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Video Notes and Practice Problems: Students are expected to watch the video lecture, take notes, and attempting the practice problems for each class topic. The assigned practice problems must be worked to an answer and will be graded on completeness, not on correctness. The notes and assigned problems should be submitted as a single PDF uploaded into Canvas following the formatting directions given in Canvas.
Video note and practice problem assignments have a ``due date'' and an ``available to'' date in Canvas. The first date (due date) is the date that shows up in the Canvas calendar and is the
suggested date to help with pacing yourself through the course. The second date (the available until date) is the last day on which the assignment can be submitted in Canvas. Video Notes and Practice Problem assignments will not be accepted after the available until date. The available until date will always be a Saturday evening at 11:59pm. The four lowest video note and practice problem scores will be dropped.
You are
strongly encouraged to keep your video notes in order in a single notebook. The format is chosen to help students review the material for the exam. All the key facts are available at the top of the page and examples are easily organized. After you submit a Video Notes and Practice Problems assignment, you are encouraged to watch the video solutions posted in Canvas. Note that learning is a process, and these steps are designed to help you through the process of learning. In particular, submitting your "best guess" before looking at solutions will help you to retain information better than if you just look up solutions to problems that you don't know how to do.
Online Homework: These assignments have a ``due date'' and an ``available to'' date in Canvas. The first date (due date) is the date that shows up in the Canvas calendar and is the
suggested date to help with pacing yourself through the course. The second date (the available until date) is the last day on which the assignment can be submitted in Canvas. The available until date will always be a Sunday evening at 11:59pm. See the late policy for online homework below. The four lowest Online Homework scores will be dropped.
You are strongly encouraged to do your homework as independently as possible. Try and think about a problem several times before looking for outside help. Struggling through a problem is the only way to make connections that allow for better understanding, higher test performance and retention.
Reflections: After you complete the lecture videos notes and practice problems for the week, you will need to submit a reflection for the week. A reflection encourages you to think about how well you have learned the material and what resources you can use to master the material. Reflections will not be accepted after the exam dates for the material covered by the reflection. Reflection are graded on completeness and reflection scores will not be dropped. It is important to get reflections submitted on time each week.
Exams: There will be three written midterm exams given in the testing center or in Zoom in addition to a comprehensive final exam. You will not be allowed to use a book, notes, or (in general) any type of calculator or computer aid on the exams. The final exam will be given in the testing center or in Zoom on Thursday and Friday, June 25 and June 26. It will be comprehensive.
To receive full credit, an exam must be properly proctored for the entire exam period. The best way to achieve this is to take the exam in the SUU testing center, or to make arrangements to take the exam at a local testing center or library. Another option is to take your exam with Zoom proctoring provided by the instructor at one of two posted times. Finally, students may take the exam using Honorlock in Canvas. For each exam, a form will be available for you to inform the instructor of your chosen testing modality.
If necessary, students may take the exam using Honorlock within Canvas, but please be aware that Honorlock sometimes stops proctoring the exam partway through without notifying you. Honorlock will also allow you to set up your cameras so that your hands and exam pages/workspace are not visible, which is also not proper proctoring. If the exam is not properly proctored through the entire exam period, a percentage penalty (typically 40\%) will be applied to the exam score. It is the {\bf student's responsibility} to ensure that their camera is set up correctly and that they have a stable internet connection before taking the exam with Honorlock.
If you decide to use Honorlock, you DO NOT need to create an account or schedule an appointment in advance. Honorlock is available 24/7, and all that is required is a computer, a working webcam/microphone, your ID, and a stable internet connection.
To get started, you will need Google Chrome and download the Honorlock Chrome Extension.
When you are ready to complete your assessment, log into Canvas, go to your course, and click on your exam. Clicking "Launch Proctoring" will begin the Honorlock authentication process, where you will take a picture of yourself and show your ID. During the authentication steps, you may be prompted to complete a room scan. This is a test taker authentication step in which you will be asked to perform a 360-degree scan of your environment with the computer or webcam to confirm the integrity of the testing environment. Honorlock will be recording your exam session through your webcam and microphone and recording your screen. Honorlock also has an integrity algorithm that can detect search-engine use, so please do not attempt to search for answers, even if it's on a secondary device.
Honorlock support is available 24/7/365. If you encounter any issues, you may contact them through live chat on the support page or within the exam itself. Some guides you should review are
Honorlock MSRs,
Honorlock FAQs for Test Takers,
Honorlock Knowledge Base, and
How to Use Honorlock.