CS243 will be using the Gradiance automated homework system for some of the required work. You should open your free account at www.gradiance.com/services and then sign up for the class using the "class token" CDD3FD56.

Gradiance looks like multiple-choice questions, but it is really quite different. You are given problems to work out, just as you would in an ordinary homework. You are then given a multiple-choice question to test whether or not you have the correct solution. If you get a choice wrong, you are given a hint and encouraged to try again. You are allowed to try as many times as you like, and the goal is to get everything right eventually. To avoid repeated guessing on one problem at a time, you need to repeat all the questions each time you submit, and you will be given a different set of choices each time.

SCPD students: Please download the lecture notes before the lecture; the material will be available by the morning of the lecture. Please submit written assignments to us by emailing them to the staff mailing list and include the homework route form with your submission. We will return the graded homeworks back to you through SCPD distribution (SCPD students only).