How to Navigate the Course

If you remember one thing: every lecture page has three modes, switched by a toggle at the top. Slides (what we use in class), Docs (the read-it-yourself version, where most students live), Video (a 3 to 5 minute narrated summary for review). If a page looks sparse, you are in Slides mode. Flip the toggle.

A 60-second guided walk through the site. Highlights every nav tab and the slides / docs / video toggle.

The six tabs

Tab	What's there	When to use it
Content	All modules, every lecture page	Default when learning new material
Schedule	Week-by-week plan with due dates	First check each week
Projects	Project 1 (everyone), Project 2 (Science or Systems)	Planning your project timeline
PSETs	One problem set per module	Roughly every Friday
Prep For	Review bundles for exams and interviews	The week before an exam
Search	Glossary, full-text, and 60-second refresher videos	Looking up or refreshing a term

Each module has its own accent color, and module cards track your visit count so you can spot pages you skimmed and never returned to. Case-study pages (for example, Case Study: GFS) put real names and numbers on the lecture's abstract idea. Read them on the first pass; they are the fastest way to re-anchor a concept at exam time.

Two ways to use the course

Following lectures. Open Schedule, open that module on Content, read each page in Docs (check Slides for the extra worked examples), take the module quiz, do the matching PSET. Modules are a sequence; each one builds on the last.

Reviewing for an exam or interview. Open Prep For, pick a bundle, and it links straight to the pages you need. Use Video mode for a fast pass, Search for forgotten terms, and re-read the case studies. Modules are a knowledge graph; jump anywhere, in any order.

Start here

Read Course Logistics for prerequisites, grading, and the AI policy.
Skim the Metro Map to see where this course takes you.
Take the 60-second tour above.
Check the Schedule for what is due first, then follow the lecture path.