Figure 6.23: Basic Information

Administrator accounts can assign the class to another instructor when setting up the class.

The class is required to have a name; this name can be the name appearing in your institution's course catalogue or anything else you wish (Fig. 6.23). The Section Name is optional. Including the term and year in the section name makes it easier to keep track of ALEKS classes over time (e.g., "F 2011"). The ALEKS Class is the course product that will be used for the class (e.g., "General Chemistry"). This should not be changed after the class has begun unless absolutely necessary, as doing so will be disruptive to the students' learning and to the class reports and records. Other values on this page can usually be changed without disruption.

After choosing an ALEKS course product, two pop-up boxes will require your input related to Significant Digits. The first will ask if you wish to have your students know and apply the significant digits rules when answering problems. The second box will ask if you would like to have students warned in Learning Mode if they have a correct answer, but an incorrect number of significant digits. This warning is automatically turned on in Assessment Mode in ALEKS.

The Class Dates are used to configure the Course Calendar, and should include the entire period of time that the students will be using ALEKS. Instructors can also check the box "Automatically archive this class after the end date" to automatically archive the class following the selected class End Date (Sec. 6.1.7).