Math online orientation winter 2015
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This document provides information for an online mathematics course including instructor details, websites used, grading breakdown, ALEKS overview and requirements. The course will be facilitated through Moodle and ALEKS, with 75% of the grade based on ALEKS mastery determined by a final exam. Students must complete weekly check-ins, a common assessment, and proctored tests by specified dates to successfully complete the course.
Math online orientation winter 2015
- 2. Instructor Ms. Parfitt A2 Virtual+ Email: parfitt@aaps.k12.mi.us
- 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.
- 5. ALEKS The majority of the course work will be done in ALEKS.
- 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 April 2, 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)
- 15. Notebooks Every work session in your notebook should start with the date and topic. All of your test problems showing work. Turn in the notebook at completion of final exam. You will not receive a grade unless you complete a notebook.