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DESIGNED FOR YOU! The Math Center is your resource Monday to Saturday The Math Center includes the Math Open Lab, Math Connections room, the Hands-On Math room and group study rooms.

Math Open Lab Fall Operation Hours: Monday to Thursday: 8 am – 8 pm Friday: 8 am – 7 pm Saturday: 10 am – 3 pm The Math Open Lab includes: – – – –

Professional Lab Instructors 100 computers Student Resources Table {stapler, hole puncher, print card machine} Print Stations {print card required, $0.10/page}

Lab Policies Calculators for MAT1033C only

Food or drinks NOT permitted

Cell phone use NOT permitted

CHECK OUT MATERIALS : Information Desk

LOST & FOUND: SSB 170(SECURITY)

Bring your own headphones CHILDREN NOT PERMITTED IN THE LAB: Safety reasons

Raise the red flag at the computer for assistance by a lab instructor

Lab Grade  Lab work is *15% to 20% of class grade (*check with your professor for their individual grading scheme)

 ¾ of the lab grade is based on assignments  ¼ of the lab grade is based on weekly attendance

Attendance  Attendance is tracked through LabTime in excel at the

designated computers in the West Campus Math Lab only.

 You must clock in and out to get credit for attendance.

 Make sure to clock out on the same computer that you clock in on that visit.

LabTime in Excel

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Select your Professor from the drop down menu

Type in your First and Last Name to get Time In

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Select your CRN from the drop down menu

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Type your First and Last Name to Time Out

LabTime in Excel Weekly Attendance is Required for All Students

Week begins on Monday & ends on Saturday {no rollover minutes}  Full Term = Minimum of 50 minutes per week (cumulative)

 Flex Term = Minimum of 75 minutes per week (cumulative)

For internet access click on

Internet Explorer

On Valencia web page, go to Quick Links and drop down to Online Courses. Click Online Courses.

Click on Blackboard.

Enter your Atlas User name and Atlas Password.

Always check your name when you Log in Click on your Math course

Click Register & enroll using an access code to view an instructional video on how to register for MyMathLab

Course ID

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Use the following to register for MyMathLab on CourseCompass: A valid email address Course ID (on the home page of your Math course on blackboard)

Course ID

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A valid code from MyMathLab student access kit Zip code of Valencia West Campus: 32811 Select “Access New course� when registering

West Campus Math Lab's Homepage Print an MLP for each Lab assignment

Completing a lab assignment in MyMathLab Fill entire Math Learning Plan (MLP) as you complete each step. Fill one MLP per assignment.

Take lab pretest or complete 100% of lab exercises.

Write down question numbers of missed questions on Pretest. Write none if no questions are missed on Pretest.

Write formulas, concepts and/or exercises you learned from the chapter.

Get signed off by a lab instructor to take Lab Mastery in the Math Open Lab. Score at least 80% on Lab Mastery and get signed off by a lab instructor.

Enter your VID number and valencia407

MyMathLab Home Page of your Math Course

Access Lab Exercises

Access Pre Test and Mastery Access Gradebook to review Pre Test and Mastery

Access Lab Exercises

Lab Exercises / Homework

Completing a lab assignment Fill entire Math Learning Plan (MLP) as you complete each step. Fill one MLP per assignment.

Take lab pretest or complete 100% of lab exercises.

Write down question numbers of missed questions on Pretest. Write none if no questions are missed on Pretest.

Write formulas, concepts and/or exercises you learned from the chapter.

Get signed off by a lab instructor to take Lab Mastery in the Math Open Lab. Score at least 80% on Lab Mastery and get signed off by a lab instructor.

Log Out when finished

MyMathLab Access Info.

Do one of the following in the first 17 days of the semester: Redemption Card Completely fill out the redemption card and turn it in to a lab instructor.

OR Unofficial Transcript Have a Lab Instructor verify your enrollment in the same exact MyMathLab course from prior two semesters by showing your unofficial transcript on Atlas.

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MyMathLab Student Access Kit Bring a valid student access kit to a lab instructor to get registered into MyMathLab.

Assignments Lab Assignments i.e. Lab Pretest, Lab Exercises

and Lab Mastery are done in MyMathLab.

 Lab Mastery is to be done in the Math Open Lab.  NO assistance allowed on Lab Pretest / Lab

Mastery.

Log Out from blackboard when finished

MATH LAB QUIZ

1. What do students need to bring to work on lab assignments?

VID, MLP, Writing Utensil, Paper/Notebook 2. What are the different clock in, log-in and sign-in that you do when you come to the Math Lab?

LabTime in Excel, Log In Blackboard, Sign In MyMathLab 3. How do you know what assignments are due?

Due Dates written next to assignment in MyMathLab or check with your professor 4. Which is more important: attendance or assignments?

Assignments 5. What do you do to get assistance in the Math Lab? Sit down at a computer and raise the red flag

WHEN LIFE GETS TOUGH, TALK TO SOMEBODY • Talk

to your Professor

• Talk to a Lab Instructor • Talk to a Counselor in SSB-110

Don’t Give Up