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Welcome to PHYS 101!

This semester we will be delivering PHYS 101 via Remote Learning.  

You should Log into Teams using your University of Illinois credentials and join the Team for this course.  
The team code is:  m2q86sx

These are the tools we will be using this summer:

• Your course website.  Here you will find all of the information you need to succeed this summer in PHYS 101.  This includes:
  • Links to our course tools.
  • Links to our course files and course grade book.
  • Grading information and final grade points.
  • Important policy information
  • The course schedule.
• Teams:  We will be using teams for Discussion and Lab sections.  You may also contact your Instructor an TA's via teams.  
• flipitPhysics:  Your homework assignments will be completed in flipitPhysics;  your labs will be distributed through flipitPhysics.
• GradeScope:  All written work in lab and discussion submitted for grading will use GradeScope
• Media Space:  Where your lecture videos will be posted.
• PrairieLearn:  The exam system.

flipitPhysics

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

1. Go to http://flipitphysics.com.
2. Click on the Register button, and create an account using your < NetID@illinois.edu > email address
3. Complete your profile, then click on the Enrollments Tab
4. Click on the Join a Course link and enter UIP101SU21
5. Enter your NetID (e.g. 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.

1. 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).
2. Click on the Join a Course link and enter code UIP101SU21_Lab
3. Enter your NetID (e.g. whatever is in front of @illinois.edu in your email address) and click Enroll Course

Lecture

Lectures will be pre-recorded and available in Media Space.  Students are responsible for viewing and studying the lecture recordings.  Credit will be awarded for viewing the lectures.

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 GradeScope for grading.

Discussion

Students must be on time and prepared for discussion.  This summer Discussion will be organized into two separate, and important components:

• Pre-discussion activity.
• Synchronous Teams discussion session, facilitated by your Discussion TAs.

Students are required to participate in both portions of Discussion to receive credit for each week's discussion.

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.

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