In-class Participation
The fourteen group practices, worth 14 points, and how they double as your attendance record.
In-class participation is the fourteen group practices in Weeks 1–13 and 15, worth 1 point each, 14 points in total. Week 14 is Thanksgiving break and Week 16 is the synthesis presentations, so neither carries one.
Each regular Session 1 closes with a short practice problem. Work with your group on the provided worksheet, write everyone’s names on it, and hand it in before leaving. The point is credit for taking part in the modeling process, not for getting it right; the separate weekly software take-home is what you submit in Canvas. Week 1 is the one exception: Monday Aug 24 is the course introduction and collects nothing, so Week 1’s practice runs at the end of Wednesday’s session instead.
The worksheet is also half of your attendance record, so one habit matters more than any other here: check that your own name is on the sheet before your group hands it in. That sheet is your record. A worksheet carrying only names with no attempt at the problem counts as nothing handed in. The session that collects no worksheet is the one where your signature alone decides attendance, usually Session 2 (and in Week 1, Session 1). The 3-3-3 rule has the rest.
Group practices are in-class work, so like the checkpoints they cannot be made up. The only exceptions are an approved AES accommodation or a religious observance arranged in advance.