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Update for instructors in the Faculty of Mathematics
The license below allows our students to download MATLAB to their personal laptops and then use it until June 30 without connecting to the internet (and in particular, without connecting to our campus VPN). This will make the use of MATLAB easier for the students, which in turn makes it more feasible for W’20 instructors to assign a project involving MATLAB programming.
Update for instructors in the Faculty of Mathematics
We would like to provide you with the following brief, additional technical information on moving your teaching online for the last two weeks of the Winter 2020 term.
Update for instructors in the Faculty of Mathematics
Recognize that everyone is stressed, and that graciousness is the preferred attitudinal response.
Accept that neither accuracy in assessing student understanding nor expectations of academic integrity will be at normal levels.
We will manage risk by eliminating final examinations and the associated issues of access, time zone differences, failures in technology, absence of proctors, abundance of special cases, and lack of timely support.
