Our lab must follow the Fairfield Covid rules this Spring.
There are two sections: Mondays and Thursdays from 5 to 7 PM via Zoom and in our
lab, Bannow 133
The university has announced that all classes will be fully
on-line for the first two weeks and after that we will follow the same process
as in the previous Fall semester.
For each section will set up 5 or 6 teams of 2 (one team may
need to have only 1 member) and for alternate weeks one of the team members
will be in the lab (Bannow 133) and the other will be
remote. I will set up a Zoom meeting for all of you to join at lab time
so that we can all be "together" (I will be remote at least for the
early lab sessions) for the lab. There will be a "Zoom breakout
room" for each team and the member in the lab will be using his/her phone
to zoom link with the remote member of the team. If the team requires
assistance with the experiment you can request that I or the TA ( if available)
join you in the breakout room for a discussion by sending a Zoom or a Quip
message with an @jdenenberg.
As stated in the syllabus, we will be using Quip to
facilitate communications in the lab course. You should download the
Quip app for your phone and your PC. I have set up a quip course for
us and each of you are enrolled in that course. Quip will have the most
up to date course materials. Blackboard and my personal website: doctord.webhop.net
will also have the course materials.
A spreadsheet with your contact information is on
Quip. Add your information to that sheet on Quip and select a team
partner (he/she should agree) and notate your team membership (A-E) on the Quip
sheet before the first lab date as I will need that information at the
beginning of our first lab meeting to create the breakout rooms and to
designate which of you are to be in the lab and who should connect remotely via
Zoom.
I look forward to an interesting and useful hands-on set of
sessions with all of you this coming Spring semester. Remember, I will be
generally available to answer questions about the lecture course as well as the
labs at reasonable (don't expect a quick response at 3 am) times, just send me
a Quip "chat" or "comment" on one of the Quip course
documents again with an @jdenenberg.