REGISTERING FOR MASTERING PHYSICS


                 USERS WITH ACTIVE ACCOUNTS

    If you were registered in my Fall class, then you will not 
  be able to register for my Spring class until Jan 12.  If you 
  were registered in someone else's MP class, then you may be 
  able to register earlier.  Simply login under the same label
  that you used last Fall (either Stand Alone or Young and
  Freedman).  You will then be given the opportunity to register 
  for a new class.  The class code is MPADAMS0009.  Don't forget 
  to USE YOUR ASU POSTING ID for your student ID number.


                         NEW USERS

  IMPORTANT:  BE SURE TO USE YOUR ASU POSTING ID when asked
  to enter your "Student ID number".
  What if I don't know my POSTING ID?

    To sign up for Mastering Physics, you will need the 6-word 
  Registration Code that comes with the Mastering Physics Packet 
  packaged with your textbook.  If you have purchased a new 
  textbook (from the bookstore) that is not packaged with 
  Mastering Physics, take your receipt to the Customer Service 
  Desk at the bookstore and ask for Paula Bryant.)  If you have 
  purchased a used textbook, then you will have to purchase 
  Mastering Physics separately.  The bookstore may have a few 
  of these.  You should also be able to use a credit card at the 
  Mastering Physics web site.

    To sign up, you will need to go to masteringphysics.com
  and then go through the registration process for the 
  version you have purchased (either the Young-and-Freedman
  version or the Stand-Alone version will work for our class).  
  Once you are registered, then go through the logon process 
  for the version you have purchased.  At this point, the 
  program will ask you for an identification code for our 
  class.  This code is (AKA the Course ID)

                      MPADAMS0009

    It will also ask for your student ID number.  BE SURE
  TO USE YOUR ASU POSTING ID, in the form 1234-567.
  What if I don't know my POSTING ID?




                       TIPS ON SUBMITTING
             HW ASSIGNMENTS WITH MASTERING PHYSICS

    Please, never use your browser's BACK button in the 
  middle of an Mastering Physics session.  The system is 
  designed to only move in the forward direction.

    The way things are set up at this time, you will have 
  four opportunities to answer each part of each problem 
  (you will get six tries for the first one or two 
  assignments and this number will gradually be reduced 
  over the course of the semester, as you get accustomed 
  to MP).  Always use three significant figures in your 
  numerical answers (unless the program gives other 
  instructions for a particular problem).  Numerical 
  answers must be correct to within 2%.

        TIPS FOR USING THE NEW ANSWER ENTRY FORMAT:

  To escape from superscript or subscript mode, use the
  rightarrow (→) key.

  If you type an expression, but forget to put part of 
  it in parentheses, highlight the relevant part and 
  then select parentheses from the new math palette.