Getting Started on Your Homework

 

The quick start guide below will help you get started: (Ignore the instructions on how to buy an access code until you have read the information on Book/Access Code Information)

Student Quick Start Guide.

IT is strongly advised to use the Firefox Browser for your homework.

Due Dates

When you log in, you will see your current assignments under My Assignments along with their due dates on your home page.

 

The formula for determining these due dates is explained below:

The full details of the homework schedule are shown in

Homework Schedule

The homework for each class is available at 2:00 a.m. on the class day prior to the day on which the material is covered and the due date is set at 2:00 a.m. on the day after the class day following the day on which the material is covered (we follow table below with exceptions around holidays and exams).

 

 

 

Working on an assignment

The following link will help get you started.

Student Quick Start Guide.

The following gives more detailed student guide:

Detailed Student Guide

FAQ

Webassign offers student support and you are encouraged to call the numbers provided in the link below with questions.

Student Support

When you wish to attempt an assignment, click on the assignment.

You are allowed 5 submissions for each answer. You can submit question parts individually. When you wish to make a sumission, click Submit Answers. The system will show a check mark or an x to indicate whether your answer is correct or not. If your answer is incorrect, you should explore the help buttons before you resubmit. You should preview your homework well ahead of the due date so that you have time to get help if you need to. After 5 submissions, you will not be allowed to change your answers. You do not need to complete your homework or a question in one sitting. You may click Save Work if you wish to return to your work later.

 

Since the online homework from your text has limites help options, we included questions from a similar book by Tan with more extensive online tools in each assignment. The questions from Rolf look like the one shown below (it says Rolf in the upper right hand corner):

If you click on the "read it" button, the relevant section in your textbook will open.

The questions from Tan have more tools available. An example is shown below (it says Tan in the upper right hand corner):

 

The "watch it" button brings you to a video tutorial and the "master it" button brings you to a step by step interactive tutorial. The numbers in red vary from individual to individual and may also change if you refresh the question in your browser. This of course means that you cannot use your friend's answers in your homework.

warning: The book by Tan sometimes uses a slightly different notation. The differences will be addressed in class. You can also read the relevant section of Tan, by clicking the "read it" button.

 

Syntax/Answer Format

Question answers requiring a symbol, will display a table of symbols for your use.(This table, called CalcPad, does not work well with the Safari Browser, hence Firefox is recommended as a browser.) Syntax errors, will prevent an answer from being accepted. Submissions with syntax errors will not be counted as a submission. The correct Syntax for some common answers is shown in the following table:

 

 

 

The most common syntax errors appear below:

 

 

 

 

Troubleshooting

In Safari tha CalcPad (essential for questions concerning functions) menu sometimes freezes. One can release this by random methods, it is advisable to use the Firefox Browser when completing your homework.