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  1. Goals and expectations on the Software Development Course
  2. Google Sheet for pairing

SDC Goals and expectations 🔗

Learning Objectives

Preparation

Review the presentation before the class. Make sure a Word Cloud app is available. Everyone has to have their computers with internet and access to Slack.

Introduction

The Software Development Course of Code Your Future (CYF) has a particular goal: you get a job in tech! To achieve this, we have expectations of every trainee, and you will also have expectations about CYF. So we are now doing some exercises to align them.

Exercises

Goals and expectations presentation and exercise

Goal: Agree with the goals and expectations of the Code Your Future Software Development Course (80 minutes)

Open this presentation and follow the slides.

Identify pairs per week 🔗

Learning Objectives

Preparation

One trainee must volunteer to create a new tab on the existing Google sheet.

Introduction

Looking into the General Weekly Availability that you filled in before the induction, we will use each other’s availability and identify the best pairs to work together.

To work together, you must be available at similar times - not for the whole week, but for the number of hours needed for prep or coursework in pairs.

PS: It’s important to pair with different people in your cohort. There is more diversity, there better your professional competencies will evolve.

Exercises

Creating pairs for the coursework

Goal: Update the shared file in which trainees can organise teamwork rotas (5 minutes)

One trainee to update the Google sheet “XXX X Rota” on the cohort drive

  • The new tab must have two columns, one with the title “Pair 1” and another for “Pair 2.”
  • The name of the tab should be “Pairs Induction”
  • Post a message on the cohort Slack with the shared spreadsheet and the instructions on what to do (see below)

This tab will be the rota of the coursework.

Create pairs considering trainees' availability

Goal: Connect the people’s availability defining the most effective pairs to work together (10 minutes)

Multiple tasks need to be done to make this exercise happen, but not all of them should be done by one person:

  1. How many hours of coursework has to be done in pairs?
  2. Open the “General Weekly Availability” spreadsheet.
  3. Identify who could pair together, considering their availability.
  4. Someone should add these pairs to the other spreadsheet (exercise 1).