You will find the following resources helpful to your success in CS 124.
You must enable Google Apps integration to participate in CS 124. Doing so will allow you to participate in discussions on the forum, as well as access your grades and complete your daily lessons on this website.
The process is simple:
CS 124 runs a Discourse forum.
The forum is the right place to ask questions, get help, and interact with other students and the course staff.
Please use it for all course-related questions that are not of a sensitive nature, since answering them there helps other students with the same question.
To log in, you will need to activate Google Apps integration for your @illinois.edu
email account.
Please also get in the habit of searching the forum before asking a question. Chances are fairly good that your question has already been asked and answered, which means that you can find out what you wanted to know immediately! On public forums this is also considered good forum etiquette.
We are using the excellent open-source Discourse forum software to power our course forum. There are four main reasons that we consider Discourse a better choice:
If you want a full write-up, click here.
CS 199 124—formerly known as CS 196—is the honors section of CS 124. Note that you should sign up for CS 199 124, not one of the other CS 199 sections.
CS 199 124 is a great experience! It also has its own website, forum, and sources of information. Please use those resources to ask questions about the class. But here are the leads to introduce the course to you:
To sign up to find out more about CS 199 124, use this form.
If you are a James Scholar or are taking the course for honors credit, you should complete an Honors Credit Learning Agreement (HCLA). On your HCLA, state that you are completing the work for CS 199 124 for honors credit. You should not enroll in CS 199 124.
If you are not a James Scholar or not taking the course for honors credit, you should enroll in CS 199 124. The course is no credit hours and S/U graded. However, you will need to participate in CS 199 124 to earn an S grade!