This document provides information for an online mathematics course including instructor details, websites used (Moodle and ALEKS), grading breakdown, and requirements. The majority of coursework will be done on ALEKS, which students can use to master topics through practice problems and tests. Mastery of topics on ALEKS will comprise 75% of the final grade, while weekly check-ins and a common assessment each make up smaller percentages. ALEKS grades will be converted to a 4.0 scale once a final exam is completed by the listed deadlines.
3. Your Classoom
You will be using two websites for this course,
Moodle -Online Classroom
Announcements/Weekly
Assignment/Assignments/Resources
http://moodle2.wash.k12.mi.us/aaps
Aleks - Practice and Tests
http://www.aleks.com
4. The Moodle
Your course can be found under the
A2 Virtual+:Online Classrooms link.
From this site, you will find your assignments
that need to be completed in order to
successfully complete this course.
The assignments on the Moodle and their due
dates are meant to serve as a pacing guide to
help you keep on track. If you do not meet the
due dates of the assignments your grade will
not be effected in a negative way.
6. Grade
5% of your grade will be based on weekly check
ins done on the Moodle.
20% of your grade will be based on your score
on the Common Assessment.
75% of your grade will be ALEKS mastery. This
will be determined by the last ALEKS Final you
take.
The Common Assessment and ALEKS final
exam must be completed for each semester class.
7. Aleks Grade Conversion
Because of the mastery nature of this
course, the percent you earn on the Aleks
final will be converted using the chart on
the following slide.
8. ALEKS Grade
98% A+
96% A
94% A-
92% B+
90% B
88% B-
86% C+
84% C
82% C-
80% D+
78% D
76% D-
9. Completing Topics in
ALEKS
Complete topics in one of two ways:
Correctly answer a question on the initial
assessment.
Working on topics from the ALEKS pie and
then passing them on the progress
assessments.
11. Tests
The ALEKS program will generate the tests:
After approximately 5 hours of work
after you have mastered approximately 20 topics through
practice.
If you answer the problem correctly it will remain in
your pie.
If you answer incorrectly, you will need to practice
more problems and then it will come up on future
tests.
12. Tests(cont..)
The progress tests are comprehensive
and therefore will contain questions that
you may not have seen before. For those
questions you can either click I have not
learned this or try to answer the problem.
If you get it correct you will not need to
practice the topic in the pie.
13. Learning Topics
Practice vs. Explain
Textbook
Moodle
Independent Learning
Arrange a time to meet with me.
14. Requirements
You need to plan to work on your class
at least 5 hours per week.
You must take one proctored test by
May 1, 2015.
Final cumulative test for ALEKS by
June 5, 2015
(You can retake the final as many times as
you would like before June 12, 2015)
Common Assessment by June 12, 2015.
( You can only take this once)