Math online orientation fall 2014

1. 2014-2015
Online Mathematics

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 to complete this
course.
 For some classes (Algebra 1B and Math
Analysis B) there will be lessons you must do
on the moodle.
 Every class will have weekly assignments that
must be submitted before the deadline.

5. ALEKS
 The majority of the course work will be
done in ALEKS.

6. ALEKS Plug-in
 For the ALEKS site, you will need to
install a plug-in from the site on your
home computer. When you go home and
login you should be prompted to install
the plug-in that will run ALEKS on your
computer. You will need to be on the
Internet when you are working on topics.

7. Grade
 This course grade is your current grade.
 75% of your grade will be ALEKS mastery. This
will be determined by the last ALEKS Final you
take.
 5% of your grade will be based on the weekly
assignments.
 20% of your grade will be the district final exam
grade.
 The district final and ALEKS final exam must be
completed for each semester class.

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.

10. Completing Topics in
ALEKS

11. Tests
 The ALEKS program will generate the tests:
• after so many hours of work
• after you have completed a certain number of 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 test 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.
 One proctored test by October 31st,
2014.
 Final cumulative test for ALEKS by
January 16th, 2015
(You can retake the final as many times as
you would like before January 23rd)
 District final exam by January 23th, 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.

16. Orientation QUIZ
 Now go to the Moodle and take the
orientation quiz.
 Your score on this quiz will not effect your
grade, however completion of the quiz is
required.