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).
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