Current information for students

Dear students,
in order to meet the current requirements and a later face-to-face courses due to the corona pandemic and still achieve the teaching objectives of the courses, some changes are necessary.
We offer you teaching, learning and exercise contents in the presence-free time via various OPAL courses. You can find the link to the respective courses on our homepage under Courses.
Please agree to the automatic enrollment when you open the OPAL courses so that we can send you the required password for the course documentation at the beginning of the summer semester 2020.
All information about the courses can be found on the correspending web pages. These online offers are offered in accordance with the specified schedules and semesterplans.

Organization of Lectures

• Lectures are provided as videos on OPAL.
• Lectures will be made available according to the schedule in the semester plan.
• The lectures stay online for at least one week.

Tips for Lectures

• Maintain a learning rhythm, as if there were classical lecture-hall sessions.
• View the lectures at the scheduled time in the timetable.
• Take notes. For example, strive to be able to work on the exercise only with your notes.
• Do not use the method “download-store-forget"!
• Post questions in the OPAL forum related to the course.

Organization of Exercises/Tutorials

• Exercise materials (partly exercise books for the whole semester) will be provided in OPAL.
• You have to work on the exercises or projects individually at home. For some exercises you will need to use software on your PC. Instructions are available in OPAL.
• The staff and tutors are available to answer questions in the OPAL forum or live events at short notice and to give advice if necessary. Please note the information in the respective OPAL course.

Tips for Learning

• Maintain a learning rhythm, as if it were face-to-face sessions.
• Network online with other students. Virtual joint work on exercises is desired!
• Prepare yourself for exercises. Online teaching will not cause a reduction in quality but also in requirements.

We wish you a lot of success and of course joy with this new form of learning. Please also observe the information from the TU Dresden on the current changes and stay healthy.