MAT 120 Probability & Statistics I01 & I02 : MAT 120 Probability & Statistics I01 & I02 Online Orientation - Summer 2009
Midlands Technical College
Welcome : Welcome Instructor: Rose Jenkins
Office: Robinson 209 – Airport Campus
Telephone: 822-3351
E-mail: JenkinsR@MidlandsTech.edu
Mailbox: Robinson 105
Textbook: : Textbook: Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World, Fourth Edition, by Ron Larson and Betsy Farber; Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.
Other Required Materials: : Other Required Materials: MyMathLab Access. The course code is jenkins99557 .
MAT 120 Course Notes
TI 83, 83+ or 84 Graphing Calculator
Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
Jing – Free online tool for making recordings.
Computer access with sound.
Internet access
Course Attendance & Chat : Course Attendance & Chat Wednesday evenings at 8:00
Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.
Chats will be held in WizIQ or Elluminate
Chat is for asking questions about course content.
You must attend 5 chats over the semester.Attendance is counted once per week.
Course Attendance & Chat : Course Attendance & Chat Send a “Checking in” e-mail if you don’t attend chat.
Send by Friday of the week that you don’t attend chat.
Missing chat or failing to check in is considered an absence.
Attend a Chat session at least 5 times.
Send an e-mail up to 5 times
Do neither no more than 3 times.
Course Website : Course Website Weekly Outline
Suggested Homework Problems
Course Content
Study guide
Classroom examples
On-campus Lecture Videos
Course Calendar
Computer Assignments
Follow the instructions for submitting
Tests : Tests Taken in the Airport Campus Testing Center
Tests : Tests Bring picture identification.
Be able to log into WebCT.
Know your userid and password
Bring and use your calculator.
No makeup tests will be given.
Test dates are in the weekly outline.
Wednesday – Saturday
Charts will be provided
Formulas are not provided
Course Communication : Course Communication Use the discussion board to ask course content questions
If you have a question, someone else probably has the same question.
Feel free to answer your classmates questions.
Post questions to the appropriate topic.
Technical Problem?
Call me. 822-3351
Personal Problem?
E-mail me. JenkinsR @MidlandsTech.edu
Slide 11 : DO NOT EMAIL ME THROUGH WebCT unless specifically instructed to do so.
Slide 12 : Check WebCT frequently for updates and announcements
Course Grading : Course Grading 5 Tests 14% each *
MyMathLab Homework 5% *
Computer Projects, Discussion Assignments, Quizzes 10%
Final Project 15%
*One test grade may be replaced with the MyMathLab Homework grade. The only way to make up a missed test grade is to replace it with the MyMathLab Homework grade.
MyMathLab : MyMathLab
MyMathLab : MyMathLab
Summary of Course Tools : Summary of Course Tools WebCT
Dates, Discussion Board, Assignments, Calendar, Documents, Classroom Lecture Videos
WizIQ or Elluminate
Weekly Chat
MyMathLab
Homework & Practice