Kursens utveckling

In the previous years we added a last, elective project on real HW and SW architectures. This year we increased the frequency of project presentations, so that each student presents three to four times.

We introduced a non-compulsory project about real computer architectures. We reorganized the start of the course to give more time and support for HW design.

The following changed has been made, partially still to fit the distance teaching format: - Improved on-line consultation - Added test cases for the projects - Videos available from the authors of the course book - We have encouraged that students discuss the projects

For 2019 the following improvements were introduced: 1. We have reorganized the teaching allocation, so that all the groups meet the same teachers. The change has been made to address the worries of the student that different teachers emphasized different parts of the material. 2. We employed teaching assistants from students of previous years to give the consultations. This change has been made to foster more discussion and more questions in these sessions, since students appeared to be too shy to ask the teachers at the consultations. 3. Using the quiz functionality of Canvas, we added a significant amount of practice quiz questions, to help the students understand the key concepts in each chapter.

The course information has been moved to Canvas. The information has been extended with pages on exam preparation and preparation for the quiz. Project submission now happens via Canvas, and students can see their points shortly after the submission deadline, including comments on the grading.

- Leading questions have been added for in-class discussions, so that students can focus on the challenging parts of the projects. - Example quiz questions have been made available to help the students to prepare for the short tests.

- one more moment is introduced, to be able to register progress in the first part of the course. - in-class activity is changed to include group discussion of the project solutions. - consultation times pre-scheduled and well visible in the students "schema". - attempt to better synchronize with the ongoing first year project course. - invited talk at the end of the course

Video content on web for all lectures. Course slightly re-organized, first two topics merged into one, seminar on VM extended to two, since it proved to be difficult.

The course has been given for the first time.