About
Online Homework
1)
Setting up an account
(a) Point your web
browser to: http://www.ilrn.com/. This is a web site
maintained by the
book publisher Use Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows or Safari 1.3-2.0
or
Mozilla 1.2.1 (later versions not supported) for Macintosh
(b) Under”New users”,
click on”Create
an account”
(c) Under”select the
option”,
click on student, fill in the school name”
(d) Select”
(e) Under the course
key, click”
My instructor gave me a code to register for a class.”, type in the
course key
E-3GF673DGNFTRP, click”continue”.
Then fill in the
necessary information
(email, password and your name).
You may need to install
certain software
(like Java) to use the system properly. You just follow the direction
after”system
check”.
(f) This will bring you
to the
online homework’s Home Page.
(g) You’re ready to
start using
ThomsonNOW!
You should see review
of
differentiation, review of integration and hw13.1.
2)
Internet
Explorer Configuration
You have to configure
your internet explorer to enable you to print your
homework assignment.
(a)You need to install Java (Java
JRE) and Macromedia Flash Player to use
the system properly. You
can download them from
http://www.java.com/en/download and
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer
.
(b) You need to set IE
browser permissions.
(i) Open Internet
Explorer
(ii) Select Tools >
Internet Options
(iii) Go to Security
> Trusted Sites > Sites.
(iv) Clear the setting
Require Server verification (https :) for all sites in
this zone. In
Add this Web site to the zone, type in *.ilrn.com,and
then click Add.
In Add this Web site to the zone, type in
*.brookscole.com,
and then click Add.
(v) Click”Require Server
verification (https :) for all sites in this zone”
Click OK to
close.
3) Some
features of the online homework system
(a) Under Quick links, you try”View
Test-Taking Tutorial” to help you get
familiar with the
system.
(b) Taking the online
homework
(i) Under action, Click
take for any hw assignment. You can also print
out your
assignment by clicking”print”.
(ii) After the system
loading your homework, click”start assignment
now”.
(iii) You
should see your hw assignment.
(iv) You may take each
assignment an unlimited number of times.
(v) You can save your
assignment for later.
(vi) Use the list on the
left to go to a
question (your answer to the current
question will be
saved).
(vii) There is also a
online calculator”ThomsonNOW Tools” available
on the upper
right. Just click”ThomsonNOW Tools” if you want
to use it.
(viii) After submitting
your answer, it will advance to the next question
only if your
answer is correct. You can redo the problem or use the
list on the left
to go to any question.
(ix) Click”submit
assignment for grading” after you finish your
assignment.
(x) After submitting your
assignment, you can see
your score. Click
”view details” if
you want to know where the detail. You will also
see your
submitted answer. But you may to write down those
correct answers
so you can use them when you retake the assignment.
(xi) After the due date,
you will be able to see the solution to your online
Homework
4) A few
words about online homework
It is a good habit to
do your online homework on paper first. By doing
so, you
will have a record for
you to review your assignment and correct your
mistake.
You may want to print
out your assignment first and do it in the
traditional
way and then submit
your answer online later.