Reminders for week of Jan 31 – Feb 6

Hi everyone!

Here are some reminders for the following week:

The Unit 1 exam is Monday, Nov 23.  Reminders for the exam are:

1. Exam covers Chapters 1 (Matter and Measurement), 2 (Atoms, Molecules, and Ions), and 3 (Stoichiometry)
2. You can take it on D2L at anytime between 8am and 11:59 pm on Monday Feb 1, 2021 – must be completed online by 11:59 pm on Monday, February 1, 2021.  Once you start you will only have 60 minutes (timer cannot be paused) so make sure you have an hour when you will not be interrupted.
3. It is located on D2L under the Assessments tab under Quizzes.  Click on assessments, then click on Quizzes from the pull down menu.
4. You are allowed 60 minutes and only 1 submission 
5. You are not allowed to open it multiple times, like the chapter quizzes.
6. Choose a time to take it when you will not be interrupted, as the clock begins ticking as soon as you open it.
7. Please keep track of the time counting down on your screen.  You will be flagged with 5 minutes left and the computer will not allow you save any more answers once the 60-minute timer runs out.
8. You are allowed to work backwards.  Some of you might consider starting with the 8-pt questions so that you have enough time and then finish with the multiple choice questions.  If you get stuck on a question, don’t waste too much time before moving on.  You can always come back to it.
9. For the 8 pt questions, you must submit to me your work detailed on a sheet of paper in order to receive full credit (You will type the final answer in the box of the exam to be graded, but I need to see the accompanying work so that I can reward appropriate points).  Please see the next section for Instructions for this

Submitting work for the 8 point questions (Questions 16-20).  I do not need to see your work for the multiple choice questions (1-15)

1. The way you will submit the work for the 8 point questions is in a separate folder in the assignments tab (similar to the way you submitted the Chapter 1 and Chapter 2/3  quizzes).
2. The questions requiring submission of work are numbers 16-20 only.
3. You will type the final answer in the box of the exam to be graded, but I need to see the accompanying work so that I can reward appropriate points.  This submitted work is how I will do this.
4. To submit it, you can simply take a picture with your phone, as long as I am able to view your work clearly.
5. If possible, please use this procedure: How to Scan Documents with Apple and Android Mobile Devices for generating files to submit, rather than sending me a different file for every picture.  Once you learn it, it is less work for you and for me than uploading a separate file for each page of work!
6. Do NOT submit Word (.docx) files.
7. The submission to be uploaded immediately after submitting your exam into a drop box that you will find on D2L(Assessments tab, Assignments, Exam 1 Submissions).
8. You must upload your work to the 8-pt questions for credit.  Even if you have the correct answer, you will not receive full credit if I cannot follow your work (or you are missing units, sig figs, do not show the equation you are using).  Be thorough.
9. Submissions must be made to the Submissions folder.  Do not email your work to me.
10. Submissions must be made within 10 minutes of completing your exam.  Note that I am able to see what time you complete your exam and what time you upload your submission
11. Be sure that your answer on paper matches the answer that you type into the computer.  Be sure to include units and be conscious of sig figs.

Practice and study resources for the Exam

1. Many students find the Chapter Practice Quizzes available in the course D2L site (click on content then Unit 1) to be helpful study aids
2. There is a Unit 1 Practice Exam available in the same Unit 1 folder on D2L.  See the section titles “Practice Exam CHEM 151” in the Unit 1 – additional study resources page on this website for tips on how to best use the practice exam
3. There is a second practice exam for the Unit 1 exam.  It is located on D2L.  To access it, click assessments then quizzes from the pull down menu (same location as the actual exam). It will provide practice on how the exam will look and how you will enter answers.  Like all practice exams, It does NOT mean that your real exam will contain the same questions or very similar questions with the numbers changed.  It will likely not be helpful to you to memorize the questions on the practice exam in the hope that you will get the same or similar questions on the real exam.

Reminders for items due Sunday 11/22

1. The Chapter 2 and 3 quiz is posted on D2L like the Chapter 1 and Nomenclature quiz.  It is due Sunday 1/31
2. MyLabsPlus on acids and bases will be due Sunday 1/31.

Have a good weekend and feel free to reach out with questions or if you have difficulties as you finish up your Unit 1 assignments and prepare for the exam.