Online Self Paced

Moodle online learning platform

• Students receive regular (automated) feedback on progress (and can also request progress reports)
• Tutors give regular (automated) feedback on all students’ progress (and can also request progress reports)

Moodle content

• Video
• Lecture notes (PPT and test summary)
• Form to give thoughts/views on the lecture
• Quiz to test knowledge (which receives an immediate score and can be retaken multiple times)

Online (server access via VNC) exercises and examples

• Run on leading EDA tools (including Cadence simulators and formal tools as part of the Cadence Connections Verification Program) and free tools such as Verilator.
• Split between easier, medium, and harder for students to choose
• Automated running and checking of student solutions
• Automated checks on the quality of the solutions
• Bots to help guide students when stuck

Discussion forums (using Discord)

• Policed by a bot for unsuitable content
• The bot can also answer students’ questions

Optional online weekly live tutorials

• Tutor assigned to track student progress and hold a weekly online, optional Q&A

Final exam

• Based on full course content – graded