PHYS 101 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Required Materials
Web Information
This course uses the Web extensively. Internet access and a web browser are required for:
- textbook
- homework (smartPhysics)
- grade book
- access to lecture slides
- access to most class handouts.
- turning in discussion exercises (gradescope)
- quizzes (PrairieLearn)
Required Materials
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
- iclicker remote
- optional: handouts from webpage, available through a link on the schedule the night before the lecture
For Discussion
- Your laptop or tablet
- A calculator with trigonometric functions.
- Discussion reports are submitted to Gradescope.
- Quizzes are taken on PrairieLearn.
For Lab
- Every student will need to have access an IOLab device. Exceptions will be made for students located overseas where IOLab rentals are not available (though students studying abroad can still get a device though the UIUC bookstore if they have the means to do so).
- IOLab devices can be rented from the following website: https://store.macmillanlearning.com/us/product/iOLab-Version-2.0/p/1464101469.
(NOTE: Use the code SHIPFREE at checkout and the shipping will be free). - 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.
Recommended
- Hour Exams: Physics 101 Hour Exams, Latest (Stipes)
- "COLLEGE PHYSICS," R. Freedman, et al., W. H. Freedman & Co., 2nd Edition--Electronic Access