See this overview.
It will be held in person. Lectures will be recorded and available on Canvas.
I am committed to helping you learn the material in ECE 551.
I will be using
iClicker Cloud
(free for UM students)
to promote interactive learning
during class time.
I have used iClicker questions
for many years
and the student feedback about it
is very positive.
Attendance is essential
to earn iClicker points
and to benefit from this engaged learning.
As explained in the (easily missed) fine print on Wolverine Access, you must use the ECE override system to request an override for ECE 551.
After an override is approved, you must go into WA to enroll, within some time limit. The enrollment is not automatic! The system is designed this way to make sure that you still want to take the course. (There might be a long delay between when you get on the waitlist and when you get an override and you might have decided to take something else in the meantime.) Here are written instructions and a short video about how to use an override to enroll in a class. Apparently you have to drop the course and then add it again, which is counter-intuitive and might make you nervous. But be assured that if you have been given an override you will get in as long as you use that override to enroll soon enough.
You might find that the lecture is marked as "closed" in wolverine access. However, you can still add the class! Go to the backpack/registration page, select add, enter the class number (15700), and it will prompt you to pick a discussion section. Click next on this screen and the following. Under enrollment preferences, check the "wait list if class is full" option before clicking next again. You then need to click "Proceed to Step 2 of 3" on the add classes page to finish enrolling.
Prof. Fessler will hold office hours in person and by Zoom. Many students liked the convenience of Zoom office hours so I plan to continue offering that option. During those office hours, students attending in person will be prioritized.
Attendance is not required for discussion sessions, but is strongly recommended because there will be many interactive activities in the discussion sessions that will help with real-world problem solving. There are signal processing and machine learning "tasks" that are introduced in discussion sections that students will work on together in small groups of 2-3 students that will be due as part of the HW. If you are unable to "attend" the discussion then you should be able to pair up with someone to work on those tasks, and get help as needed in office hours.