Tutors are supported by regular bulletins detailing the progress of the course and suggesting topics which can be covered in each tutorial. These are guidelines only, so you have the freedom to organise your own teaching time and respond to students' individual needs. You should encourage the students to raise questions about the material themselves. Just as with high school classes, the most enjoyable and productive tutorials are those which involve good two-way interaction with the students. Tutoring first year students in CS1 is an exciting chance to introduce Computer Science to young minds and infect them with your enthusiasm for the subject.
Tutors are also responsible for marking and returning the students assessed practical exercises.
There are four practical exercises in each half course, issued and due in every 2-3 weeks. The practicals are a mixture of Java programming tasks conducted on the computer, and pencil and paper questions. This is a first year class starting at the very beginning, so if you are keen enough, it would be possible to learn the necessary material as you go along. You must be prepared to dedicate a bit more time if you need to do this, and convince us that you would be a capable tutor nonetheless. For more information on tutoring, see the University Code of Practice on Tutoring and Demonstrating .