2. Accessing
WebAssign
If you are registered for this course as of
September 8, I will have created a WebAssign account for you, and you should be
able to log in to WebAssign.
The account is initially set up as follows:
1. Your username is composed by the first
letter of your last name (lower case), plus all 9 (nine) digits of your student
ID.
2. Your password is simply your student ID,
all 9 digits, with no spaces or dashes in between.
For instance, if your name is Joe Doe, and
your Rutgers ID is 123-45-6789, then your WebAssign username is d123456789, and
your password is 123456789. Notice that if you have used WebAssign before, your
username and password have been reset using the convention mentioned above.
If you are unable to log into WebAssign
using the convention explained above, please send me an email at
matilsky@physics.rutgers.edu, with your name as
it appears on your student ID card and your student ID. I will
create an account for you as soon as possible.
To log in, point your web browser at:
http://www.webassign.net/student.html
You should see the WebAssign login screen.
You may login by entering the following three pieces of information:
- Your username (as described above).
- The host institution: rutgers. (Important: you must
use a lowercase "r").
- Your password (see above).
If you are registered for more than one
Rutgers course using WebAssign, you will have a list of courses to choose from:
this course is Phy110. If you are new to WebAssign, please read the student
guide on the WebAssign home page for information about the system.
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3. Paying for
WebAssign
Access to WebAssign is free for the first
two weeks. By September 22nd, you must have purchased and entered a WebAssign
access code in order to continue to do the homework for the rest of the
semester.
Note that when you purchase the
textbook for this course, a copy of the WebAssign access code is usually
included. If you prefer to buy
your textbook at someplace other than the University Bookstore, then you will
need to purchase an access code separately. They are available at the
University bookstores, or on-line from WebAssign, which is slightly cheaper but
requires a credit card. The code will last two semesters if you purchase the
FULL TEXTbook; if you purchase Volume II only, the code is good for only one
semester.
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4. Finding
and Completing Your Assignments
The homework assignments will be listed on
your WebAssign home page, along with their due dates. You can open any
assignment by clicking on it. The questions in each assignment will include
multiple-choice, true/false, and short answer items, etc.
Your answers are not saved until you
submit them: when you have completed
an assignment, don't forget to click on the submit button at the bottom of
the page to send in your work! The system will accept only three attempts
at each assignment. If you wish to revise your answers, you can retrieve a
previous submission, edit your answers, and resubmit the assignment, but the
third submission is your last chance to change it. Your final submission is the
one that will be graded.
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5. Deadlines
The questions will be posted at 6 pm. on the
Thursday before the assignment is due. It is a good idea to print off the
questions and think about them before attempting to submit any answers. Answers
can be submitted at any time before the deadline, which is one minute before
midnight on WEDNESDAY night.(i.e. 11:59 pm. wednesday)
IMPORTANT: because
homeworks are handled by a computerized system, No homework submissions will be
accepted after the deadline.
Therefore, do not wait until the last minute to submit your assignment!
Any number of things can (and, as a matter of fact, do) go wrong. You
might lose your internet connection, the submission might not go through
properly, the server could be overloaded, or your watch could be wrong, to name
a few. Be aware that most computer clocks are notoriously inaccurate. The clock
that determines the actual deadline is the clock of the WebAssign system, which
could be ahead of that on your local computer!
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6. Grades
The WebAssign computers will grade the multiple-choice
and True/False questions automatically and immediately after the deadline.
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