Tutorial/Laboratory Sessions

• Missed Tut/Labs
• Tutorial Etiquette
• Worksheets
• What's It All About?

What's It All About?

Students are expected to attend six two-hour tut/labs during the semester, one per fortnight starting in Week 2 and finishing in Week 12.

The tutors this semester are:

Carol Edmondson (2 groups)
Meggita Tu      (4 groups)
John Campbell   (3 groups)

Tut/lab groups have been scheduled (by ANU Timetabling) in the time slots:

Group  1 Monday    13:00-15:00 N109 & N116 (Carol Edmondson)
Group  2 Tuesday   09:00-11:00 N109 & N113 (John Campbell)
Group  3 Tuesday   11:00-13:00 N109 & N116 (Meggita Tu)
Group  4 Tuesday   14:00-16:00 N109 & N116 (John Campbell)
Group  5 Wednesday 10:00-12:00 N109 & N114 (John Campbell)
Group  6 Wednesday 12:00-14:00 N109 & N116 (Carol Edmondson)
Group  7 Wednesday 14:00-16:00 N109 & N113 (Meggita Tu)
Group  8 Thursday  09:00-11:00 N109 & N116 (Meggita Tu)
Group  9 Thursday  11:00-13:00 N109 & N113 (Meggita Tu)
Group 10 Wednesday 17:00-19:00 N109 & N113  NOT OPEN

Tut/labs will be held on Level 1 of the CS&IT Building [108].

Students register for tut/lab groups using streams.
Register for the tut (eg  Group6_Tut) and attend both the tut and the lab for the group (eg  Group6_Tut and Group6_Lab).

Students who wish to change tut/lab groups must use streams.

Tut/lab groups with low registrations may be cancelled.

You may post questions about COMP2400/6240 tut/lab work on the forum  RelationalDB.talk.

If you need to talk to someone about COMP2400/6240 tut/lab work outside scheduled tutorial times, see Carol during her Student Consultation Times or Meggita during her Student Consultation Times.

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Missed Tut/Labs

If you missed your tut/lab because of a public holiday, attend another group during that week.

If you miss a tut/lab and you cannot attend another group that week, you should:

• Work through the Solution Notes for the relevant tut/lab.

• Ask your friends and relations for information on the material covered in the tut/lab.

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Tutorial Etiquette

• Do some preparation before attending a tutorial.

  You do not have to do all of every question, but you should at least read through the Tutorial Worksheet. It is a good idea to make notes of anything you don't understand (so you can ask questions) and notes of anything you do understand (so you can answer questions).

  If you get *stuck* on a tut question, don't spend hours on it. Bring what you have done to the relevant tutorial.

  If you do some preparation, you will be able to make much more effective use of the time at tutorials.

• A tutorial is a small group activity. Listen to the discussion in the tutorial.

  It may be that another students has just asked for an explanation of a point that is troubling you. If you ask the tutor a question which has already been answered (while you were chatting with your friends and waiting for your *turn*), you will not only waste other people's time, you will make yourself look foolish.

• A tutorial is a small group activity. Participate.

  You should come to each tutorial prepared to "have a go". You cannot expect to be a passive spectator who just collects answers elicited by other students. Tutors are entitled to ask students who refuse to participate to leave a tutorial.

• Do not use the tutorial as a social occasion.

• Be aware that other students may be at different points on the learning curve.

• Be aware that some students may be genuinely interested in topics which bore you witless.

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Worksheets

Links for tutorial worksheets and lab worksheets are on the Tut/Lab Sessions Schedule.

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