Information for Lecturers

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This page is a collection of information for all people involved at teaching at the computer science department.

 

Formal guidelines to offer a course at the cs department

I am new to the cs department. How do I offer a course?

I am new lecturer and have never offered a course at SIC. How should I proceed with a new course?

There are several type of courses that are regularly offered at the cs department. All of them need some formal preparation by the study coordiantion and have strict deadlines before the start of the semester.

For lectures there are basic lectures, core lectures and advanced lectures. In principle they vary by the amount of work that is required and the pre-requisites that you can expect from students. The easiest way to start offer a lecture is an advanced lecture. They can have a varying amount of CP and do not require a repeating schedule. Please read the question How can I offer and advanced lecture? below.

For seminars there are two types: normal seminars and pro seminars. ....

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Guidelines concerning lectures and teaching

How to deal with ChatGPT?

I suspect that my students are using ChatGPT or other large language model tools to automatically generate content in my course. How to deal with that?

Firstly, it's essential to recognize that employing such tools is not inherently forbidden by the department. However, whether their use is acceptable or not largely depends on the guidelines explicitly outlined in your course. If your course materials or syllabus do not expressly prohibit the use of such tools, it becomes challenging to penalize students for utilizing them.

Moreover, determining whether students have used these tools can be a complex task. The output of language models often mimics human-generated content closely, making it difficult to distinguish between original work and content generated by a machine. To address this concern, it may be beneficial to explicitly communicate your expectations regarding the use of automated tools in coursework. If there are specific exercises or assignments where students' independent effort is crucial, consider providing clear instructions on the level of collaboration or external assistance allowed.

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