Notetaking for Operating Systems (Fall 2018)

These instructions are not yet finalized.

Contributing Notes

Extra credit is available for students who contribute lecture notes to the class wiki. You can earn up to an additive 4% bonus to your final grade by contributing notes and improving existing notes.

How to contribute

First you need to create an account to edit the wiki. Email Anil Somayaji to have him make an account for you.

Please provide the following information:

• Your full name
• Desired username (to see if it's available, check the user page homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/wiki/index.php/User:<USERNAME>)
• An email address (so you can reset your password)

Then, after your are sent your temporary password and set a new one, you can log in and click the edit button on the lecture page you want to contribute to.

What to contribute

• Bullet point summaries of topics covered in class
• Code samples from class plus comments or extra explanation
• Time marks to important points in lecture audio/videos
• Links to reliable supplementary information (e.g. page numbers in Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces)

Important: read up on how Mediawiki formatting works before editing, and use the Show Preview button before saving your edits.

How do I get my bonus marks?

TAs will be monitoring your changes and will see what you have added. If you make significant contributions that do not need to be edited or improved, you will get roughly 1% per lecture. Large contributions that need some small edits will get you somewhere between 0.5% and 1% bonus. Good smaller edits and contributions will get you around 0.5%. Things like fixing typos and formatting are appreciated but are not worth any extra marks. Bonus marks are granted at the TA's discretion and will show up in CuLearn.

If you're not sure if something is appropriate to be added to the wiki, or you have a question about the bonus marks, ask a TA.