A. Module-by-module overview of the course
B. Grading and assessment
C. Discussion Forum Guidelines
A. Module-by-module overview of the course
Overview of the course:
Module 1. Introducing the building blocks - release date 29 May
Lecture 1 + Quiz: Introduction of the building blocks of a quantum computer - Koen Bertels
Lecture 2 + Quiz: Quantum materials - Giordano Scappuci
Lecture 3 + Quiz: Ket notation - Ben Criger
Module 2. About the Spin Qubit - release date 8 June
Lecture 4 + Quiz: The Spin Qubit - Lieven Vandersypen
Lecture 5 + Quiz: Operations with Spin Qubits - Menno Veldhorst
Module 3. About the NV Center Qubit - release date 15 June
Lecture 6 + Quiz: The NV Center Qubit - Tim Timiniau
Lecture 7 + Quiz: Operations with NV Center Qubits - Tim Timiniau
Module 4. About the Superconducting Qubit - release date 22 June
Lecture 8 (3 videos) + Quiz: The Superconducting Qubit - Leo DiCarlo
Lecture 9 (3 videos) + Quiz: Operations with Superconducting Qubits - Brian Tarasinski, Adriaan Rol, Niels Bultink
Module 5. About the Topological Qubit - release date 29 June
Lecture 10 + Quiz: The Topological Qubit - Michael Wimmer
Lecture 11 + Quiz: Operations with Topological Qubits - Attila Geresdi
Module 6. Wrap up & preview 'Building Blocks Part 2' - release date 6 July
Lecture 12 + Final Exam (25%): wrap up and preview - Ben Criger
B. Grading and assessment
Each module has a similar structure and grading policy. The non-graded contributions, such as your contributions to the discussion forum, are optional. Participation in the discussions does, however, give you a much greater and deeper learning experience. It allows you to share your ideas with the other course participants.
In total you can obtain 100 points. To pass you need an overall score of at least 60% of the total number of points that can be earned (60/100). 75% of the points you will earn by taking the quizzes and 25% by taking the final exam. This course contains 11 quizzes and 1 final exam.
All quizzes in the Quantum Library are optional, and will thus not be graded.
C. Discussion forum guidelines
The discussion forum is an important tool on the learning platform for you to share and discuss your insights, assignments and reflections.
An important part of the learning happens on the discussion forums. The forum is all about sharing your ideas with peers and inviting them to give feedback. We stimulate a positive, constructive atmosphere. Please pay attention to the guidelines provided below to make this course a pleasant experience for everyone!
- Be respectful. Please, show respect to your fellow participants. We encourage debate and discussion but only when this is done in a polite and respectful manner. We do not tolerate rude behaviour, and condescending or abusive words. Instances will be reported and removed.
- Be constructive in your feedback. Learning in an online community is about interacting with each other. When commenting or providing feedback on work of others, be constructive and whenever possible provide suggestions for improvement.
- Be sensitive to your peers’ background and culture. This is a global forum with participants from around the world. This means that your fellow participants may come from very diverse cultures and backgrounds. Please be sensitive to this when discussing your own work or results of others.
- Post appropriate content. Content that violates the Terms of Service is not permitted. You may not post inappropriate (eg. pornographic) or copyrighted content, advertise or promote outside products or organizations, or spam the forums with repeat content.
More details are available in our downloadable Forum Guidelines.
Collaboration Guidelines
Here we present some guidelines for successful collaboration during this DelftX course. They will assist you and your peers in truly grasping the course material, whilst still being able to help each other out.
We, as course staff, will actively remove posts and responses in the discussion forum, which we feel are inappropriate (literally giving answers, rather than giving tips). Repeated violation of the guidelines may result in your progress in the course being erased and/or your account being deactivated. (Please remember that the edX Honor code also applies outside of edx.org)
Here we go:
1. It is OK to discuss the general approach to solving a problem.
2. It is OK to work with others to come up with the general steps for a solution
3. It is OK to give/receive hints when you or someone else is stuck.
4. It is not OK to receive the details of a solution, these you should work out yourself.
5. It is not OK to simply copy someone else’s solution / let your solution be copied.
6. It is not OK to plug your numbers in someone else’s formula to get an answer.
7. It is not OK to consult a step-by-step solution to a problem, when the deadline has not passed yet.
8. It is not OK to share/receive the answers to an assignment before its deadline.
9. It is OK to let someone help you one step further in a solution, provided that you have given it a wholehearted attempt and are stuck for some time.
And most important!
10. After you have collaborated with others to find a solution, you should be able to solve a similar problem by yourself the next time!