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7 Dec 2020

As you study for the final exam, there is an opportunity for additional help with the "Grad On-Call" service, see here for more information.

1 Dec 2020

Hour Exam 3 review slides available here.

18 Oct 2020

There will be an exam review session on Monday Oct 26 at 7pm. Link here. Format is question-and-answer, just like the last review.

26 Sept 2020

There will be an exam review session on Monday Sept 28 at 7pm. Link here. Format is question-and-answer. Questions are typically about how to solve old exam problems, please have a link or image ready with the old exam problem so that everyone can see it.

16 Sept 2020

Formula sheet now available

SUCCESS Seminar 1 Notes Seminar 2 Notes

25 Aug 2020

Here are some resources for algebra and trig practice that you may find helpful:

From the Math Department at Lamar University, Texas
From the Math Department at Armstrong State University, Georgia
From the University of Illinois Office of Math, Science, and Technology Education

Resources to help with remote learning during the pandemic:

Keep Learining Resources

Welcome to PHYS 101!

flipitPhysics

You will need to get flipitPhysics access and do the first Prelecture and Checkpoint before you go to the first lecture.

Go to http://flipitphysics.com.
Click on the Register button, and create an account using your < NetID@illinois.edu > email address
Complete your profile, then click on the Enrollments Tab
Click on the Join a Course link and enter UIP101FA20
Enter your NetID (i.e. whatever is in front of @illinois.edu in your email address) and click Enroll Course

You will need to join a second (FREE) FlipItPhysics class in order to have access to the course lab materials. The instructions below assume you have already signed up for FlipItPhysics as described above.

Go to http://flipitphysics.com and log into your account, (or if you are already logged in just click the account link at the top).
Click on the Join a Course link and enter code UIP101FA20_LAB
Enter your NetID (e.g. whatever is in front of @illinois.edu in your email address) and click Enroll Course

Lecture

Students in the synchronous lecture must be on time and prepared for lecture. The zoom link for every lecture is different! You can find the links for each lecture on the course schedule page.

Students in the asynchronous lecture can view a recorded synchronous lecture on the mediaspace phys101 channel.

You are enrolled in the synchronous lecture by default. The deadline for switching to the asynchronous lecture is in the fourth week of the semester.

Discussion

Students must be on time and prepared for discussion.

Review Discussion Zoom Links to get the link for your discussion section.
You will upload your discussion problems to GradeScope for grading.
After uploading your problems you will take a quiz by going to PrairieLearn.

Laboratory

Students must be on time and prepared for labs.

Each student will need an IOLab device (see Required Materials for more details.)
You will do a hands-on Pre-Lab activity using your IOLab device before every lab, guided by theFlipItPhysics Lab course you signed up for above. In your weekly lab section you will work in groups to design and understand experiments and experimental data, also using your IOLab device.
You will upload your lab reports to the gradebook by using this link.
Review Lab Zoom Links to get the link for your lab section.

Exams

View Formula Sheet
Review the exam information page for details

Excused Absences

Please submit your excused absence no later than 12 business days from your absence via the Excused Absences application.
For more information regarding this course's excuses policy, please refer to the Attendance Policy page.

Academic Integrity

All activities in this course, including documentation submitted for petition for an excused absence, are subject to the Academic Integrity rules as described in Article 1, Part 4, Academic Integrity, of the Student Code.