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Thanks for to everyone for putting in the extra effort to make physics 211 a success this semester.

Final Grades are now available in the course gradebook.

Welcome to Physics 211!

Final Exam scores are now available in the course gradebook. Grades should be calculated by Monday.

Return from break massmail from Prof. Stelzer and summary of key ideas.

Week 15 massmail on Lab Practical and Make-Up Labs from Prof. Gadway

Hour exam 3 massmail from Prof. Stelzer Nov. 17th

Lab 4, make-up lab, and lab practical massmail.

Revised schedule due to Nov. 3rd holiday! See course schedule or mass email from professor Stelzer for details.

Hour exam 2 results are now available in gradebook and on smart.physics.illinois.edu. Class average was 75%.

Hour exam 2 massmail from Prof. Stelzer Oct 19th.

Hour Exam 2 is Wednesday October 21st at 7 PM. It will be proctored by physics TA's just like exam 1. If you need a time other than 7 pm, please do so in the course gradebook as described in massmail from Prof. Stelzer available here.

Hour Exam 1 results are available in gradebook. Average raw score was 82%. Scaled score includes potential boost from practice exam. Exam questions and yoru answers are available at smart.physics.illinois.edu

Hour Exam 1 has been moved to Wednesday September 30th at 7 PM. Massmail from Prof. Stelzer is available here.

Practice Exam Scores are available. Go to https://smart.physics.illinois.edu/ and select the online exam course. Your exam will be visible, as will your score.

Practice Exam email sent Monday September 9th

Here is a pdf with instructions for purchasing the access code and entering it into smart.physics.illinois.edu or if you prefer a video we have that too.

Here is a link to the Practice Exam and iclicker email sent Monday August 31st.

Here is a link to the Z oom Chat Channel sent Wednesday August 26nd.

Here is a link to the Welcome message sent Saturday August 22nd.

Piazza https://piazza.com/ We updated the roster for the physics 211 piazza page Wednesday 8/26. So you should automatically see the course if you sign into piazza with an account based on your University email.

Lecture Handouts There is now a link on the schedule page that provides a powerpoint skeleton of the lecture. These were formerly sold at the bookstore in paper edition as a guide for taking notes during lecture. Note, sometimes the lecture we use will not follow those notes exactly as we may adjust the lecture based on student responses.

Lecture

Students must be on time and prepared for lecture.

All students taking physics courses at the U of I, Fall 2020 are covered to use iClicker Cloud at no additional cost to the student.
Before your first lecture, go to https://www.iclicker.com.
If this is your first time using this application, click the "Create an Account" link at the top. Otherwise Sign In.
Please use your netid@illinois.edu email address to create an account.
Once logged in, click the plus sign in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
Enter "Physics Dept: University of Illinois at Urbana" for your institution.
There are three different iClicker Cloud courses setup for Physics 211 this semester. Be sure you note which section you are registered for (A1, A2, A3), but you can join any of them. Enter "Physics 211 [your section goes here] Fall 2020" as the course name (i.e. "Physics 211 A1 Fall 2020")
Review Lecture Zoom Links to get the link for your lecture section.

Payment Information

You will need to pay for access to the course materials for this course. You will have 14 days from the first day of classes to submit your payment to be able to receive credit for the courses.

First, go to http://macmillanlearning.com to purchase an access code.

Then, log into https://smart.physics.illinois.edu. You should see a Redeem link. Enter the access code and click the Redeem Code button. (Note this link will be available after August 21st)

Once you do this, you have successfully paid for the course.

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.

Laboratory

Students must be on time and prepared for labs.

Each student will need an IOLab device.
You will do a hands-on Pre-Lab activity using your IOLab device before every lab.
You will work within groups in your weekly lab sections, to design and understand experiments and experimental data using your IOLab device.
You will upload your lab reports to GradeScope for grading.
Review Lab Zoom Links to get the link for your lab section.

Exams

Go to the CBTF scheduler and add the PHYS 211 course in order to receive automated notifications to sign up for exams this semester.
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.