Working with the Computer Science & Engineering Front Desk

This guide covers TA processes and responsibilities that involve the CS&E department front desk/office. If you have questions that aren’t answered by this document, please email [email protected]. 

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Location & Hours 

Student Services Office: Lind Hall 324

  • 9:00AM - 11:30AM & 1:00PM - 4:00PM Monday - Friday
    • Lind 324 is LOCKED from 11:30AM - 1:00PM with no guaranteed staff availability. Do NOT rely on being able to access the office during this time.
  • [email protected] / (612) 625-4002
  • Home to the TA Coordination Team, CS&E advisors, and other departmental staff. This is the department office you will visit for the majority of your TA duties. Course mailboxes, copy requests, gradescope scanning, conference room reservations, etc. all run through this office.    

Finance Office: Keller Hall 4-192

  • No public hours
  • Home to our finance, accounting, and HR staff.

TA Duties

Printing/copying discussion exercises, quizzes, exams, etc.

  • Course instructors should submit coursework copy requests. The instructor will provide directions if this is delegated to a graduate TA. Undergraduate TAs should not submit copy requests.  

Distribution of coursework to students

  • You are responsible for returning graded homeworks back to the students in your assigned course during class time. Work with the course instructor to make specific arrangements or request accommodations. 

Reserving a conference room for grading (or other TA duties)

  • Visit this link to reserve a conference room 
  • CS&E conference rooms remain locked at all times. Stop by the front desk (Lind 324) before the time of your reservation to collect a key/have a staff member let you into your reserved room.
    • Be prepared to leave your UCard at the front desk as collateral when borrowing a key. Return the key immediately once you unlock your room.

Office supplies for grading and other TA duties

  • Extra whiteboard markers/erasers, pencils, pens, and blue books for exams can be picked up from the CS&E front desk (Lind 324). Check in with the front desk staff member to request any of these supplies (or similar). 

Reserving space for office hours

  • Reserve a space for office hours by adding your information to the CSCI TA Office Hours Spreadsheet (link available in the TA Portal). The following spaces are available for reservation on the first day of classes:
    • Keller Hall Atrium Tables
    • Keller Hall 2-209
    • Keller 1-201
    • Keller 1-211
    • Keller 1-213
    • Lind L103

Other info

DRC exams

  • DRC exams are exams for students who receive accommodations from the Disability Resource Center. 
  • Paper exams are delivered to the CS&E front desk (Lind 324) about one business day after the exam takes place. If exams are returned electronically you’ll need to get the electronic copy from the course instructor in order to grade. 

UNITE coursework and exams

  • UNITE Distributed Learning facilitates online and long-distance learning course sections.
  • Paper coursework and exams are either delivered electronically or to the CS&E front desk (Lind 324). Ask the course instructor for details regarding their UNITE sections.

Gradescope scanning

  • Unlike previous terms, the CS&E front desk no longer provides scanning services for paper coursework and exams. This means that the department office printer cannot be used for scanning. All scanning requests should be processed through the University Survey & Assessment Services (USAS):
    • The course instructor is responsible for requesting Gradescope/USAS scanning. 

Course mailboxes

  • Course mailboxes are requested by course instructors and located in the Student Services Office (Lind 324). Contact the course instructor if your course does not have a course mailbox, but you would like one. All coursework pickup and drop off should occur between the regular business hours listed above.

Textbooks for TAs

Encountering academic dishonesty

  • If you notice suspicious activity or suspect cheating, always report your findings to the course instructor. See the UG TA Handbook / Grad TA Handbook for information on this. 

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