A short deck to show in the first week of any course that uses DSA. What the tutor is, how to sign in, what it will and will not do (and why), how to ask a question that gets a useful answer, where to go when you are stuck, and what happens to your data.
It names no course, so it works for any of them. Instructors: feel free to show it as is, or cut it down to the five slides you care about. Students: the Help page inside DSA says all of this too, any time.
What is in it
- What it is, and getting in. A tutor that knows your course, and signing in with the address on your class roster.
- The deal. What it will do, what it will not, and why it holds back.
- Getting help. How the help level works, how to ask well, and when to ask a person instead.
- Practice that counts. The map, review, checks, find my bug and Teach-Back.
- Limits and your data. What you might run into, who can read your conversations, and how to download or delete your data.
- Six habits. The one slide to leave up.
Presenting it yourself
The slides are plain HTML with Reveal.js sitting next to them, so the folder works with no network. Arrow keys or space to advance, F for full screen, O for the slide overview, B to blank the screen, ? for help.