Clemson University Electrical & Computer Engineering

1. Clemson UniversityElectrical & Computer Engineering ECE Department TA Orientation Fall 2012 Timothy Burg Undergraduate Laboratory Coordinator

2. Outline How to interact with your students How to organize your class Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA or TA) Undergraduate Laboratory Coordinator (ULC) You are now a teaching professional!

3. Outline • Laboratory Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA or TA) Responsibilities • General Laboratory Schedule • ECE Faculty and Staff • Laboratory Elements • Lab Equipment Maintenance • Location of Lab and Computing Facilities • Lab Safety • Record Keeping • TA Evaluations • Overview of ECE Undergraduate Curriculum

4. Review of Lab Instructor Responsibilities • The GTA will conduct laboratory sessions according to the Laboratory Manuals. The TA will: • Organize the equipment. • Be completely familiar with each lab prior to class. • Supervise the students as they perform the lab experiments. • Answer any questions posed by the students. • Report any errors in the lab manual.

5. Review of Lab Instructor Responsibilities • The Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) will manage their assigned section. • Provide the students with a syllabus that includes TA office hours, email address, and the name of the Faculty Coordinator (FC). • Follow the syllabus template available on the ECE TA website. • Present syllabus during the first class.

6. Review of Lab Instructor Responsibilities • The TA is expected to score the pre-labs, lab notebooks, and reports in a fair and timely manner. • The reports should be returned to the students in the next lab period following submission. • The TA will keep the scores up to date in BlackBoard. • The GTA will be responsible for determining a final score and recommending a final grade to the ULC based on the normal grading scale.

7. Review of Lab Instructor Responsibilities • The TA is expected to ensure safety of all participants. • If you can’t do it safely or are not sure, STOP. Never be a penalty for stopping due to safety concerns. • Secondary goal is to ensure safety of equipment. • Present safety video either using rolling cart or laptop in rooms with projectors.

8. General Semester Schedule Week 0

9. ECE Faculty and Staff • Undergraduate Laboratory Coordinator - Dr. Timothy Burg (tburg, 307 EIB, 656-1368) • Responsible for overall lab procedures and quality. • Assigns final grades • Resolve any problems with students • Technical Support Manager - Mr. David Moline (dmoline, 221F Riggs Hall). • In charge of physical laboratories. • Report problems with desks, windows, door locks, etc. • Instrument Technician - Mr. John Hicks (jphicks, 202 Riggs). • Maintains analog and digital instrumentation in the ECE Department and assists the students in the use of equipment. • Report problems with equipment.

10. ECE Faculty and Staff • Dr. Darren Dawson, ECE Departmental Chair (105 Riggs). • Final say on most matters • Mrs. Elizabeth Gibisch, Information Resource Consultant (102C Riggs). • Assists the Graduate Program Coordinator, maintains records for the graduate program and prepares Graduate School forms. • Computer accounts for some labs (Apple lab). • Mrs. Lauren Mueller, Graduate Student Services Coordinator (102A Riggs). • Assists the Graduate Program Coordinator with Graduate admission, initiates employment and prepares payroll for graduate assistants.

11. Laboratory Manuals http://www.clemson.edu/ces/departments/ece/resources/lab_manuals.html

12. Lab Locations

13. Lab Kits ECE 209 (Only): Buy them from IEEE Student section through Dr Reid in 207B Riggs (Email BREID@CLEMSON.EDU , 656-5932 ). $40 cash or check to IEEE.

14. B2SPICE Software • B2SPICE for circuit simulation • Campus License STEP 1. Download B2SPICE v5 demo version from the following link:http://www.beigebag.com/demos.htm#v5STEP 2. Download full database from following link:http://www.beigebag.com/files/ad_v5/PartsV5.zipAfter downloading the zip file, first unzip it then copy it, and paste in B2SPICE folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\B2 Spice A_D v5). It will ask you to replace existing file, click yes.STEP 3. Run your B2SPICE. STEP 3. Get license file from the campus “Software” drive

15. Lab Equipment Maintenance • Report all problems with equipment or the lab to the Instrument Technician. • When reporting on particular equipment problems, the bench number, room number, and the inventory number should be used to identify it. • (Note: The theft prevention number (SC00390016-C) is on all equipment and should not be used.)

16. Lab Equipment Maintenance • Small items, such as the resistor boxes and cables can be left on the GTA's table to be picked up and repaired, but should still be reported on the lab report sheet. • Cable ends that come loose should not be thrown away, as many can be reattached to the cable. • NO FOOD OR DRINK IS ALLOWED IN THE LAB! This includes the TAs.

17. Lab Equipment Maintenance • “But it was broken when I got here” • It is your responsibility to keep the lab clean and report problems regardless of the source of the problem.

18. Interacting With Students This is a business relationship! Students have the right to have their work judged impartially – don’t do anything that compromises this relationship. Students have the right to privacy (FERPA).

19. Administrative Issues • You should have access to any supplies that you need for your lab. • Policy and Procedure for Use of Copying Machines • Located in 104 Riggs is a copy machine for graduate assistant use only. • Appropriate use includes copying the syllabus or tests for distribution to the class. Copying of text books is definitely not allowed. • Dry erase supplies, markers, erasers, cleaner, are available to you in Riggs 221-A in the gray colored cabinet. Use whatever you need for your class.

20. Administrative Issues • Desks • Due to the limited available space, it may not always be possible to accommodate each student. • You openings in your laboratory room schedule to arrange a time and place to meet students. • Laboratory Room Access • Each laboratory has a unique door code. • Email the Technical Support Manager, Mr. David Moline, in Riggs 221F for the code to you lab (dmoline@clemson.edu).

21. Grade Record Keeping & Reporting • FERPA - The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act • Privacy laws restrict parents' access to confidential student information • Only the student can have access to their grades, attendance, performance, etc. • Parents may not ask you about the student. • Don’t talk about a student with another TA. • Don’t post grades (BB solves this problem) • Contact Laboratory Coordinator for any issue that you feel may involve the students right to privacy

22. Grade Record Keeping & Reporting • Scores MUST be reported to the students and laboratory coordinator in a timely manner • Use BlackBoard • Some courses will require assessments of ABET outcomes on a separate MS Excel workbook. • All final scores are due to the lab coordinator no later than the Monday during final exams

23. Grade Record Keeping & Reporting TA and ULC see all scores Rows with each student are automatically created TA creates columns for each assignment MS Excel Workbook Students see only their scores Blackboard: http://bb.clemson.edu/

24. Grade Record Keeping & Reporting • You are free to adopt your own policies concerning discussions with students about final grades. • You must answer students' questions • You may require students to meet with you in person • You may request that students first email their concern. • Contact Laboratory Coordinator for any issue that you cannot resolve.

25. Lab TA Evaluations • Students will complete an evaluation of the lab. before the end of classes each semester. • Each TA will be responsible for picking up his or her evaluation packets. • ECE requires that each TA be evaluated in each class that he or she teaches • Will be reminded at the end of the semester.

26. ECE Laboratory Teaching Assistant Orientation • Some items today specific to: • ECE209 • ECE 211 • ECE212 • ECE273 • ECE309 • ECE311 • ECE312 • ECE372

27. You are now a fully trained teaching professional !