{"id":18869,"date":"2020-04-22T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=18869"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:01","slug":"retooled-computer-science-course-goes-all-covid-all-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/22\/retooled-computer-science-course-goes-all-covid-all-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Retooled computer science course goes all-COVID, all-online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"laptop in darkened room with surgical mask on the keyboard\" class=\"wp-image-18870\"\/><figcaption>(<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/0hO1QgI1H8g\">Dimitri Krastelev \/ unsplash<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A COVID-era redesign of a long-running computer science undergraduate course will put up to 120 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.engin.umich.edu\/2020\/04\/retooled-computer-science-course-goes-all-covid-all-online\/\">U-M computer science and engineering students to work designing software to tackle problems related to the crisis<\/a> during the 2020 spring\/summer semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Computer science and engineering lecturer <strong>David Chesney<\/strong> has run the class for years as an in-person offering called \u201cSoftware for Accessibility.\u201d It has focused on\u00a0using software to create accessibility opportunities for those with disabilities. In its all-online format, students will gather virtually in groups of four to find relevant problems, then design solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chesney identified the logistics of keeping medical staff healthy as the type of problem that could potentially be addressed in part by computer software.&nbsp;The course will collaborate with Michigan Medicine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A COVID-era redesign of a long-running computer science undergraduate course will put up to 120 U-M computer science and engineering students to work designing software to tackle problems related to the crisis during the 2020 spring\/summer semester. Computer science and engineering lecturer David Chesney has run the class for years as an in-person offering called \u201cSoftware for Accessibility.\u201d\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/22\/retooled-computer-science-course-goes-all-covid-all-online\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[95,290,810,188],"class_list":["post-18869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-accessibility","tag-coe","tag-covid","tag-people"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-scaled-e1588634705130.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-768x512.jpg",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-700x467.jpg",600,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-665x443.jpg",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dimitri-karastelev-0hO1QgI1H8g-unsplash-scaled-e1588634705130.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"A COVID-era redesign of a long-running computer science undergraduate course will put up to 120 U-M computer science and engineering students to work designing software to tackle problems related to the crisis during the 2020 spring\/summer semester. 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