STATS100A Course Reception Dates & Hours

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Course Reception dates and hours have been scheduled to happen on June 3rd, 2023 at 9:30 AM EDT

Link: https://app.gather.town/app/Bb4IiZV9tqBAnuZa/Stat100AReception

Password: uscots63

Be ready to show your face and talk. All students participating must have the gather camera and microphon on. Please, read the information below for a more successful experience. The link and password to enter the reception can be found with the information below.

Where the Reception will happen?

The Reception hours will be in Gather app, which is a web-conferencing software like Zoom, but with the added component of seeing the virtual “room” you and others are occupying, and with the ability to move around and interact with other participants and objects in the room based on your locations in the room, just like real life.

When you enter the gather location, move around with the arrow keys.

You interact with objects in the room by typing x when you see a label saying press x to interact

You meet people by proximity in the room. When you enter a private space (the rooms with table and chairs around), everybody in the space can see each other. Having your camera on is required. When you are in the bigger space, in order to see someone you must get close, otherwise you do not see who is around.

System specification of Gather app

Gather can be used on any computer (laptop or desktop), on any OS (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), using one of our supported web browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox, and *Safari).

*Note that Safari experience is currently in Beta. You can also access Gather on your mobile device or tablet using one of those browsers, however, the mobile experience is also in Beta and has extremely limited functionality; please check the limitations of using Gather on a mobile device, which limits the avatar changing, movement, interact with item, etc.

The recommended system specifications for an ideal experience:

2.4 ghz dual core
8 gb RAM

For internet speeds, it recommends:

10 Mbps download speed
3 Mbps upload speed

For more information of specification requirement of Gather, please check Gather's tech help page.

Tutorials and Live Walkthrough of how to use Gather

Please use this Live Walkthrough to become familiar with Gather. In the live walkthrough it will guide you step-by-step on

how to build your character,
how to name your character,
how to move your character,
how to interact with another person in Gather town, and
how to interact with an item in Gather town.

After the live walkthrough, please let your instructor and TAs know if you have any question or concern of being in Gather for the course reception hours.

More tutorials of Gather are available at Gather Support.

What Reception hour is about?

Part of your Assignment "Tell us about you" in the "Getting Ready Module" is about things you will do in the reception. These are those things.

(i) When entering the room, you will need to find Dr. Sanchez and introduce yourself briefly. That is part of your bonus grade.

Sirui will be near me or somewhere else in the space.

Dr. Sanchez will be near the big fountain (the southeast corner). She will move around a little and coming back there. Below is a screen capture of her location, Note: your space may look slightly different, as it was simplified a little bit from the first time this was offered.

A screen capture of the location of Dr. Sanchez in Gather town. She is to the southeast corner of the big fountain.

- Onyambu, your TA, will be near one of the piano. Below is a screen capture of his location,

A screen capture of your TA Onyambu in Gather town. Onyambu is to the west of a piano.

(iii) You will also have to interview three students and asked them some questions to turn in for bonus. The questions to ask the students need to be found in the gather room. They will be written in white boards distributed around the room in different locations

There will be probability songs, poems and some demos and games during the reception. Bring your guitar or musical instrument if you want and tell us with music, words or images what you think probability is about.

When you enter the gather location, move around with the arrow keys.

You interact with objects in the room by typing x when you see a label saying press x to interact

You meet people by proximity in the room. When you enter a private space, everybody in the space can see each other. Having your camera on is required. When you are in the bigger space, in order to see someone you must get close, otherwise you do not see who is around.

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