Information for Assistants
This page is intended for assistants. You find some pdfs with further information and helpful hints.
Page is being updated... ... and some documents are still from last semester. It's gradually being updated, and in case of question or confusion, please contact Andreas Eggenberger
Changes for the Fall Semester 2024:
Fixed TAs for the students in D-PHYS
Every TA supervises 8 students throughout 6 different experiments (instead of 8 experiments). We define the experiments and the days where you supervise your students, typically once every 2 weeks. You will therefore also have different experiments to teach, which might reduce boredom for you. Additionally, the reduction from 8 —> 6 experiments will compensate for the slightly increased workload because of the different experiments you supervise.
Mandatory but identical first experiment for D-HEST and D-EAPS
In order to have everybody on the same level of knowledge, the students of D-HEST and D-EAPS will all perform the same, simpel experiment (a pendulum) on their first day. We guide the students through the data analysis / error calculation / report writing, such that no student can claim „I’ve never seen that before…“. The manual already exists, but we will write one common sample report/solution.
Handling of Testats for Service Lab Courses
Organizational matters for the service lab courses (D-HEST, D-EAPS, D-MAVT) are handled via the Webtool. You can log in with your nETHZ credentials.
Dates and Times
The lab course takes place on various mornings and afternoons, depending on the course of studies. All relevant dates (intended for students) are on the corresponding page for the course of studies.Introductory Meeting:
- TAs supervising students of D-PHYS: Friday, 13th of Sept 2024, 14:30 - 15:30, HPP K 25
- TAs supervising students of D-HEST / D-EAPS: Tuesday, 10th of Sept 2024, 14:00 - 15:00, HPP K 25
- D-PHYS: Mon, 30th of September or Friday, 4th of October 2024 // Monday 7th of October or Friday 11th of October
- D-HEST: Tuesday, 24th of September
- D-EAPS: Tuesday, 24th of September
Testing your experiments
Before the students come to the lab, you have to test your experiments. For the TAs supervising the same experiments every week, you can arrange to come by before the semester starts. If you want me to be present and/or if you have specific questions, please coordinate with me. Else, just let us know one day ahead such that we can make sure the lab is open when you arrive. The helpdesk is occupied at least from 9am to 6pm.AI and plagiarism
As well as you, most students are aware of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT or Gemini from Google. ETH recently released a statement and guide lines for AI in teaching and learning. Please see here for more details: AI Guidelines. In short: ETH Zurich encourages responsible and transparent use of AI in education. BUT students and lecturers should recognize its limitations. Students have to ensure that their work remains original and they have to be transparent and fair when working with AI (i.e., state when AI has been used for language improvement etc.). Also, it is important that you are aware of the rules about plagiarism, and that you tell the students about it. See more details here: Plagiarism.Improving the Manuals
There are always things to improve. If you have suggestions or spot mistakes (language, formal, content), please let me know, and help improving the manuals. Also, if you have any kind of constructive feedback, I very much appreciate it! Ideally you send your feedback via mail.Grading the report
Below you find a table should serve as basis for grading the report. Note that it is ideal to give a separate grade for the measurement/experimental execution and for the report. Also, the grading table is rather generic and might need to be adapted to the specific experiment you are supervising.| Assessment Grid | |
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| Grid for grading the reports |
Slides and PDFs with organisational matters
Below you find information on how the lab course is organized. Most questions should be answered in the documents, however, if there is anything unclear or you have a question, please do not hesitate to contact me, either via mail or the office and helpdesk HPP J 14.Allocation of Assistants (version 3 Sept 2024)
Assistant List incl. known experiments (still Spring Semester 2024...)
Slides of Intro-Meeting for TAs supervising students of D-PHYS (13 Sept 2024)
Script "Intro to data analysis" lecture for D-PHYS only; given in spring 2023 (DE)
Script "Intro to data analysis" lecture for D-PHYS only; given in spring 2023 (ENG)
Suggestion how to organize remote lab classes (by C. Decaroli)