About Discord

Discord is an on-line forum that we will use for class discussions as well as announcements. Anybody can post messages, reply, etc, and you are expected to read announcements from the course staff. We have organized it into channels to make it easier for you to manage this. You are also welcome to use it to coordinate with your partners, etc.

Joining

Follow this link: https://discord.gg/jz3qRar2c7

If you’ve already joined, you want to either download or open the app via https://discord.com/

Policies

Full Names

You must put your full name as your display name before you will be able to see any of the course channels or allowed to post.

Check for your question

Before posting, check whether or not your question has already been asked. If it already has been asked and has not yet been answered, provided the question is not more than a day old, it likely will be answered soon. Feel free to reply if you have additional details/questions. Do not simply write “me too”.

Do not post solutions / code

Posting any parts of a solution to any parts of a homework assignment is considered cheating and means we will have to report you to the relevant authorities. You don’t want to do this. Limit your answers to other students to providing clarity when needed and hints when appropriate. This is good practice should you ever want to be a TA :)

Anonymity

Note: nothing is anonymous on Discord: if you have questions that are sensitive, please reach out to course staff via email.