Transcript Document

Welcome to PHY205
Your required course material:
smartPhysics by Gary Gladding, Mats Selen, and
Tim Stelzer (W.H. Freeman & Company)
www.smartphysics.com + printed book
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smartPhysics and Course Overview
smartPhysics includes:
1. Online PreLectures (animated lessons, completed
before lecture)
2. Online CheckPoints (quizzes to check knowledge,
completed before lecture)
3. Lectures (interactive, with clicker activities)
4. Online homework exercises
5. Printed textbook (reference, problems)
www.smartphysics.com
So how do you get started?
To access to smartPhysics:
– Create a smartPhysics account
– Purchase access (by activating a printed activation code
purchased through the bookstore or purchased online)
– Join my course so you can see my assignments and get
credit for your work.
www.smartphysics.com
Create a smartPhysics account
1. Go to smartphysics.com
2. Locate and select “Get access to smartPhysics > Students”
3. Begin the process of registering for the site. Enter your email
address (your institutional email address) and select “No, this is
my first time using smartPhysics”.
4. Click “Register”
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Create a smartPhysics account
4. Complete the
form (name, email
address,
password).
5. Read and agree
to the site terms
and conditions.
6. Click “Create
Account”
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Create a smartPhysics account
7. After you’ve completed the registration form, you’ll need to verify
your email.
8. Go to your email account (the email account you just used to
register) and you’ll see an email from smartPhysics.
9. Click on the link within the email and follow the instructions on the
screen to verify your email account.
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Step 1: Purchase Access
After you’ve verified your email, you may now purchase access to the
system.
You can use an activation code (housed in a printed booklet purchased
at the campus bookstore) OR buy access online with a credit card.
www.smartphysics.com
Step 1a: Purchase Access (Activation Code)
Your activation code is located inside the booklet.
1. Scratch off your code (from your access card booklet) and enter
it into the fields on the screen (Option 1 in image below)
2. Click “Submit Code” after you’ve entered the code. Once
finished, you can proceed to Join a Course.
**Activation codes are valid for one use only
and cannot be shared. They do allow you to
switch courses or request a refund. Check the
FAQs (smartphysics.com > Help > Student
FAQs) for more information.
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Step 1b: Purchase Access Online
From the “Purchase Access” interface, locate Option 2: Purchase
smartPhysics online and click “Buy Online”
1. Complete the billing information and click “Continue.”
2. Complete the credit card information and click “Purchase
Access.”
3. You’ll be taken to a confirmation page. Click “Join a Course” to
join my course and get credit for your work.
**Depending on your state of residence,
you may be subjected to a tax for your
online purchase. The system will
determine your tax rate based on your
billing address.
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Step 2: Join My Course
1. You will need a course access key to join my course. To get credit
for your work (and see assignments), enter my course access key into
the field on the screen and click “Submit Code.”
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Course Access Key
The COURSE ACCESS KEY for this course is:
205F13
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Step 2: Join My Course
1. You will also need to enter your student ID (so that I can post your
scores to the campus gradebook).
2. Please use your 9 digit SU student Id as your student ID.
3. Locate and select “Join Course.”
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Step 3: Confirmation!
1. You will receive a confirmation screen that you are now linked to
my course and your course access key and student ID have been
accepted and you are now linked to my course!
2. Locate and select “Click here to proceed to your course.”
3. Check your Daily Planner for the next due assignment due dates
and Announcement for any pertinent course messages.
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Need live help?
The smartPhysics technical support team is ready and
able to help you and is available 7 days a week by phone
and email.
[email protected]
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