TA Program Schedules

TAs are available in King Hall room 248 for in-person support at the following times:

• Sunday: 3 pm - 9 pm
• Monday/Tuesday/Thursday: 5 pm - 9 pm
• Wednesday: 6 pm - 9 pm

TAs are available for virtual online support from 9 pm to 11 pm Sunday through Thursday.

You may join the Online TA Hours through Zoom - https://jmu-edu.zoom.us/j/88028146067 using your JMU account. You will be directed to the waiting room. While in the waiting room, you will enter your Name, Class and Professor, whether you want a text chat, phone, or video help response, and a short description of your problem. When a Teaching Assistant (TA) is available they will invite you in the main room based on your queue position.

In a Teams or Zoom Video chat, you and TAs will be able to share screens, annotate suggestions, and talk “in private” (break room) if needed. Please note that TAs will help each student in 10 minute increments and they will not be writing your code for you. Instead they will be helping you learn to write code yourself and helping you to navigate any technical problems.

Kindly note that it's up to the TA's discretion to record a session, but rest assured, you will be notified before any recording begins.

Refer to the following example for the information you're required to add while in the Zoom waiting room:

name: Michael
pronouns: he/him
course: CS 159
instructor: Dr. Stewart
mode pref: screenshare
problem: With so much drama on the P-A-3,
it's kinda hard bein' a student who's new to Teams.
but i, somehow some way
need come up with a summ'rizing bit, to get helped right away
well.i. read-a-little-spec' for the de-tails (yeah)
and, made a few notes as I skimmed.then (yeah)
two reads in mornin' and my head's still bumping 'cause my plan ain't honed
I got some files downloaded and in the fold
but they ain't compilin' and I'm left moanin'

Note that TAs are taught to coach you rather than write code for you. It is not their job to help you finish your homework, lab or coding assignment. Rather it is their job to help you learn to do these things yourself and help you get software installed. They will often give you a different example that uses similar concepts or give you hints. Please be respectful of their efforts to help you. Ask more questions and experiment yourself.