CSE 111: Programming with Functions

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Overview

Learning to work with a team is critical in Software Development. It is one of the most common traits that employers say they look for when they are hiring.

In addition, a fundamental principle of the BYU-Idaho Learning Model is to Love, Serve, and Teach One Another. As you teach and learn from one another, you will learn the material more deeply yourself, and you will develop as a Skilled Collaborator.

For these reasons, all the courses in the Software Development program contain a significant amount of teach one another opportunities. These are carefully designed so that you can teach and learn from one another, but still ensure that you are responsible for your own learning and that you are assessed on your individual mastery of the course outcomes.

Past students often say that coordinating group gatherings was one of the more difficult parts of the course, but they also consistently say that these gatherings were one of the most important parts of the course as well.

Small Group Gatherings

This course requires synchronous weekly gatherings of small groups. These meetings are designed to take approximately one hour. During the meetings you will follow the steps of a team activity to help each other learn and apply the principle of the week.

You will gather virtually using video sharing software (such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom) and are encouraged to share your video as much as possible so that you can get to know each other.

During the first week of the course, you will sign up for a group by choosing your gathering time. Then, you will begin meeting with your group for the first time during Week 02.

Instructions

Complete the following steps to sign up for a group:

  1. Sign into Canvas.
  2. Navigate to this course and select the "People" tab.
  3. Sign up for a group based on your preferred meeting time.
    • The times are shown in UTC+0 (Coordinated Universal Time) also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), and you will need to account for your timezone.
    • If your desired time is full or you would like to propose another time, you may contact your instructor.
  4. Make sure you have installed and signed into Microsoft Teams. Click here for an introduction to Microsoft Teams if you need help.
  5. Find your channel in Microsoft Teams
    • Open Microsoft Teams and look in the list of channels for a channel that matches the group you signed up for in canvas.
    • If you can't find your group channel it may be hidden. To see hidden channels click on the hidden channel link at the bottom of the channel list and select show for the channel you want to see.
    • You can hide channels you don't want to see in your list by clicking on the ellipsis (…) next to the channel and select hide.
  6. Set your channel notifications to All Activity. Select the ellipsis (…) next to your channel, hight Channel notifications then select All Activity. This will ensure you do not miss messages from your team.
  7. You will use this channel for all your group communication for the course.
  8. Introduce yourself to the other people in your group by posting a message in your group channel.
    • Share with your group members where you are from and something you like to do.
    • Feel free to respond to the others in your group as they post their introduction messages.

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