CMPT 150 Harbour Centre

Labs characteristics

LAB FACILITIES AT HARBOUR CENTRE

Our lab will run in room HCC 7050 (7th floor); the room will be open during the scheduled lab time. Other lab rooms at Harbour Center are available for you to use: HCC 1330 and HCC 1310 at the ground floor level.

In general, the labs hours are the same as campus opening hours, and are posted on the door to the lab. You do not need access cards to enter the lab rooms.

If you have any questions about the labs you may want to consult with the Help desk, located at the ground level, after passing the escalators. Their phone number is 778 782 5030.

For some of the software that we will be usign it will be possible to have remote access. TBA: . More information will be provided here later about remote access.

For general information about the CSIL please refer to the CSIL webspage. Notice that much of the information there refers to the Burnaby campus, but also there is useful information in general (check for example the FAQ's).

If you have any further question about CSIL, please contact the CSIL personnel, csilop@sfu.ca.

WHICH LAB TO ATTEND

Currently there are two labs scheduled, at 3:30 and at 4:30 on Mondays. On Monday January 9 we will hold the labs as originally shceduled, so please attend the lab you registered in.

We will discuss in class about keeping this lab organization or doing some changes. This will be discussed in class and any changes will be updated here as well.

LABS ACTIVITIES

Labs will include the active participation and discussion of specific exercises and/or topics, often working in teams. Individual consultations will also be addressed during the labs.
The lab exercises will be identified by the week # when the exercises were posted. Week #1 is considered to be the week that starts on January 2, hence with this numbering we are starting our course on Week #2 and the labs on week #3, January 16.
Labs will also include "IN-LAB self-guided tutorials".
Four (4) specific labs will include In-Lab self-guided tutorials on 4 specific weeks (associated dates TBA). The In-Lab self-guided tutorials consist on guided exercises to get you familiarized with the software that will be used for the graded assignments.

GRADING OF LAB ACTIVE PARTICIAPTION

Labs are meant to provide additional practice with exercises as well as guidance to use the software. Students actively participating in lab activities will receive active participation points. Students are expected to be involved in the activities that are presented at the labs and will be receiving points for active participation upon showing to the TA or instructor that they have worked on the exercises proposed. If you do not finish solving the exercise/s but demonstrate that you have worked on the activities proposed you still will get the active participation points.

WEEKLY LAB EXERCISES DESCRIPTIONS AND IN-LAB SELF-GUIDED TUTORIALS

The weekly lab exercises will be posted as the course progresses in the Notes & exercises →Weekly Lab Exercises section.

SOFTWARE TO BE USED IN LABS

Some exercises that we will work in labs will require only paper and pencil
Check the Course description → Software section.