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This page is for all students enrolled in a non-TV section of Math 025 or Math 108 on the BSU campus. Spring Semester 2008
Focus Group meetings are held in MG 119 for math 108 sections 1-7, 9-21, and 1070, as well as the math 025 sections 1-6, 8-18, and 1070. BRING your text to your first scheduled class session between Jan 22 (T) and Jan 26 (Sat).. The course requires a custom text (paper cover), available only through the BSU bookstore.. The access code is included with the text at no charge.. Also included with the text is a booklet of Worksheets for Lab Practice and a "Pass the Test CD.". (In essence, you are getting your "buyback" money up-front by purchasing a paper, custom text.. Use the book as a workbook, one to write notes in, add sample problems to, etc.). A limited number of CDs with all the lectures for each section of the text, with Spanish subtitles and closed captioning, are available in the MLC.. If you are on a dial-up internet connection or have other issues with downloading video, please see Pam Howard or Susan Knights in the MLC for a set of video CDs. #1) Watch the Orientation Video for your Math 025 or Math 108 course online.. To find the video orientation for your course, click on the appropriate course homepage above and then click on the hyperlink for the Video Orientation.. This video is a guide to the study materials accompanying your text and and available on campus.. The video provides information on how to gain access to the weekly homework and weekly homework quizzes in your course. #2a) IF you are creating an account in MyMathLab for the first time, you will need an ACCESS CODE (from your text) and a COURSE ID (found under the course homepage) to create your account in MyMathLab.. On your course homepage above, there is a video guide to creating your first-time account.in MyMathLab. #2b) IF you already have an account in MyMathLab for a course using our current text, you only need a COURSE ID (found under the course homepage) to add a class to your exising account.. On your course homepage above, there is a video guide to adding a class to an existing account in MyMathLab. #3) You will need to take the Orientation Quiz (found under the Homework button) in your MyMathLab account and get a 100% on that quiz to be able to access your homework for Math 025 or Math 108.. There are an unlimited number of attempts on the Orientation Quiz and you may start any time after you have created your MyMathLab account.. (You may watch the Orientation Video any number of times.) #4) Class meetings, called Focus Groups, will be held in MG 119, in the math/geoscience building. ATTEND the first session of your class for your instructor's orientation to the course. On Monday, Jan 21, both 10 am - 3pm and 6 pm - 9pm, instructors will be on duty in the Math Learning Center (1406 Chrisway Dr, behind the Gateway Center) and can help you create your account in MyMathLab or answer other questions about the hybrid course.. Regular hours for the MLC begin on Tues, Jan 22. Both Math 025 (Beginning Algebra) and Math 108 (Intermediate Algebra) courses will be using a text by Lial, Hornsby, and McGinnis.. This text will be used in conjunction with a software package called MyMathLab.. Students will meet with their instructor one day a week in Focus Group and for the other 8 hours a week in 025 or the other 11 hours a week in 108 students will be using the text for study and practice as well as the web-based software with the Task Lists available on the MLC web page for a guide.. There are video lectures (about 15-20 min) on every section of the text, a version of the text with multimedia features such as animated and/or video examples and pop-up vocabulary boxes may be used for study, and any set of past homework may be accessed for practice through the student's own online gradebook.. The MLC is open 77 hours each week, some time on every day of the week, with instructors present to help students with questions from the text or online.. All students enrolled in a hybrid section may get help from any instructor on duty. Students will be working assigned homework sets online, this allows for immediate feedback.. An online homework set is assigned each week of the semester.. The homework sets include self-help tools such as a worked-out example of a similar problem, or links to the appropriate part of the text, etc.. Each week there is also a homework quiz assigned, online, for course credit. . Access to the homework quiz will occur when a score of 85% or better has been obtained on the week's homework.. The homework quiz questions are taken from the week's homework questions.. The goal is to be able to work the quiz questions, without help, as a way to prepare for the paper and pencil exams in the course.. (Each quiz may be taken twice, the better grade is used for course grade computation.) The Math Learning Center (1406 Chrisway Dr) is staffed with lab instructors, familiar with the math course software, at all times the MLC is open.. There are 67 computers in the MLC and space for about 12 laptops.. The MLC is open to all students in math 025/108 hybrid courses (sections listed above) and Knowledge Network courses.. The computers in the MLC are loaded with all the necessary programs to run the web-based MyMathLab software. Since MyMathLab is a web-based software, students may work from home on any PC computer with highspeed internet access.. (Macs with OS 10.3, 10.3x and 10.4 may also be used, see the Support tab on the CourseCompass homepage for details.) . The web-software does require the use of some small software packages that must be loaded on any computer a student is using. . These plug-ins are free and are available through the MyMathLab site to download.. The plug-ins only need to be loaded once on any particular computer a student is planning to use in conjunction with MyMathLab.. If a student chooses to use more than one computer, each computer will need to have the small plug-in programs loaded before all features of MyMathLab will operate successfully.. Even though it may seem convenient to work "at home," you may find a mix of time spent in the MLC with help available, and time spent at home for practice will be necessary for your success.. If you run into difficulties with the web-based software at home, please plan to use the MLC where the computers will be maintained by a systems administrator in the building. There are unit tests (modules) and a comprehensive final exam for each of the courses.. Use of the on-screen calculator in Windows will be allowed on unit tests and a student may bring any (non-online) calculator to the final exam. We look forward to helping you have a successful journey through Elementary and/or Intermediate Algebra.. The course homepages have specific schedules for the optional campus lectures and the schedule for the Knowledge Network TV course on campus, these are additional resources you may use for lecture time.. Optional Campus Lecture Series: The math 025 lecture series will be offered on Thursdays 3:00-5:00 pm in MG 119.. The math 108 lecture series will be offered on Tuesdays 4:40-7 pm in MG 119.. Any student enrolled in the hybrid course sections of math 025 and math 108 enumerated above is welcome.. (Students may also attend the Knowledge Network sections of math 025 MWF 10:40 am, or math 108 MTWF 11:40 am in SMTC 118.) See you at the MLC!! We are on Chrisway Dr, behind the Gateway
Center, across the street from the Wellness Center.
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