Information for Assistants

This page is intended for assistants. Here, 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

Useful hint for those assistants supervising online experiments

A nice tool to organize the online lab classes via zoom - when you have multiple groups - is the breakout room feature of zoom. For detailed information see here Zoom Breakout Room.

Organization of the lab classes

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 or the office and helpdesk HPP J 14.

Organization of Students and eTestats:

All organizational matters 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: Thursday, 8. February 2024, 3.00 pm, via Zoom (meeting-ID: 660 1000 6560)
  • TAs supervising students of D-MAVT: Thursday, 8. February 2024, 4.00 pm, via Zoom (meeting-ID: 679 1111 9916)
The first day you actually have to be physically present in the lab:
  • D-PHYS: Mon, 26th of Feburary or Thursday, 29th of February
  • D-MAVT BSc-10: Wed, 28th of February
  • D-MAVT BSc-22: Friday, 1st of March or Monday, 4th of March

Testing your experiments

Before the students come to the lab, you have to test your experiments. I sent around the days/times where the labs are open. I am often around during these times. However, if you want to make sure that I am available for you, send a mail beforehand to agree on a day/time!

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 .

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.