This is not going to be your typical semester.
I love talking with you in person, seeing you in class in person, writing on the blackboard, gesturing with my hands, and making faces. But I love your health and wellbeing even more. Here is my plan for the upcoming semester.
Classes: I will try to do all teaching from my home. I have written up a lot of what I normally say in class in my draft textbook The Physics of Quantum Mechanics. So normally I'll refer you to that discussion rather than lecture over Zoom. During our Zoom meetings on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:00 am (US Eastern Time) I will take your questions, ask you questions to probe your understanding, and give hints for problem assignments. This might make it more fun for all of us.
Questions about classes: Should I record each class and then post them on the course web site? You might not want your questions being on the course web site where everyone in the world can see them. I can try to post them on the Blackboard site instead, which is limited to Oberlin College students, but I find it hard to use Blackboard.
Turning in solutions: Like any good physics course, this one has problem assignments. Assignment solutions will be handed in as a pdf file. There are several ways to turn your solutions into a pdf file, but I recommend writing them out on paper as usual, then photographing with your smartphone using the free "Adobe Scan" app. Name the file for assignment 3 "YourLastName3.pdf" and email it as an attachment to Dan.Styer@oberlin.edu with subject line "AQM3".
Your solutions returned to you: Ordinarily, I would give you detailed written feedback concerning your solutions. There are ways to do this on pdf documents but all of the ways drive me crazy. (And just as I am concerned about your health and wellbeing, so I am concerned about my mental health and wellbeing.) So instead I'm going to try this: My model solutions will not only solve the problem, they will also detail how many points you earn for each correct element of your solution. I will respond to your solutions with an email giving the number of points you earned for each problem, plus any comments I have.
I'm not really satisfied with this procedure for grading, but it's the best I can dream up for now. We might switch to the "gradescope" system at some point. If you have other, better, ideas, let me know.