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For remote instruction: Start by watching this video on How Remote Instruction Works in CSSE 120 [15 minutes]. Here is its transcript if you have trouble with the video. Then watch this very short video on how to use the Live Now! channel in the CSSE 120 group of Microsoft Teams. [Optional] More resources for using Microsoft Teams in CSSE 120. Note Sunday 11 p.m. deadlines below. Live Now! is generally staffed Sundays 7 to 11 p.m.; Mondays through Thursdays noon to 11 p.m. (except not from 6 to 7 p.m.); and Fridays from noon to 4 p.m. If you need something special just for you at ANY point, JUST ASK.	Session 1 (March 9) Preparation Introduction to: Python, PyCharm, Git, Objects, and Simple Loops	Session 2 (March 11) Preparation Defining Functions Calling Functions & Methods Using Objects Correcting Syntax Errors Tracing Function Calls by Hand	Session 3 (March 12) Preparation Definite Loops, Accumulators, and Summing Arguments and Parameters Names: Scope and Lifetime Memory: The Stack, Heap and Garbage Collector Unit Testing; Test-Driven Development Tracing Loops by Hand Pair Programming
	Spring break — Switch to remote instruction March 16	Spring break — Switch to remote instruction March 18	Spring break — Switch to remote instruction March 19
	Session 4 (March 23) Preparation The Accumulator Pattern: Summing, Counting, and in Graphics Conditionals Debugging with Print Tracing Code by Hand	Session 5 (March 25) Preparation Boolean Logic Debugging Run-Time Errors Stack Traces Code Reviews Practice for Exam 1	Session 6 (March 26) Preparation More Practice for Exam 1 Practice paper-and-pencil problems for Exam 1. Check your answers against this Answer Key.
Sessions 4 through 6 are due by 11 p.m. EST Sunday, March 29 Sessions 8 and 9 are open (i.e., ready for you to do)	Catch-up time (March 30) Just some extra time to help you get caught up, since we know that switching to remote instruction in all your courses is a challenge.	Session 7 (March 31 - April 1) Preparation Exam 1 - Tuesday, March 31, or Wednesday, April 1 (your choice) Take the exam during any contiguous three hours from noon to 9 p.m. EST, on either of the above days. Follow the above link for details.	Session 8 (April 2) Preparation Names are References to Objects Box-and-Pointer Diagrams Mutating Objects The Debugger Implementing Classes, I
Session 8 is due by 11 p.m. EST Sunday, April 5 Sessions 9 through 11 are open (i.e., ready for you to do)	Session 9 (April 6) Preparation Implementing Classes, II	Session 10 (April 8) Preparation Sequences, I What is a Sequence? Patterns for Sequences: Iterating Through All or Part of a Sequence	Session 11 (April 9) Preparation Sequences, II Patterns for Sequences: Find, Building a Sequence, and Max-Min
Sessions 9 through 11 are due by 11 p.m. EST Sunday, April 12 Sessions 12 through 14 are open (i.e., ready for you to do)	Session 12 (April 13) Preparation Sequences, III More Patterns: Mutating Lists; Two-indices-each-iteration; Iterating-in-Parallel	Session 13 (April 15) Preparation Debugging Revisited Looping Revisited Practice for Exam 2	Session 14 (April 16) Preparation More Practice for Exam 2 Practice paper-and-pencil problems for Exam 2. Check your answers against this Answer Key.
Sessions 12 through 14 are due by 11 p.m. EST Sunday, April 19 (although the important deadline is to complete these well before the exam Thursday) Sessions 15 is open (i.e., ready for you to do)	Catch-up time (April 20) Just some extra time to help you get caught up, since we know that remote instruction in all your courses is a challenge.	Session 15 (April 22) Preparation Waiting for Events Indefinite Loops Input from a Console File Reading and Writing	Session 16 (April 23) Preparation Exam 2 - Thursday, April 23 Take the exam during any contiguous three hours from noon to 9 p.m. EDT. Follow the above link for details.
Sessions 15 and 16 are due by 11 p.m. EST Sunday, April 26 Sessions 17 through 19 are open (i.e., ready for you to do)	Session 17 (April 27) Preparation Loops within Loops Sub-Sequences within Sequences	Session 18 (April 29) Preparation More Loops within Loops More Sub-Sequences within Sequences	Catch-up time (April 30) Just some extra time to help you get caught up, since we know that remote instruction in all your courses is a challenge.
Sessions 17 through 19 are due by 11 p.m. EST Sunday, May 3 Session 20 is open (i.e., ready for you to do). Capstone Team Project begins this week. Exam 3 is the following week.	Session 19 (May 4) Preparation More Practice for Exam 3 See the Preparation for important Practice Problems for the Paper-and-Pencil part of Exam 3.	Session 20 (May 6) Preparation Capstone Team Project begins Stage 1 begins Event-Driven Programming Graphical User Interface (GUI) Programming Tkinter/ttk for a GUI	Session 21 (May 7) Capstone Team Project Stage 1 continues Read the Capstone Project Description.
Capstone Team Project continues.	Session 22 (May 11) Stage 1 of the Capstone Team Project continues. Project Proposal due, as described in the Capstone Project Description. Your instructor must approve that document before you proceed. Meet with your instructor as needed.	Session 23 (May 13) Stage 1 of the Capstone Team Project continues. Iterative Enhancement Plan and UML Class Diagram due, as described in the Capstone Project Description. Create the UML class diagram by meeting with your instructor.	Session 24 (May 14) Capstone Team Project Stage 1 ends Stage 2 begins
Capstone Team Project continues.	Session 25 (May 18) Capstone Team Project Stage 2 continues	Session 26 (May 20) Capstone Team Project Stage 2 ends (actually on Tuesday, May 19) Stage 3 begins (actually on Tuesday, May 19)	Session 27-30 (May 21) Capstone Team Project Stage 3 continues Capstone Team Project due date: Tuesday, May 26 (but automatic extension to Wednesday, May 27, available upon request). See the Capstone Project Description for how to turn in your project.
Capstone Team Project due. See the Capstone Project Description for how to turn in your project. No final exam for those who have above a 70% average on BOTH paper-and-pencil and on-the-computer exams.