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Welcome to ALEKS
Hello and Welcome!
This brief walkthrough has been designed to help you become familiar with
what ALEKS is and how it will be used in this course. It will also assist you
with the registration process and direct you where to go for help.
ALEKS is a web-based assessment & learning system for mathematics that
uses artificial intelligence to accurately determine what you know and what
you are ready to learn next.
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To get started:
1.
Go to www.aleks.com
2.
Click on “Sign Up Now!”
Note: If you have used
ALEKS before, you may use
your old login name. Go
ahead and log in. If your
access has expired, you will
be prompted for a new
access code and course
code. (If your access has
NOT expired yet, log in and
click on Options to change
your course code. You can
buy a new access code
when yours expires.)
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Course Code: VQPN6-QRPN9
Enter your Course Code in the
space provided and click Continue.
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Enter the Access Code you
purchased in the bookstore, or
choose the link to purchase the
code online.
You will then be asked to enter your
personal information and create a
login name.
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If you purchase the code online,
be sure to choose
“Higher-Ed 1-semester”
and follow the instructions
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Once you have registered,
ALEKS will take you through a
brief tutorial on how to navigate
the system and enter your
answers.
You will then need to complete
an initial Assessment.
It is crucial that you make an
honest attempt on this and all
Assessments so ALEKS can
accurately update what you know
and what you are ready to learn.
Over the course of the term, you
will be reassessed from time to
time to ensure that you are
retaining the material.
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Upon completion of a given
Assessment, ALEKS will
generate a pie chart of what you
know and what you are ready to
learn next. This is called MyPie.
The dark portions of each piece
of your pie show what you have
mastered in that area of the
course, while the lighter portions
show what you have yet to
learn.
Your goal is to fill in your pie as
completely as possible by the
end of the term.
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MyPie
To begin working on filling in
your pie, drag your mouse over
one of the pieces you need to
work on (they have an arrow
next to the pie slice name).
Doing so will display a list of the
topics you are ready to work on
in that area of the pie.
Now choose the topic in the list
that you would like to work on
next and click on it to enter the
Learning Mode.
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In the Learning Mode, you will be
presented with problems. If you
know how to solve a problem,
enter the answer and click Next.
If you do not know how to solve a
particular problem, you may click
on the Explain button for help.
Clicking on Explain will allow
you to view a step-by-step
explanation of that specific
problem.
Some additional materials may
also be available to you under
Additional Resources.
When you are ready to return to
working on problems, click on the
Practice button.
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When you return, you will be
presented with a new problem to
try and solve. Enter your answer
and click Next.
Once you are able to correctly
answer a specified number of
problems in a row without any
help (i.e. without clicking on
Explain), that topic will be filled
in on your pie.
Important Note: Having topics added to your pie is not permanent! If
you fail to show mastery of a given topic on a future Assessment, it will
be removed from your pie and you will need to return to the Learning
Mode to practice additional problems to have it filled back in on your pie.
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ALEKS + Effort = Success
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Do not wait until the last minute to meet a deadline in ALEKS
- you’ll make it harder on yourself to keep pace
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ALEKS will always take you back to where you’ve left off when
logging out (even during an assessment)
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Active use of ALEKS will dramatically increase your performance
and success in this class
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Remember…
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ALEKS provides learning based on your specific needs, not simply
“one size fits all”
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Periodic Assessments will ensure you are mastering concepts
– expect them from time to time
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Take each Assessment seriously as your “MyPie” will be affected by
your performance - if you’re not ready to complete the assessment
right then, take a break and come back later
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ALEKS Technical Support:
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Phone: 714-619-7090
E-mail Form: http://support.aleks.com
FAQs: www.aleks.com/support
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