PHYS 211 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Lecture

Be sure to do the prelecture and checkpoint before lecture, they are available at https://smart.physics.illinois.edu/

We will be using physical iclickers for participation and bonus points during lecture. You may use any version of the physical clicker (but not the phone app).

Homework

You can access the content at https://smart.physics.illinois.edu/ and you have full access for the first four weeks free of charge.  

Sometime in the first four weeks you will need to pay for access by purchasing a code through the UIUC bookstore.  

Details of how to pay for access are available via pdf.

Laboratory

Students must be on time and prepared for labs.

• Each student will need an IOLab device for their lab and pre-lab activities (see Required Materials for more details).
• A Pre-Lab activity must be completed before every lab:
  • The activity uses the IOLab device
  • The activity is located in the smart.physics course.
• In the Lab you will work in groups to:
  • design and understand experiments
  • analyze experimental data.
• You will upload your lab reports to https://my.physics.illinois.edu/courses/upload/.

Discussion

Students must be on time and prepared for discussion.

• Students arriving more than 10 minutes late for discussion will receive a grade of 0% on their quiz.
• You must have your discussion manual with you for each discussion section (including the first section).

Excused Absences

• Please submit your excused absence no later than 12 business days from your absence via the Excused Absences application.
• For more information regarding this course's excuses policy, please refer to the Attendance Policy page.

Academic Integrity

• All activities in this course, including documentation submitted for petition for an excused absence, are subject to the Academic Integrity rules as described in Article 1, Part 4, Academic Integrity, of the Student Code.