Quick Start Guide

This is a guide to help you get started in the online class. Please use the buttons above for more in depth explanations about each item. This is only intended to be a quick overview to help you get started.

Follow the following steps below (in order) and you will have a good idea what you need to do for this class.

To begin, you will need the following items:

Textbook: Introductory Chemistry for Today ISBN 0-538-73430-2

Lab manual: Safety Scale Laboratory Experiments for Chemistry for Today ISBN 0-538-73454-X

Tutor Advantage CD - which is available from www.wasatchtextbooks.com. It is not the CD or ThomsonNow material included with your textbook. That material will not be used in this class.

The Chemistry Advantage Lab CD (Chem 106L only this would be purchased from www.wasatchtextbooks.com )

If you find you do not have all the items listed above, see www.wasatchtextbooks.com for more information about obtaining them.

Three types of activities in this class(es) will be graded, including: quizzes, laboratory experiments, and exams.

Quizzes - One quiz will be given based on the material of each chapter. Quizzes are done at home and are open book. You can enter the results and change them an unlimited number of times up until you decide to submit them for grading.

Lab Experiments - Chem 106L only - These are done from home using your lab manual and lab CD. You can also submit and change the results multiple times until you decide to submit them for final grading. Lab material will NOT be included on the exams or quizzes.

Exams - Three major exams will be given. They will be taken utilizing a testing facility or a proctor and can be accessed only once. They must be taken in a single sitting. The major exams are NOT open book. Each exam will consist of 33 multiple choice questions worth 3 points each.

While there are only three types of graded activities, there are other things to do that will not be turned in for a grade, but are designed to help you learn the material and prepare you for exams and quizzes.

Let's begin:

To begin, refer to the "Assignments" page above for the table showing which chapter and experiment you will begin with. It's chapter 1 and experiment #1.

Open the Textbook: Introductory Chemistry for Today to chapter 1.

Read the chapter.

Insert the Tutor Advantage CD into your computer. It should automatically begin. Select your class and click on the manuscript chapter 1. Go through this material by reading it and answering the questions. This is designed to take you step-by-step through the material.

Go back to the "Assignments" page, scroll to the bottom and click on the chapter 1 link. This will open a page telling you what you should have learned from the prior activities and providing you with "end of chapter" exercises to work. These exercises are located at the end of the chapter in the textbook.

You are now ready to take the first quiz. Click on the "input work" button, where you will learn about "ChemWeb". At the bottom of the page, click on the picture of your textbook. This will take you to the login screen for ChemWeb where you will create your gradebook account. Once you finish this process and login, you will see a list of all the gradable items in the class. Click on the "Intro Quiz 1" and it will open a multiple choice quiz for you to take.

Lab - (Chem 106L) Open your lab manual to the first experiment you are to do. Then answer all the pre-lab review questions that follow the printed instructions. Read the "experimental procedure" instructions. Carry out the instructions, and record the collected data in the appropriate data tables located after the pre-lab review questions. Read the "calculations and report" instructions. Carry out the instructions and record the calculation results in the appropriate report tables. Answer all questions that follow the data and report tables. Then, log into ChemWeb, click on "Lab/Experiment #1" and type into ChemWeb all question answers and the data in the tables.

You've now completed the first quiz and laboratory experiment. You will repeat this process for the future quizzes and labs listed on the "assignments" page.

A schedule with submission deadlines for each graded item is located in ChemWeb, so you will be able to see the deadlines once you create your ChemWeb account. You are encouraged to create this account early in the class so you know the due dates for all assignments. You don't need to wait until you take your first quiz to create your account so do it as early as possible. We allow students to work ahead, but we do not allow late work. Plan now to work a bit ahead of schedule so if you run into unexpected delays, you don't fall behind.

Once you understand how to complete the quizzes and lab experiments, you will want to learn more about the exams. There are three exams throughout the semester. Refer to the "assignments" table to see what chapters they will cover. They are not comprehensive exams and will only cover the material listed. See the "exams" page for more information about arranging for a proctor if you are located50 miles or more from a USD testing center.

Please be sure to check your email often. We will send class information throughout the semester. In the beginning we will send your email to the email address you have on file with USD. After week one we will begin emailing to the email address you use when you create your ChemWeb account. So, be sure to use a good email address when you create your account, one that you will use often.

That's about it in a nut shell. If you find you are still a bit confused, read the more detailed tabs above and if you continue to have questions, please feel free to contact me so I can help you get started and be successful in the class.