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HELP Session!
Wednesday, 7:00 pm, PS141. A
few students (we'll find out tomorrow how many) are having some problems with
the PLE. The message you receive is " There is a major problem. The PLE
database does not recognize you. Your responses have been recorded into a
SCRATCH database. Note the time you did this PLE and Contact Dr. Gelder."
Inorder to diagnose this problem I need to better understand what you were
doing at the time. So if you get this message send me an e-mail. I'm saving
the responses to a SCRATCH file but there are NO names on the responses. How
to avoid this problem?! Before doing the a PLE be absolutely sure that you
see your name on your Personal web Page at the top of the left hand frame,
and you see your name in the PLE form itself. If either are missing DO NOT
DO THE PLE until you have re-logged in to your Personal Web page. The issue
has to do with how much time you are on your personal web page and nothing
is happening. If you have been logged on to your personal web page for a while,
and done nothing it may have timed out, so it no longer knows who you are.
Be careful before doing the PLE!The
PLE page is now back up after re-storing from a backed-up file saved Saturday
evening. If you accessed either PLE1 or PLE2 between 10 pm on 1/18/03 to 9
pm 1/20/03 I have no record of you doing the PLE(s). So you will have to repeat
them. Beginning with PLE3 no more mister Nice-Guy...not done before lecture...I
will not count it as complete. BTW PLE3 is ready and waiting.I've
received messages from a number of you asking about the loss of some of your
PLE information. I am in the process of trying to determine exactly what is
going on. Somehow the database has been purged of the data from PLE#1. I will
meet with the database administrator to find out what the problem is. Do not
worry I have all of the data backed up and I will recreate the data after
talking to Dr. Materer. I should have all this completed sometime today.To
the student who came by my office Friday morning after class asking about
a lost key. I have a key that was found in PS141. Send me a message to see
if we can arrange a time for you to check it out.I've
modified the coding in the PLE so if you accidently submit your responses
before you are finished, you can click on the BACK button and finish the PLE
and re-submit. All that will happen is the set of responses already in the
database will be over-written by the new set. You will get a message telling
you that is what happened. I always recommend you print out your PLE. You
can bring it to class and incorporate it into your lecture notes.I
have Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's lecture posted at the QuickTime Video/Lectures
link (see the left-hand frame on this page)I
have the HELP feature working for problem 3 and 4 on the RPS. Check it out.
One caveat...I'm only comparing answers within a 4% error. It is possible
to have an answer that is close to the correct answer, but have worked the
problem incorrectly. This is not likely, but it can happen in some kinds of
problems. Use this HELP feature carefully.In
our staff meeting today Lisa mentioned that she could not find the Also
in staff meeting it was mentioned that some students did not have an element
in RPS8a part v) on the Review Problem Set. If that is the case go to your
Personal Web page. You can get the missing element there. Copy it on to your
Review Problem Set or print a new copy. This semester I want to try using personal
web pages. To take advantage of this new feature you will have to give me
a Secret Identification number or name. Go to the SID#/Name link in the left
frame and complete the information requested. After you have given me your
SID information you will be able to access your own personal CHEM 1515 Web
page through the Personal Page. The personal page will have information specifically
associated with you: grades, PLE's, homework, exams, plus other way cool stuff.
So get your SID set up now!
- Since this is the FIRST time I have tried to use the Personal
Web Page concept there are going to be problems. You must e-mail me, or
contact me when you have problems so I can solve them quickly. Hang in there,
it is going to be FUN! this semester.
You
will need your individualize copy of the Review Problem Set before you go
to Laboratory this week. After submitting your SID information go to your
Personal Page and click on the Problem Set link. There you will be able to
obtain your own Review Problem Set. If you have any questions contact Dr.
G.Here
are this semester's laboratory sections. Be sure to bring your textbook and
a calculator to laboratory this week! Yes! Labs are meeting this week (1/13/02
- 1/17/03). Lab Section # |
Lab Day |
Time |
TA |
Lab Room |
1 |
Monday |
1:30 pm - 4:20 pm |
Alan Piquette |
PS260 |
2 |
Tuesday |
8:30 am - 11:20 am |
Adriana Moncada |
PS259 |
3 |
Tuesday |
8:30 am - 11:20 am |
Eugueni Kadossov |
PS260 |
4 |
Tuesday |
12:30 pm - 3:20 pm |
Eugueni Kadossov |
PS259 |
5 |
Tuesday |
12:30 pm - 3:20 pm |
Lisa Reilly |
PS260 |
6 |
Wednesday |
1:30 pm - 4:20 pm |
Alan Piquette |
PS260 |
7 |
Thursday |
8:30 am - 11:20 am |
Adriana Moncada |
PS259 |
8 |
Thursday |
8:30 am - 11:20 am |
Eric Wall |
PS260 |
9 |
Friday |
1:30 pm - 4:20 pm |
Andy Wang |
PS260 |
Check out the link to the web site for our
textbook (BLB). The link is near the top of the left frame on our web site.
Clicking on the link will take you to a page with an image of our textbook.
Near the top of the page is a dropdown menu listing the Chapters in the text.
Select a chapter and a page will be loaded for that chapter that contains
links to resources. If you would like some practice problems try the Problem
Soving Center. When the Problem Center page is load scroll down to the red
button under flexible questions. Select the Homework link. This will generate
a set of questions from the chapter. You will need a calculator.
Here is a very nice Periodic
Table that contains lots of physical properties and chemical properties
for the elements.
Our TAs for this semester (as of Monday, August 19, 2002) are;
Eugueni Kodossov (jenkad2000@yahoo.com)
Adriana Moncada (amoncad@okstate.edu)
Alan Piquette (piquett@okstate.edu)
Lisa
Reilly (reillyl@okstate.edu)
Eric Wall (wallw@okstate.edu)
Andy Wang (awang@okstate.edu)
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