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| * **Preliminary**: prerequisite material or work that **needs** to be completed before you arrive at your scheduled lab time. | * **Preliminary**: prerequisite material or work that **needs** to be completed before you arrive at your scheduled lab time. | ||
| * **Exercises**: a number of steps to be completed in order to pass off the lab assignment. These exercises build upon each other and should be completed in the order in which they are presented. Most exercises will have questions or design/simulation tasks that are required for the lab report and pass off. | * **Exercises**: a number of steps to be completed in order to pass off the lab assignment. These exercises build upon each other and should be completed in the order in which they are presented. Most exercises will have questions or design/simulation tasks that are required for the lab report and pass off. | ||
| - | * **Personal Exploration**: some time spent exploring beyond the lab exercises. Many of you will find yourself naturally exploring during the labs! This personal exploration activity should involve at least 15 minutes of effort beyond the minimum requirements of the lab. You are required to document your personal exploration activity in your lab report. Some suggestions are provided for you but you should pick anything that is exciting to you! | + | * **Pass Off**: some exercises require a pass-off at the end of them. At the end of the lab, there is a final pass-off. These must be completed in the lab, in person, with a TA. The requirements for each lab's pass off will be described at the end of each lab page. More details on the pass off are described in the [[#Pass Off|Pass Off]] section of this document. |
| - | * **Pass Off**: must be completed in the lab, in person, with a TA. The requirements for each lab's pass off will be described at the end of each lab page. More details on the pass off are described in the [[#Pass Off|Pass Off]] section of this document. | + | * **Personal Exploration**: Some labs will ask you to perform some personal exploration once you have the basic lab completed. This personal exploration activity should involve at least 15 minutes of effort beyond the minimum requirements of the lab. You are required to document your personal exploration activity in your lab report. Some suggestions are provided for you but you should pick anything that is exciting to you! If the lab does not explicitly require a personal exploration, you need not do one. |
| ==== Lab content ==== | ==== Lab content ==== | ||
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| Many of the labs discuss topics that are taught in the textbook. References to these sections will be presented with footnotes. ((This is an example footnote.)) | Many of the labs discuss topics that are taught in the textbook. References to these sections will be presented with footnotes. ((This is an example footnote.)) | ||
| - | ===== Lab Report ===== | + | ===== Lab Notebook ===== |
| - | In addition to completing the lab exercises, you are required to complete a lab report. | + | In addition to completing the lab exercises, you are required to use a lab notebook to work through questions and to record your pass-offs. |
| ==== Report Content ==== | ==== Report Content ==== | ||
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| * ** <Last Name>, <First Name> ** | * ** <Last Name>, <First Name> ** | ||
| * ** <Section Number> ** | * ** <Section Number> ** | ||
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| + | You should also leave room at the top of your report for TA pass-offs. | ||
| Here is an example on how this should be done: | Here is an example on how this should be done: | ||
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| Smith, John | Smith, John | ||
| Section 1 | Section 1 | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | After the heading, you will need to answer the questions associated with the **Preliminary** section and each of the **Exercises**. For each question, copy the question from the wiki page and past the question in your lab report. Place your answer below the question that you copied as shown in the example below: | + | Exercise 1: _________ Exercise 2: __________ |
| - | {{:tutorials:sample_lab_answers.png?400|}} | + | Final Pass Off: ___________________ Date: _________ |
| - | + | </code> | |
| - | You may also be asked to insert text, screenshots, or handwritten work you created while completing the exercises into this portion of the report. | + | |
| - | Here are some tips for adding various media types into your lab reports: | + | |
| - | * **Inserting Screen captures:** Click on the start button and type **snipping tool** into the search bar. Click on the snipping tool icon. The screen should freeze and turn gray. Now click and drag the cursor over the diagram above. The image is automatically placed into your clipboard, so you can simply paste it into your Word document. You can also save the image from inside the snipping tool app and then insert it into your Word document. Use Word's image tools to crop the image to only include necessary parts of the image. | + | |
| - | * **Inserting Tables:** You can create tables in MS Word using the table tool. You will occasionally be required to create a table in your lab reports, such as a truth table. | + | |
| - | * **Inserting handwritten work: ** You will occasionally need to insert handwritten work in your lab reports. You can take a picture of your work with your phone or use the CAEDM scanner to scan your document and add your handwritten work to the report. Follow the [[tutorials:using_the_caedm_scanner|Using the CAEDM Scanner]] tutorial to learn how to use the CAEDM lab's scanner. | + | |
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| - | At the end of your report you must answer the following two questions: | + | |
| - | - **How much time did you spend completing this lab?** This question is important for us to gauge the difficulty of the lab and identify when lab assignments are taking too long. Please track the account of the time you spend in the lab in order to accurately report this. Report your result in number of hours (with fractional hours if necessary). | + | After the heading, you will need to answer the questions associated with the **Preliminary** section and each of the **Exercises**. Then you will need to copy your answers to the Learning Suite quiz that is associated with this lab. |
| - | - **Please provide any suggestions for improving this lab in the future.** This gives you an opportunity to provide feedback for improving future labs. Student feedback is essential for helping us to improve the labs. | + | |
| - | Points will be deducted from your lab report if you do not answer these questions. | ||
| ==== Report Submission ==== | ==== Report Submission ==== | ||
| - | Every lab report **must** be submitted as a <color red>PDF file</color>. Files not submitted as a PDF file will not be graded and given a score of 0. It is recommended that create your lab report in Microsoft Word and export your final word document as a PDF file. A Word template file for lab reports is available for you {{resources:lab_report_format.docx |here}}. This file is also linked on the sidebar to the left. | + | Even though you will use a lab notebook for your work and to record Pass Off signatures, your answers must be entered on Learning Suite to receive credit. |
| - | After completing your report in Word, convert the file to PDF with the following steps: | ||
| - | 1. Click the **File** tab on the top of Microsoft Word. | ||
| - | 2. Click **Save as Adobe PDF**. | ||
| - | Submit this PDF file as your lab report on Learning Suite. Remember, **do not** submit Word Document (.doc) files or a folder of files zipped together (.zip, .7z, etc.). | + | ===== Pass Off ===== |
| - | Some students have reported that learning suite sometimes fails to upload their lab report. //It is your responsibility to make sure that your laboratory report is properly uploaded on learning suite//. You should wait and make sure that your report has properly loaded on learning suite. | + | Pass offs are designed for you to demonstrate what you have learned from each exercise. Each exercise has instructions for passing off that section. You enter the required Lab Passoff (the questions in green) on the Lab Passoff 'x' assignments. |
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| - | ===== Pass Off ===== | + | |
| - | In addition to completing the lab report, you must have your lab assignment passed off by a TA in person in the lab room. The instructions for what is required for pass off are described in each lab. | + | <del>When you have done so, a TA will initial your lab notebook. At the end of the lab, you will complete a final pass-off, typically demonstrating your working module. Once you have completed this pass off, a TA will sign and date your lab notebook and enter the grade on Learning Suite. Each pass off must be completed by a TA in person in the lab room.</del> |
| - | Print the {{:pass_off_sheet.pdf|Pass Off Sheet}} that you'll use for all labs in this class. Follow the [[tutorials:printing_to_a_caedm_printer]] tutorial to print to the printer in the lab. Note that the Pass Off Sheet is also conveniently linked in the sidebar to the left. Print one copy of this sheet at the beginning of the semester and bring it to every lab! | ||
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