Getting your UT EID:
Go to https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/student
Click on “Log In to Quest”
Click on “I need a UT EID”
Then “Continue”
Begin filling in your information.
On this page, your answers will
all be “NO”.
Proceed on to your personal info.
Leave the UT Austin ID number
blank. You MUST provide an
email address:
Write down
your UT EID user name and password and keep it in a safe place! Click on “Enroll
Once you have your UT EID and selected a password, you should view “My Courses”.
in a new course”. The Unique Course numbers are:
Pre-AP Physics: PAP Phy SH 3, PAP Phy SH 4, PAP Phy SH 5, PAP Phy SH 6, PAP Phy SH 7 (according to
class period)
AP-C Physics: AP-C Phy
Type in the correct course number and click on “LOOKUP COURSE INFO”
MAKE SURE YOU SELECT FALL 2015. Click on “REQUEST ENROLLMENT”
You will see a message indicating that your enrollment is pending. Once the teacher accepts your enrollment,
you may access your assignments.
Always make sure that you Log Off when you are done.
QUEST
Virtually all homework in Physics will be accessed and submitted online through Quest Learning and
Assessment. This service was built and is supported by the University of Texas. Each student must get a UT
EID (electronic ID). This EID will remain with them throughout high school and college. Students may access
their homework assignments on any computer with internet availability. I recommend that students print their
assignments before coming to class, but that is not necessary.
Generally, this is how the system works. On the day of a specific lesson, or possibly a day or two before the
lesson, I will post the related homework assignment with a date and TIME that the assignment must be
completed. Students log into Quest, open the assignment, do the work, and type in their answers. They may
log out, log back in, and continue working on the assignment up until the date and time that it is due. At that
point, no more answers can be submitted and their grade will be based on the answers entered.
When students enter their answers, they will be told immediately if an answer is correct. If it is incorrect, they
will be allowed several more attempts to get the correct answer, with a few points taken off for each try. All
students will have the same physics problems assigned, but the embedded numbers, and therefore the correct
solutions, are different for each student. For example, one student may be given a problem with a car going
50 mph, a second student- 33 mph, a third student- 46 mph, etc. The process to achieve the correct answer is
the same for everyone, but the solutions are all different. This allows students to work closely together as they
go through the correct solution method, but keeps students from using another person’s answers on their
homework.
If a student is absent and misses a lesson, I will override the due date of the assignment for that student if
requested and give them the appropriate amount of extra time to complete their work. Any work turned in on
paper or on Quest (if the assignment is “reopened”) after the due date and time will be subject to the late rule
policy for the high school, unless there are extenuating circumstances.
Quest is available on any device with internet access. There are laptops available in my room that students may
use to access their assignments. In special circumstances, the teacher may print the students’ assignments if the
student supplies paper.
I will go over more specific questions, such as significant digits to record, in the classroom. Many of the
questions the students may have are answered in the Help menu within Quest. Instructions on obtaining a UT
EID are on the back side of this paper. The HELP menu also includes conversion tables and fundamental
constants you may need to access at times.
STUDENTS: READ CAREFULLY!
Please, please, do not procrastinate on the Quest assignments. Example: The homework for a lecture on
Monday is not due on Tuesday, but on Wednesday. The purpose of that is to allow students to work on
Monday’s assignment on Monday night, clear up any misconceptions and ask questions on the assignment on
Tuesday, and still have time to submit final answers before the due date and time of Wednesday morning. If
students do not even begin Monday’s assignment until Tuesday night, there will be no (or very little)
opportunity Wednesday morning to ask questions before the due time is passed. In the meantime, there is a new
assignment on Tuesday’s lesson that has not been worked on and the situation can snowball!
Parents, if you have any questions, please email me at school.