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In order to successfully complete this assignment you must do the required reading, watch the provided videos and complete all instructions. The embedded survey form must be entirely filled out and submitted on or before 11:59pm on Tuesday March 30. Students must come to class the next day prepared to discuss the material covered in this assignment.


Pre-Class Assignment: MPI Reduce

Goals for today's pre-class assignment

  1. Rumor Mill Code Review

1. Rumor Mill Code Review

Your instructor has been trying to find time to do a longer example in class. Go to the class git repository and review the Rumor Mill code. Get it to run and see if you can figure out what it is doing.

NOTE This is intentionally a shorter pre-class. I am trying to give you more time for projects and your other classes.

QUESTION: What questions do you have about this code?

Put your answer to the above question here.


Assignment wrap-up

Please fill out the form that appears when you run the code below. You must completely fill this out in order to receive credits for the assignment!

Direct Link to Google Form

If you have trouble with the embedded form, please make sure you log on with your MSU google account at googleapps.msu.edu and then click on the direct link above.

Assignment-Specific QUESTION: What questions do you have about this code?

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QUESTION: Summarize what you did in this assignment.

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QUESTION: What questions do you have, if any, about any of the topics discussed in this assignment after working through the jupyter notebook?

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QUESTION: How well do you feel this assignment helped you to achieve a better understanding of the above mentioned topic(s)?

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QUESTION: What was the most challenging part of this assignment for you?

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QUESTION: What was the least challenging part of this assignment for you?

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QUESTION: What kind of additional questions or support, if any, do you feel you need to have a better understanding of the content in this assignment?

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QUESTION: Do you have any further questions or comments about this material, or anything else that's going on in class?

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QUESTION: Approximately how long did this pre-class assignment take?

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Congratulations, we're done!

To get credit for this assignment you must fill out and submit the above survey from on or before the assignment due date.

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