Agenda: Summer 2022 BRIDGES Workshop: Real World Data, Visualizations and Engaging Assignments Using BRIDGES

Day 1 (Jul 25)

Time Activity
8 - 8.30am Breakfast
8.30 - 9am Introductions, Workshop Objectives, Organization
slides
9 - 9.15am Engagement (What is it?, How BRIDGES can help)
slides
9.15 - 9.45am Course Design, Alignment
slides
An alignment example: ITCS 6114
9.45 - 10am Q&A
10am - 10.20am Coffee Break
10.20 -11am organize existing materials (lecture, activity, exam) in modules and upload to google drive
11 - 12pm present your current course structure (5 min per participant)
12 - 1.30pm Lunch
1.30 - 1.50am What is BRIDGES?
slides
1.50 - 3.30am BRIDGES Open SWIM (Solve a problem with BRIDGES)
all scaffolds
CS1
Audio Processing
Image Blur
Data Structure
Expression Tree
Graph IMDB
Algorithms
Complexity Matters
Mountain Path
3.30 - 3.50pm Coffee Break
3.50 - 5pm What is possible in BRIDGES?
slides
Assignment Repository
5pm and after Happy Hour, Dinner

Day 2 (Jul 26)

Time Activity
8 - 8.30am Breakfast
8.30 - 10am Plan: Which assignment to use in course? (Existing or New)
-review the available assignment
-review the notes from organizers
-plan for 3 assignments to use. Write a one paragraph summary and list topics/outcome of the project. Which module do they fall in
10am - 10.40am Each participant presents their plan in 4 minute each
10.40 - 11am Coffee Break
11am - 12.30pm Take 1 easy case - make it 'class ready'
(assignment description, scaffold, solution, whatever that means for YOUR course)
12.30 - 2pm Lunch
2pm - 4pm BRIDGES Assignment 2 - Make it 'Class Ready'
4 - 4.20pm Coffee Break
4.20 - 5pm Report from Participants
5pm and after Happy Hour, Dinner

Day 3 (Jul 27)

Time Activity
8 - 8.30am Breakfast
8.30 - 10.30am Assignment 3 - Make it 'Class Ready'
10.30 - 10.50am Coffee Break
10.50 - 12.10am Buffer time for assignment (2 and 3) because timeline is ambitious
12.10 - 12.30pm Going Forward
slides
12.30 - 1pm Feedback, Survey
Survey link
1pm - Lunch

Additional Information

If you have additional questions, please reach out to us via Email :

Kalpathi Subramanian

Erik Saule

Jamie Payton