1. Welcome to Aplia!
True of False: Your instructor can see how you performed on practice problems.
False
For Graded at Deadline problems, you can see answers and explanations only after the deadline passes, and you will not be able to try a problem again after it is graded.
For Grade It Now problems, once you click Grade It Now, you can try another version of the problem by clicking Try Another Version, and you get 3 attempts at each problem.
Remember, after you’ve clicked the Grade It Now button, you can click on any of the blue bars labeled “Explanation” to open an explanation of the correct answer.
2. How Grade It Now problems are scored
Test your understanding with the following example:
Sondra is working on Aplia assignments in Grade It Now mode. Each assignment consists of a single problem worth five points. Sondra answers the problem and clicks Grade It Now. She gets 1/5 on the first attempt and 5/5 on the second attempt. She then clicks Try Another Version to try the question a third time, but she gets a phone call before she can work on it. She clicks Save and Continue and answers the phone. She gets distracted by the phone call and doesn’t return to the problem set before the due date. By saving the third attempt but failing to complete it before the due date, Sondra’s forgotten attempt is saved and recorded.
3. Introduction to Aplia’s interactive tools
True or False: You should always assume that you are required to manipulate a graph unless you are specifically told not to.
True
True or False: You can still get full credit for a tool question as long as what you’ve done is pretty close to right answers.
False
10. Matter of time
As you’ve seen, depending on the problem set mode you’re working in, you can click any of several buttons to progress from one question to the next or to save your work.
What happens if you are signed in Aplia but you don’t click any of these buttons for an hour or more?
You are automatically signed out of Aplia, and any answers you have not submitted or saved are lost.
How do you submit your answers to your instructor?
Just click the Grade It Now or Save and Continue button after you’ve answered each question.
The deadlines for Aplia problem sets are absolutely firm. Once the deadline has passed – even one second later – there is no way to submit any more answers, either for the first time or as changes to previously submitted answers.
Suppose your Assignments page lists the deadline for a particular assignment as 11:00 PM (which means 11:00:00). If you submit an answer at 11:00:37 (that is, 37 seconds after 11:00 PM), which of the following will happen?
The server will reject your answer because the deadline has passed.
Consider the following statement: “Modern computer hardware, software, and networks are so reliable that you can count on being able to submit your answers to online assignments in the last 10 or 20 minutes before a deadline.” Pick the best response.
If you put off assignments until the last minute, you run the risk you not being able to submit them on time.
11. If you need help
If you are having technical problems with the Aplia website, what is the first thing you should do?
Run the System Configuration Test, located on the Aplia homepage
In which of the following situations should you contact Aplia Support (by clicking the Support link in the upper-right corner of any Aplia page)? Check all that apply.
You need help using the site.
You find a mistake in an Aplia question.
You’re experiencing a technical problem, and running the System Configuration Test hasn’t fixed it.
Your course key doesn’t work.
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