Class #1 Agenda (Thurs Aug 26)

Class Info

• Date: Thurs Aug 26, 10a-11:40a
• Meeting Info: Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
  • guest login
  • dial-in: 571-392-7650, PIN: 290 840 2162

• Whiteboard link: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1g5LD29D9Iptu_ZkeSNYvEsJTTkL67BJicyGqJ8PmKQo/edit?usp=sharing

Topics

• Course Information & Syllabus (download from Files)
• Navigating the online platforms/resources:
  • Blackboard
  • OpenLab
    • this site and our course profile (join!)
    • MAT1275CO Course Hub & MAT1275CO Video Resources (available via “Help & Resources” menu above)
  • WebWork (try to login!)
  • OpenStax textbooks (also available via “Help & Resources”)
    • Intermediate Algebra 2e by Lynn Marecek & Andrea Mathis, et al. : https://openstax.org/details/books/intermediate-algebra-2e
    • Algebra and Trigonometry by Jay Abramson, et al.: https://openstax.org/details/books/algebra-and-trigonometry 

To-Do During/After Class

• Join the OpenLab group (via the course profile)
• Post a comment introducing yourself on the first OpenLab Assignment
• Log in to WebWork and start working on the first HW sets:
  • LinesReview, GraphingLines, LineLab
• Start reading the OpenStax Intermediate Algebra textbook:
  • §3.1: Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables
  • §3.2:  Slope of a Line
  • §3.3: Finding the Equation of a Line