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Milestones provide students with the opportunity to learn incrementally and builds up to a fully reproducible scientific paper. There will be some time during the class meetings to start working on these milestones, and to address questions, but most of it will be completed after class.

Warning

The milestones are ALWAYS due before the beginning of the next class meeting.

The Milestone Workflow

The instructions for a milestone are shared with the students at least 5 days before the due date.

  1. You start by opening the milestone by clicking the milestone icon on the Schedule page.
  2. When you are inside the notebook click on "File" -> "Save a copy in Drive"
    • A new notebook is created named "Copy of ...".
    • Don't skip this step otherwise you won't be able to save or submit your work!
  3. Rename the notebook called "Copy of ..." so that it matches your group. This is the notebook for your milestone.
    • You can start working inside the newly generated and renamed notebook.
  4. Once you are ready to submit your work click the "Share" button then on the "Copy link" button.
    • Verify that your link works by opening it in a new private browser window.
    • You should see your latest edits inside the this notebook.
  5. Send a private message to the instructor on the Chat
    • In your message include the course name (da), the milestone name (eg. idea), your group number (group-0), and the copied link to your notebook.
    • Submission are considered until the start of the next session.
    • Late submissions will not be considered!

Grading

Milestones will be graded on a 4-category scale:

Icon Description
✓+ Exceptional, above and beyond what was expected
✓ Completed with good effort
✓- Acceptable, but major deficiencies
∅ Unacceptable; did not submit