If you see a way to improve the course, find a problem with the materials, or have a question about the materials, please open an issue ticket. If you do this, I can easily track your idea/problem/question until I address it.

A set of notes might contain an error or poorly explain a concept, the instructions in a tutorial might miss steps, the homework assignment might not clearly describe the task. In all these cases, you can improve this and future iterations by creating a record of the problem.

You spend more time studying the materials than me. I try to imagine how you experience the content, but you actually experience it. Help me make the course better.

If you see a way to improve the materials or need help, I strongly prefer that you open any issue ticket at all to no issue tikcet. I can edit (or help you edit) your issue as needed. But you can make the issue even more useful by following the guidelines below.

For our purposes, three most valuable issue tickets…

Why should I open an issue? Why should we carefully discuss it in the comments?

Where should I open the issue ticket?

What makes a good issue?

I want feedback on an idea for my research project.

The homework assignment isn’t clear.

My code doesn’t work.

I can’t answer a question from the homework.

I want to submit my homework for review (i.e., grading).

See the instructions here.


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