teaching

I roughly doubled the potential audience of COMP 541's final project simulator by porting, along with a classmate, the original version (C#, Windows-only) to Java (cross-platform). It is in-use in COMP 541 and maintained by me.

MIPS Emulator (GitHub)

I developed and maintain a SAP (Simple-As-Possible computer) program simulator, which allowed me to create a SAP programming assignment.

SAPsim (GitHub)

I create and refine programming assignments and their autograders.

I created Lab 4 (SAP programming) and the majority of the final project (BST implementation in MIPS assembly).

I revamped Lab 3 (ALU implementation). The ALU now has a 5-bit control table and computes flags, whereas it previously had a 2-bit control table.

I incorporated several improvements to the assignments, including usage of Digital's Tunnel and Splitter/Merger components and multi-bit capabilities. I also incorporated MIPS macros.

I refactored existing autograder code for the final project (would be trivial to extend to other assignments) to be more modular and extensible and provide better feedback to students.

I have written 35+ in-use quiz and exam questions. I verify and edit, as needed, all assessment questions in the course. I wrote all of Quiz 7 (MIPS processor and control signals).

I refined and automated our question creation and review process. In particular, I developed a workflow in which we write questions in Markdown format on GitHub and convert (via pandoc) to HTML/PDF, allowing for version control and better collaboration.

I write and edit explanations for all assessment questions. I have also written explanations for the 180+ practice questions written by Professor Munsell.

I manage the undergraduate LA team, hold office hours, and answer student questions (on Piazza and elsewhere). In 23S, I held three in-person assessment review sessions for the course, with an average of 40 students at each.

I created ~10 in-use quiz questions.

I held 5 quiz review sessions.

Slides (recordings included)

I created a Git workshop for the COMP 110 hackathon Hack110.

Slides
GitHub

I created additional exercises for advanced learners.

Pong
Tic-Tac-Toe
Data cleaning

I wrote a guide to the ACT in high school and have updated it quite a bit. I also wrote about advanced math concepts on the ACT.

Jesse's Guide to the ACT®
Advanced Math Concepts for the ACT® (Source)

I created resources for my students and compile them on this website.

Notes from lessons Math GitHub gists Desmos links

A lot of my blog post ideas came from topics I covered during my tutoring lessons.

Blog (ACT category)