Transcript MATSE081: MATERIALS IN TODAY`S WORLD

MATSE 081: MATERIALS IN
TODAY’S WORLD
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The book is mandatory, and
may be bought from the PSU
Bookstore on campus, or from
the bookstore downtown.
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The course content is found at:
https://www.eeducation.psu.edu/matse081/st
arthere/l1.html
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The course is administered on
ANGEL at: http://cms.psu.edu/
MATSE 081: MATERIALS IN
TODAY’S WORLD
The “in-class” section of MATSE 081 is a hybrid
in-class/on-line learning environment. Section 1
combines the convenience of online quizzing
using ANGEL, with the “comfort” of in-class
lectures.
 Lectures are on Mondays and Wednesdays
only.
 Fridays are reserved for completing the end-ofLesson quizzes, reading the book, quiet
contemplation, etc.
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INSTRUCTOR
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Dr. Paul R. Howell, 231 Steidle Bldg. Tel. 8633363; e-mail: [email protected]
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You should only need to use this telephone
number or e-mail address in an emergency, e.g.,
if ANGEL is "down.” Otherwise, always e-mail
me or the TAs using ANGEL
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(Personal office hours: by appointment.)
STEIDLE BUILDING
THE HOMEPAGE OF THE WEB
SITE
ANGEL LINK
THE HOMEPAGE ON ANGEL
LOCKS!
There are locks on nearly all folders; there
is no lock on “Implied Consent Form and
Course Contract” document.
 You must sign this document before the
locks turn from black to gray.
 You may then access all the materials.
 If, when you try to open something, it asks
for a password, it means that you have not
signed the required document!
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THE HOMEPAGE ON ANGEL
THE LESSONS FOLDER
THE COMMUNICATE TOOL –
USE IT!
CONTACTING THE
INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM
Use ANGEL e-mail!
 Address your e-mails to “All Faculty”
 THIS IS YOUR LIFELINE!
 DO NOT ADDRESS YOUR E-MAILS TO
prh1 – THEY WILL NOT GET
ANSWERED!
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THE COURSE STRUCTURE
The course is “built” around 12 Lessons +
2 orientation weeks.
 Each Lesson will take ~ one week to
complete.
 The instructional material for each Lesson
can be found on the course Web site.
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THE GRADING
Category
Points
Point
Total
Percentage (%)
of Grade
Quizzes
2 @ 30
2 @ 70
8 @ 50
Sub -Total, Quizzes
60
140
400
600
600
60
Assignm ents
7 @ 50
350
350
35
Communi cations
50
50
5
TOTAL
1000
1000
100
QUIZZES
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Twelve quizzes are open-Book, and unproctored. The quizzes will be taken online. Each
student in the class will receive a "customdelivered", unique quiz. The quizzes are found in
the Lesson folders.
 Deadlines for the completion of the quizzes are
given on the Web site.
 All ANGEL quizzes will be available from the first
day of class!
 Students are encouraged to help each other!
THE QUIZZES ARE NOT TRIVIAL!
ASSIGNMENTS
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The seven assignments should be completed individually,
and submitted online, on or before the due date given on
the Web site.
 The assignments are thematic, they highlight the structure,
properties, processing and performance of one particular
material.
 You can download the assignments from the Web site.
Your answers to Assignments 1-4, 6 and 7 will be
submitted as ANGEL quizzes.
 You will submit Assignment 5 in a drop box on ANGEL
COMMUNICATIONS
REQUIREMENT
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5% of total grade is available for
participating in the various surveys,
which will be posted periodically. I will email you when surveys are available.
E-ETIQUETTE
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All written communications, whether by ANGEL
e-mail or on the discussion board must be
grammatically correct, properly punctuated and
free of spelling errors.
 All written communications must be courteous
and polite. Examples of impolite behavior are
posted on the Web site.
 E-mail is only to be used for communications
between single students and the faculty.
THE GRADES: I DO NOT
“GRADE ON A CURVE”
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A
AB+
B
BC+
C
D
F
90+
86+
82+
78+
74+
70+
66+
56+
0 - 55.9
THE CLASS RULES
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During Class:
 Extend
Courtesy to Everyone in the Room!
 No Reading Newspapers.
 No Extra-Curricular Conversations
 No Sleeping.
 No iPods, CD players, Walkmen, etc.
 No cell phones
MATSE 081: MATERIALS IN
TODAY’S WORLD
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The course content is found at:
https://www.eeducation.psu.edu/matse081/starthere/l1.html
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The course is administered on ANGEL at:
http://cms.psu.edu/