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

Web Information

This course uses the Web extensively. Internet access and a Web browser are required for:

Computers with appropriate web browsers are available in Technology Services, Engineering Work Stations and housing division computer labs.

Gradescope

You will need to access Gradescope to retrieve and submit assignments.
Make sure you you choose "School Credentials" and click on "University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Netid" when you log into Gradescope.

Campuswire

We will use Campuswire as a resource to get help and build community. One of the difficult aspects of an online course is the lack of communitty that you normally get in an in-person course. Campuswire will provide an environment for you to ask questions, share ideas and communicate with instructors/students in the course.

For Prelectures, Checkpoints, Prelabs and Prelectures

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

For Lecture

For Discussion

Access to Zoom on a computer with webcam.
We will use Gradescope to distribute the quiz and you will turn it in using Gradescope.
A Calculator, Paper and pen/pencil

For Lab

Every student will need to have access an IOLab device.
IOLab devices can be rented from the following website: https://store.macmillanlearning.com/us/product/iOLab-Version-2.0/p/1464101469.
Alternatively, you can purchase them through the U of I bookstore at: https://bookstore.illinois.edu/buy_book_detail.asp?pf_id=15132185. The bookstore also carries the Accessory Pack for Electricity and Magnetism: https://bookstore.illinois.edu/buy_book_detail.asp?pf_id=15491718.
If you are buying or renting a device on-line you should do this as soon as possible since shipping can take 1-2 weeks.
If you have any problems with the Macmillan website or concerns about the delivery of your device you should go to https://macmillan.force.com/macmillanlearning/s/contactsupport and select I am Using: Student Store (i.e. do not select I am using: IOLab, which will get you tech support for the device itself).
To run the IOLab software, students will need to have access to a computer running Windows 8.1 or above or a Mac running OSX 10.13 or above. You can donwload the software at https://iolab.science/running-application.html and test it on your computer.
You will turn the labs in on Gradescope.

Gladding, Selen & Stelzer Classical Mechanics, W.H. Freeman (this is an inexpensive printed companion to FlipIt Physics, and is suggested but not required).
Any edition of Tipler's book "Physics for Scientists & Engineers", W.H. Freeman (The Tipler textbook has a website with useful study aids: https://www.macmillanlearning.com/catalog/search.aspx?search=Physics%20for%20Scientists%20%26%20Engineers&sitesearch=1).
University of Illinois Physics 211 Exams (many of these exams are also posted online).