We will use the following MITx site for Finger Exercises, Micro-Quizzes, and also access to the notes. This webpage provides some instructions for using the MITx site.

Notes

Notes are available in a web and a PDF format.
The web "MITx" format is available through the outline on the main page.
A pdf version of the notes is available at the "PDF of notes" tab that appears at the top of any MITx webpage.
This PDF will have all of the notes, however, it will generally not have a full rendering of the Finger Exercises.
To see and complete the Finger Exercises, you must use the MITx web format.

Finger Exercises

The most direct route to access the assigned Finger Exercises is through the outline on the MITx main page.
- Specifically, look at Finger Exercises part of the outline.
- Then, click on the Finger Exercise assignment that you want to complete. This will take you to the problems for that Finger Exercise assignment.
- As the Finger Exercise Assignments are made available for you to complete, the outline will be updated to show them.
Finger Exercises will include short answer questions and small Python programming problems that are automatically checked for correctness.
- For problems involving coding, you will have access to the full grading report, and thus be able to judge the correctness of your solution (before the due date).
- For most other problems, you will not know the correctness of your response until after the due date.
- For all problems, you have unlimited responses before the due date.
- After the due date, solution videos will be available (on the MITx site) for most of the problems.

Interface for Finger Exercise/Micro-Quiz problems that require Python code submissions

For some of the Finger Exercises and Micro-Quizzes, you will be asked to submit Python code solutions.
These Python submissions will be done through an external provider known as Vocareum.
For a given Finger Exercise/Micro-quiz problem, the description of the problem on the MITx site will include a direct link to the Vocareum page where you will submit the code.
When you go to the Vocareum page for the problem, the work directory will be populated with any code that we are providing you to solve the problem.
Complete the code in this work directory as described in the description of the problem.
You may reset the code in your work directory to the original versions we are providing by hitting the Reset button on the top right of the Vocareum page.
When you have a version of the code you would like to submit, make sure it has been saved and then hit the Submit button.
You will have unlimited submissions for problems.
When you hit Submit, the code that is in your work directory will be tested.
Submission Report: After the testing is complete, for both Finger Exercises and Micro-Quizzes:
- You will immediately have access to a Submission Report (hit the Submission Report button):
- The Submission Report gives you some feedback on the correctness of some basic functionalities of your submission.
- This is not the full set of tests that will be run to actually grade your submission.
Grading Report and Grades:
- For Finger Exercises, you will have immediate access to a Grading Report and your Grades (hit the buttons).
- For Micro-Quizzes, you will not have access to the Grading Report and Grades until after the Micro-Quiz deadline has passed for all students.
- The Grading Report will provide feedback on the tests that were run, their correctness, and how your grade was determined.
- Your grade will be determined only from your last submission.

Micro-quizzes

Micro-quizzes are in-person (in-class) assessments. They cannot be taken remotely.
For a Micro-Quiz, you must bring your computer to class as the Micro-Quiz will be completed through the MITx platform.
Except for Submission Reports for problems involving Python code submissions, you will generally not receive any feedback on the correctness of your responses until after the deadline for the Micro-Quiz has passed for all students.