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Welcome. Course name Faculty name. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS. Serway/Jewett: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 7th Ed. You will… be tested receive homework assignments have reading assignments …from these materials. WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK?.

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  1. Welcome Course name Faculty name

  2. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS • Serway/Jewett: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 7th Ed. • You will… • be tested • receive homework assignments • have reading assignments • …from these materials

  3. WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK? • Nine in ten professors (90%) say that students would do better if they made greater user of the assigned textbook. • Students’ pass rates, retention rates and grades improve when they employ supplemental materials in addition to their textbooks. • Zogby International, 2006

  4. WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEW EDITION? • Consistent Problem-Solving Strategies in Examples • Math Review Appendix helps brush up on math skills & see how they apply to physics • New Summaries facilitate test review • New Problems & Questions

  5. GET THE GRADE RESOURCES! • You may be required or recommended to use some of the following resources: • Enhanced WebAssign • ThomsonNOW • Student Solutions Manual

  6. REGISTERING AND LOG-IN 0 USER NAME: PASSWORD: INSTITUTION CODE:

  7. REGISTERING AND LOG-IN 0 www.webassign.net

  8. ENTERING ACCESS CODES 0

  9. CHANGING YOUR PASSWORD 0

  10. COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS 0

  11. SAMPLE ASSIGNMENT 0

  12. ENTERING FREE RESPONSES

  13. ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION 0

  14. HINTS AND FEEDBACK 0

  15. REQUESTING HELP 0 Physics 101, Section 6

  16. CLASS CALENDAR 0

  17. COMMUNICATION 0 Physics 101, Section 6

  18. TECHNICAL SUPPORT http://www.webassign.net/info/customer.html Phone support: (800) 955-8275 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET Monday – Friday E-mail support: support@webassign.net 9:00 am - 9:00 pm ET Monday - Friday

  19. WHAT IS THOMSONNOW? • ThomsonNOW is an easy-to-use online resource that helps you study in less time to get the grade you want! • Personalized Study Plan • Active Figures • Interactive Examples • Coached Problems • Online Live Tutoring

  20. WILL THOMSONNOW HELP ME GET A BETTER GRADE? • 87.3% of students agree using ThomsonNOW regularly helped them perform better on exams. • 83.9% of students agree that Personalized Study was a valuable study tool. • 95% of students responded that using ThomsonNOW on a regular basis helped them get a better grade • 82.7% of students are likely to tell a friend about ThomsonNOW YES!

  21. HOW CAN THOMSONNOW HELP ME PREPARE FOR EXAMS AND UNDERSTAND THE COURSE MATERIAL? Easy to use!

  22. PRE-TESTS & POST-TESTS

  23. COACHED PROBLEM

  24. INTERACTIVE EXAMPLES

  25. TECHNICAL SUPPORT http://www.thomsonedu.com/support

  26. ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? • Student Solutions Manual • contains detailed solutions to approximately 20% of the problems per chapter (indicated in the textbook with boxed problem numbers). The manual also features a skills section, important notes from key sections of the text, and a list of important equations and concepts. ISBN for Vol. 1, Ch 1-22: 049511331X ISBN for Vol. 2, Ch 23-46: 0495113786

  27. YOU HAVE CHOICES OF HOW TO BUY THE BOOK! Purchase textbooks in the format and at the price that is right for you. Print Options NEWprint textbooks at up to 25%off, shipped free! Digital Options Electronic texts up to 50% off Individual chapters for as little as $1.99 Study Tools Study Guides, Online Homework Assistance, Audio Content, and more!

  28. STUDENTS…PLEASE READ If your textbook doesn’t already come with the helpful study aids we’ve discussed, go to your local college bookstore or go on-line to the iChapters.com.

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