"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”
Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, founder of Taoism.
Welcome to CSD (Computer Science Discoveries)!
Whether you start with us at the beginning of the semester or your add the class sometime after the semester starts, there are a few housekeeping items we need to complete in order for you to gain access to all the course material AND to ensure your overall success.
NOTE: These steps were last updated on 8/07/23.
Go through the links below IN ORDER (unless you are specifically instructed otherwise). For each item, carefully read and correctly follow all directions.
Review the How To Get Help page on our class website. Before you learn anything else in class, you need to know how to get help if you get stuck.
Review the Getting Tech Help page. You will use your Chromebook daily for this class as well as participate in live video conferencing sessions. It is important that you know how to resolve your tech issues as they come up.
Understand how to interact with the Daily Class Announcements and then go READ the current announcement post AND follow any directions that might be there.
Review the Code.org page for information about the online curriculum we are using for this course.
Review the needed Class Materials for this class so that you have everything you need to be successful this year.
Review and Understand the Class Expectations
Review our class Grading Policies
Use the CSD Programming Notebook page to get your Notebook prepped and ready for class.