ALEKS - from the syllabus

Online, at www.aleks.com, with additional information and tips posted on Sakai. At the end of the semester, your Overall ALEKS grade is
calculated from: 50% Objectives + 5% Final Knowledge Check + 45% Pie Progress. Regular work (Learning topics in Objectives) is due twice
per week at 11:59pm as a combination of pre- and post-lecture work. Assessments or “Knowledge Checks” are also included to help you retain
course content throughout the entire semester. Chemistry is a complex and challenging subject, so we have chosen ALEKS to make sure you
master the basic, fundamental concepts in the course to fully advance your personal educational and career goals. We have solid data that show
this service can improve mastery and retention, particularly for students who would otherwise have difficulty passing. What you must do is
decide to trust the system when it assigns you work: trust that this is indeed the work you should be doing now, and that doing it diligently will
build the essential mastery you need to succeed in chemistry as fast as possible. ALEKS will help you by finding out YOUR individual state of
knowledge, and then tutoring you in only the topics on which YOU need to work. The list of topics to be mastered has been set for the course,
and it is the same for everybody. But YOUR individual path is going to be unique to you. We will drop your lowest 2 Objective scores from the
overall grade calculation at the end of the semester to account for the instances when you may not be able to finish an assignment by the deadline.

You'll need to go to the ALEKS Gradebook to find your percentage for each category.
Objective Enter the % listed in parentheses, example: Objective (94%)
Until Finals Week begins the Overall ALEKS Grade only includes objectives; remember
that your lowest two scores are dropped at the end of the semester (after April 29th)

Final Knowledge Check Enter your % after you've finished this

This will be included in the Overall ALEKS Grade after the deadline (May 1st); you can take it
anytime 4/27-5/1, taking this is required to earn a course grade of B- or above

Pie Progress Enter your % after you've finished this

This will be included in the Overall ALEKS Grade after the deadline (May 5th); remember that
you have Open Pie mode anytime you finish an Objective before the due date and for finals
week

this is your total ALEKS

Check the Overall ALEKS Grade in ALEKS gradebook on May 6th 0% grade for the course