📟 Communication

2023/24 Winter Term

Find out how to reach out to your peers, teaching, and administrative staff during this course.

Slack

• Most of our “informal” communication and interactions will happen through Slack.
• Slack is a platform used by many companies and institutions where teams can collaborate and communicate about a specific project.
• There will be channels dedicated to discussing each week’s content, a channel for sharing useful links and events, plus a random channel to share random stuff about data science.

You will receive an invitation to join our Slack group via e-mail. Send an if you have not received an invite by the time of the first lecture.

Check out the following links to understand more about this tool:

• Slack tutorials
• Collaborate effectively in channels

🗨️ Office Hours

• It is probably a good idea to book office hours if:
  • you struggled with a technical or theoretical aspect of an activity or assignment in the previous week,
  • you have queries about careers in data science,
  • you want guidance in how to apply data science to other things you are studying outside this course.
• Come prepared. You only have 15 minutes.
• Ask for help sooner rather than later.
• Book slots via StudentHub up to 7 hours in advance.

📧 E-mail

Help us reduce our e-mail footprint

Reserve 📧 e-mail for formal requests of extensions, deferrals, etc., or other essential matters. For example, there is no need to e-mail to inform you that you will skip a class.

Send an e-mail to 📧 , our Teaching and Learning Administrator, if:

• You need to request an extension on an assessment, either because you have learning adjustments in place or because of an exceptional circumstance.
• You want to defer an assessment; that is, you will not be able to submit it.

Read more about Extensions, Deferrals, and Exceptional Circumstances.

Send an e-mail to 📧 if:

• You have a personal issue affecting your ability to complete the course and would like to discuss your options.