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September 21
Due to the YouTube outage in certain parts of the world, we have provided direct links to download the lecture videos, and extended the Week 2 homework and lab deadlines to the coming Sunday (September 30). Please note that Week 3 deadlines have not changed. -
September 21
It's Week 2! Keep at it everyone, you are doing a great job! YouTube Access:
Unfortunately, many of you have lost access to YouTube over the past week due to world events, and can no longer access the lecture videos. We are working as quickly as we can on making the videos available to you. As soon as we have a solution we will share it.
Discussion Forum:
You may have noticed that we have upgraded the discussion forums to help improve your ability to search and talk about many different topics. We hope the new features are working well for everyone.
Special thanks to JerseyMark for putting together some tips on how to have a question answered as quickly as possible with the discussion forum. We have slightly modified the JerseyMark’s original with some additional info
- Be very specific on where you need help. Which part of what problem? Why do you not understand the question? What have you tried doing?
- Use a descriptive and specific title for your post. A descriptive title will attract the attention of other students having the same issue.
- Use the search button. There are always going to be people asking the same question, and you will get a faster response by simply searching for an answer than by asking the same question again.
- Use "nettiquette", or common online writing practices for online communication. Some helpful hints:
- Try to use proper English. We know that English is a second language for many of you, but if you put special effort into being as clear in your language as possible, your fellow students will be able to respond much faster.
- Avoid TYPING IN ALL CAPS. Some people read this as if you shouting even if that is not what you mean to convey.
- Avoid abbrv of wrdz (abbriviating words), or using any kind of shorthand.
- Avoid reeepeeaattingggg chaaracterrrss (repeating characters), and
- Avoid excessive punctuation………………????????
Star Forum Poster:
This week we had a superstar student who went ahead and helped hundreds of their fellow classmates in understanding the course materials. Thank you to Pennypacker for the quality of your posts and your dedication to answering tough questions!
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September 13
Congratulations in making it a week into the course! The first problem set and lab are due this Sunday (at midnight of your local time), and we look forward to seeing your progress. We are extremely pleased to see so much activity on the discussion forum, and we wanted to offer some reactions and advice below.
Video release dates:
We were originally intending to release each week’s assignments one week earlier than the videos but are now releasing the entire week simultaneously. Week 4 videos will be released on Monday along with week 4 labs and homework. That pattern will continue for the rest of the course. Please note that all due dates remain unchanged.
Video player update:
Several of you have noticed that we temporarily removed our YouTube player customizations due to issues with the YouTube API. Google has fixed the problem, and we have now restored the edX video player.
Discussion Forum Help:
The 6.002x teaching staff will be online to answer questions at the following times. Please note that these times are listed with respect to Boston. If you need help understand how these times translate into your local time, find your nearest city here and compare that to the time in Boston:
- Monday-Friday: 9:00-9:30am, 5:30-6pm, 9:00-9:30pm
- Saturday: 10:30-11:00am, 1:30-2:00pm, 4:30pm-5:00pm
- Sunday: 12:00-12:30pm, 3:00pm-3:30pm, 4:30-5:00pm, 6:00-8:00pm
Discussion Forum Tips and Best Practices:
We have added a list of tips that will help you get the most out of the discussion forum, as well as some guidelines to clarify the honor code as it pertains to collaboration on assignments.
Star Forum Posters:
We would like to highlight two users who really contributed to our community this week. Thank you Nislam and Myrimit!
- Nislam with his Khan Academy style tutorial video of the AC Power Exercise.
- Myrimit helping her fellow online students in English y en español, and also with her awesome tutorial of the 6.002x circuit simulator.
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September 7
- There was some confusion around how to use the schematic editor, so we have updated the edX tutorial with a more detailed introduction.
- We greatly appreciate the bug reports coming in via the discussion utility. We will be able to respond to them better if you also provide information about your operating system and browser. Furthermore, if you tag your post with the label "bug", we will be able to search and find those reports easier.
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September 5
- Welcome to the Fall 2012 offering of 6.002x! The entire course staff is looking forward to working with you this term.
- If you would like to buy a print version of the book, a discounted copy is available directly from the publisher.
- If you are interested, you can watch a description of the tools of the platform, a greeting by the instructors, or you can just dive right in to the course material. There are also several course and system usage handouts in the Handouts column to the right, including 6.002x At-a-Glance and the calendar.
- In each of the first twelve weeks you will be expected to do a homework and a lab assignment, due on the Sundays indicated in the calendar. The course also has a mid-term on Octorber 25th and a final exam on December 20th. Enjoy the course!