) will receive inivitations to enroll as a student in this class in Piazza after the first week of classes. After you enroll, you can post a new question by clicking on "New Post" button on the top left corner of the screen. After you click this button, a new window appears with the following fields:

  • Post Type: Piazza allows you to post a new question or a note or to even start a poll. If you wish to post a new question (which is generally the case), select "Post Type" as "Question".
  • Post to: By default, your posts will be seen by the entire class (ie, both the students as well as the instructors).
  • Summary: In this field, write a brief summary about your question
  • Details: This is where you write the question. Please try to be as elaborate as you can.
  • Show my name as: If you do not want other students to see your name in the post, set this field as "Anonymous to Classmates".
For further information, refer Piazza_info

Etiquette

When you use Piazza for discussions, please note the following:

  • Please try to draft the questions as unambiguous as possible.
  • Also, please respect other students, instructors and avoid using any harsh statements in any of your posts.

Contact Information

Instructor:

Mark D. Hill

Office:         6373 Comp Sci and Stat
Email:          Email Address of Mark Hill
Office hours:   Tuesday 5:15-6:00pm
                Friday 3:15-4:00 (Starts at 252 lecture & ends at office)

Teaching Assistants:

Lisa Ossian

Office:         1351 Comp Sci and Stat
Email:          ossianli@cs.wisc.edu
Office hours:   Monday: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
                Wednesday: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Sujith Surendran

Office:         5384 Comp Sci and Stat
Email:          sujiths@cs.wisc.edu
Office hours:   Thursday: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
                Friday: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

 
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