As a class assistant or mentor, you will often have to grade homework. At the beginning of each semester, Lead will hold a grading session which covers some basic strategies for homework grading. If you are a class assistant, your TA often will have some way that they want homework graded. If not, here are some guidelines to help:
First of all, there is no predetermined way that you must grade homework. Everyone is free to develop their own style.
C&M has brought to me something I thought I would never have-- a bit of understanding of the important relationships in mathematics. Some people (say in my [traditional] calc I class) were able to look at the texts and seem to understand, but I have been frustrated very many times by not being able to. I guess that's why I signed up for this class. I used to not like math. But I was just being a product of the way I was taught.
Techs support both the lab machines and the software used in this program.
In the event of a problem, send an e-mail to tech@cm.math.uiuc.edu.