All buttons described below are available in the Learning Mode. In the
Assessment Mode, certain buttons may be temporarily inactive.
For online help with the use of the Answer Editor, click "Help."
To print out an individualized homework sheet based on your
most recent work in ALEKS, use the "Worksheet" button.
Your instructor can send you
messages via ALEKS. You see new messages when you log on. You can also
check for messages by clicking on "Inbox"
(Sec. A.6.6). ALEKS provides a way to
send your instructor a specific problem you are working on in ALEKS.
Your instructor can choose to
let you reply to messages as well.
Any time you wish to look at your assessment reports, click on
"Report." Choose any date from the drop-down menu and click "OK."
This page gives you the options to participate in "Ask a Friend"
or forward your ALEKS messages to your email account.
This page also shows the total number of hours you have spent
using ALEKS.
To access any special resources posted to your class by your instructor,
click on the "Resources" button.
To end your ALEKS session and exit, click on your name (top right),
and select "Log out" from the drop-down menu.
Clicking "MyPie" gives you a pie chart summarizing your current
mastery. You can use this pie chart to choose a new concept.
To review past material, use the "Review" button.
To search the online
ALEKSpedia and enter the ALEKSpedia, click
"ALEKSpedia." You can also click on hyperlinked terms in
the ALEKS interface to access the ALEKSpedia.
To access the online ALEKS Calculator, use the Calculator button.
This button will be inactive for material where the use of a calculator is
not appropriate. When this button is inactive, do not use any calculator.
This button gives access to a brief reference page for useful chemistry information,
including formulas, constants, and other data. Click on the plus sign ("[+]")
preceding any category to see the information available under that category.
This button opens a page with the complete Periodic Table of the Elements. Clicking
on any element symbol opens a window with essential information about that
element.
To see the results of assignments you have taken in ALEKS or to
begin a pending assignment, use the "Assignments" button. If assignments
are currently available, you will see an orange burst on the
"Assignments" button.
To access the Gradebook for your class, click on the "Gradebook"
button.
To access the Calendar for your class, click on the "Calendar"
button.
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