Introduction to Programming

Field	Value
Title	Introduction to Programming
Semester	2026-WiSe
Lecturer	Gerit Wagner
Link: LMS	Canvas
Link: Repository	Repository
Link: Website	Website
Status	upcoming
Student Evaluations
Improvement Issue
Status of Revisions	N/A

Process

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    A[<a href="#announce">1. Announce the course</a><br/>4 months before] --> B[<a href="#prepare">2. Prepare the course</a><br/>1 month before]
    B --> C[<a href="#offer">3. Offer the course</a>]
    C --> D[<a href="#grade">4. Exam grading<br/>and documentation</a>]
    D --> E[<a href="#repeat">5. Repeat exam</a><br/>following term]

1. Announce the course (4 months before)

Start: December (summer term), May (winter term)

• Canvas team: Create the course and shares the link.
• Carefully select lecture rooms (Power supply, Harvard vs. Flat, Beamer)

Deadline: mid-May (summer term), December/January (winter term)

2. Prepare the course (1 month before)

Start: March (summer term), September (winter term)

• Professor: Review feedback.qmd, add feedback from issues, student evaluations, and surveys, document how the feedback was addressed, and mention the addressed feedback in the first lecture.

Follow the complete Canvas course checklist when preparing the LMS course.

• Professor: Review the syllabus and programme-specific Canvas elements.
• Professor: Define the Canvas course structure.
• Professor: Prepare and organize course content in Canvas.
• Professor: Configure assignments, group sets, and rubrics where applicable.
• Professor: Define discussion and communication settings.
• Professor: Review the course using Student View.
• Professor: Ask TEL for a final link-validation and accessibility check when the course setup is complete.
• Professor: Publish the Canvas course when it is ready for students.

Deadline: April (summer term), October (winter term)

3. Offer the course

Start: April (summer term), October (winter term)

• Professor (Team Assistant): Prepare the exams. Use the exam checklist.
• Add exam dates to the calendar

4. Exam grading and documentation

Grading

• Create a reminder for the deadline.
• Check whether to adjust the grades of narrowly failing exams upwards and, if necessary, lower the passing threshold in favor of students

Documentation

• Professor: Analyse the evaluations, store the files, and document the improvements (see evaluations).
• Professor: Document necessary changes for the following exams (e.g., unclear questions, too many questions)

Deadline: End of August (summer term), March (winter term)

Students can review their exams and grades according to the applicable examination-office process.

5. Repeat exam

Students have the possibility to repeat the exam in the following term (even if the lecture is not offered again). Registration for students in FlexNow is created by the examination office.

• Professor: Upon notification by the examination office (E-Mail: “Prüferbestellung”), create the repeat exam. Student registrations are available in FlexNow.
• Repeat relevant steps of Exam grading and documentation (step 4).

Students can review their exams and grades according to the applicable examination-office process.