Agenda: Summer 2024 BRIDGES Workshop: Real World Data, Visualizations and Engaging Assignments Using BRIDGES

Day 1 (June 24)

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 - 9.35am Course Design, Alignment
slides
An alignment example: ITCS 6114
9.35 - 10am Put your class content on Google Drive.
Organize by Module/Chapter/Week
Google Drive
10 - 10.15am Coffee Break
10.15 - 10.40am What is BRIDGES?
slides
10.40am - 11.30am 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
11.30 - 12am Bridges Evaluation, Findings
slides
12pm - 1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm - 3pm Open SWIM some more
3pm - 3.30pm Q&A
3.30 - 3.50pm Coffee Break
3.50 - 4.30pm What is possible in BRIDGES?
slides
Assignment Repository
4.30pm - 5pm Discussion
5pm and after Happy Hour, Dinner

Day 2 (June 25)

Time Activity
8 - 8.30am Breakfast
8.30 - 9.30am Plan: Which assignments to use in course? (Existing or New)
For each assignment, which module does it go into ?
what are the learning outcomes?
what BRIDGES features does it leverage?
9.30am - 10.30am Report on assignment choices to the group
10.30 - 11am Coffee Break
11 - 12pm Take the easiest assignment planned - make it 'class ready'
12 - 1.30pm Lunch
1.30 - 3pm Complete BRIDGES Assignment 1
Start BRIDGES Assignment 2 - Make it 'Class Ready'
3pm - 3.30pm Coffee Break
3.30 - 5pm Complete BRIDGES Assignment 2
5pm and after Happy Hour, Dinner

Day 3 (June 26)

Time Activity
8 - 8.30am Breakfast
8.30 - 10.30am BRIDGES Assignment 3 - Make it 'Class Ready'
10.30 - 11am Coffee Break
11.10am - 11.30am Going Forward
slides
11.30am - 12pm Feedback, Survey
Survey link
12 - 1.30pm Closing discussions during lunch (with whomever is still around)

Additional Information

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

Kalpathi Subramanian

Erik Saule

Jamie Payton