2014-2015 Online Mathematics

Instructor

Ms. Parfitt A2 Virtual+ Email: parfitt@aaps.k12.mi.us

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

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.

ALEKS

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

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.

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.

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-

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.

Completing Topics in ALEKS

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.

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.

Learning Topics

Practice vs. Explain Textbook Moodle Independent Learning Arrange a time to meet with me.

Requirements You need to plan to work on your class at

least 5 hours per week. You must take one proctored test by January

23, 2015. Final cumulative test for ALEKS by

February 27, 2015 (You can retake the final as many times as you

would like before March 6, 2015) Common Assessment by March 6, 2015.( You can only take this once)

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.