TTM4200 Computer Networks — Course Materials and Tooling

This repository contains the course materials and operational tooling of TTM4200 Computer Networks, an introductory undergraduate networking course at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The course combines flipped Team-Based Learning (TBL) with reproducible hands-on labs in a recurring weekly cycle of preparation, readiness assurance tests (iRAT/tRAT), team application activities, and lab work.

It is the companion artifact to the experience report "Flipped Team-Based Learning and Labs for a Course on Computer Networking" (SIGCOMM Education Workshop, A4NE '26), which describes the course design, assessment model, and lessons learned: https://a4ne-workshop.github.io/

Structure

.
├── slides/               Weekly lecture decks, AI contract, exam summary
├── rats/                 Weekly readiness assurance tests (iRAT/tRAT)
├── labs/
│   ├── source/           Authoritative lab sources (instructor)
│   └── student-release/  Publishable student copy
└── vm/                   Tooling for the course VM image and per-team VMs

Each directory has its own README with details. The mapping to the paper: rats/ and slides/ correspond to Sections 3.1–3.3, labs/ to Section 3.4, and vm/ to the lab infrastructure described in Sections 3.4–3.5.

Adopting the materials

The weekly cycle can be adopted in full or incrementally. A natural starting point is the readiness assurance process: the RATs in rats/ require no lab infrastructure and are managed with the open-source tool Teampy (see rats/README.md). The notebook-based lab checkpoints and the per-team VM environments (labs/, vm/) can be added subsequently. Questions and adoption experiences are welcome — please open an issue or contact the authors.

Maintainer workflow

Build or update the course VM image using vm/.
Edit the authoritative lab material in labs/source/.
Generate or update the publishable student copy in labs/student-release/.
Test the student release inside the target VM image.
Publish the validated student release.

Citing

If you use these materials in an academic context, please cite the accompanying paper:

@misc{zinner2026flippedtbl,
  author       = {Zinner, Thomas and De Moor, Katrien and Lange, Stanislav
                  and Palma, David and Vatten, Trond},
  title        = {Flipped Team-Based Learning and Labs for a Course on
                  Computer Networking},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {SIGCOMM Education Workshop (A4NE '26), non-archival},
  note         = {\url{https://a4ne-workshop.github.io/}}
}

To cite the materials themselves, use the archived release: doi:10.5281/zenodo.21218218 (see also CITATION.cff).

License

Code is licensed under MIT (LICENSE); teaching materials under CC BY 4.0 (LICENSE-MATERIALS.md). Material adapted from Kurose & Ross is excluded from both — see NOTICE.md.

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