Exam scores are UP

I just finished uploading your exam 4 scores. Go take a look.

Section 0001 average 31.4/45, 71%, C <--- genius section, exam 4
Section 0002 average 27.9/45, 66%, C

Cleaning up gradebook

I will be cleaning up gradebook rows, rearranging, releasing and in general getting gradebook ready for end of semester. Lots of work to do - especially a bunch of CPS points from mid-semester. Keep alert.

Some of you have been asking about where the SSG points are - they are up for section 0001 and now can be seen. Section 0002 - pending.

More lovely HW

Last HW announcement of Fall 2007

Your new circuitry homework is now up, HW 22. It is more practice on the circuit configuration concepts we worked on today in lecture. Bring your calculator!!

Scans from lecture are UP

Last lecture announcement of Fall 2007

I have set up scan files of both exercises we worked out in lecture today, #10 and #12 on p. 445. They are in the blue mailbox, Deluxe lecture files. Go take a look.

I suggest exercises #9 and #11 for extra practice on series and parallel resistors. These two exercises are just like the ones we worked out in lecture today.

Section 0001 SSG points UP

Ashton our section 0001 TA has got all the SSG points rounded up for exam 3 and exam 4, section 0001. They appear as SSG3 and SSG4 in your My Grades page.

Section 0002: still working on it.

GO for HW 21

There are now some circuitry exercises for you in HW 21. Due Wednesday morning, before lecture.

See you all on Monday

Last electromagnetism announcement of Fall 2007

Take the day off today (Friday). No lecture today. See you on Monday. Super duper homework and cool electromagnetic demonstrations on Monday!

P.S. No news yet on exam scores. I will post ASAP.

Gaby's review session for final exam

Last S.I. announcement of Fall 2007

Gaby's final S.I. review session for the semester will be on Sunday, December 2nd from 3-5PM in HPA 112.

Ashton's new Enigma machine: chapter 20.

Last enigma machine announcement of Fall 2007

Ashton has set up a new Enigma machine covering electromegnetic concepts.

Office hour shift this afternoon

Last office hours announcement of Fall 2007

OOOPS, I scheduled office hours to start today at 1:00 PM and finish at 4:00 PM, but I have astronomy lecture until 1:15 PM.

I will therefore start at 1:30 PM and go until 4:30 PM.

Somebody, be sure to get a good pair of tables, maybe three, at Starbuck's and hold it til I arrive at 1:30 PM. Gracias!

Jon Winfrey, report in

Jonathan Winfrey, please report in to Webcourses for course mail message.

RED ALERT

New afternoon SSG, section 0002

Tyler Provost has his section 0002 special study group opened up this afternoon, 3pm, outside the library, today (Tuesday).

If you got caught napping with earlier signup, see if you can squeeze in Tyler's SSG.

Extra questions and exercises; glass display case

I just set up the list of extra exercises and questions in chapter 20 that I like. Look in the homework area (yellow pickup truck) and click on the horseshoe magnet icon for the list. It has a few comments with it.

I will post the photocopies of the exercises I worked out in chapter 17 and chapter 20 this afternoon, right before walking over to the bookstore for office hours. Look in the glass display case across from room 337 in the MAP building.

HW 20 is up and running

I have just activated HW 20, which goes over a few electric field concepts. Make sure to finish reading chapter 20 before hitting HW 20.

Also, I re-activated HW 19.

Both assignments are due on Wednesday morning.

Be sure to study hard and expect the unexpected.

Bonus questions

Don't forget to post your true-false or multiple choice question in Discussions. If I select yours for the exam, you will get 2 bonus points. SWEET.

Deadline is Monday night, 11:55 PM.

SSG now open to all.

SSG signups are now open to everyone. Click through the blue SSG icon and you will hit the signups page -- IF there is still space. Don't tarry.

Awesome photo

The student I photographed this morning in first lecture looks AWESOME. She is now headlining both Webcourses areas. :)

You guys who snapped photos in the 10:30 AM lecture: email the photos to yourself, then upload them to me in a course mail attachment. I need all action photos so that we can have max awesomeness levels before the midterm!!!!!!!!

Section 0002 special study group, three available now.

First group in section 0002 10:30 AM section may now sign up for some of the special study groups. I will activate more groups as the SSG leaders report in with meeting time/place info.

Trouble report, Webcourses access

Last Webcourses, access announcement of Fall 2007

Students, I just received this trouble alert concerning access to Webcourses. I know many of you have had some trouble clicking in today and yesterday. Here is the email alert:

Dear faculty, Webcourses@UCF will be down for required maintenance tomorrow morning between 6:00am and 7:00am. Beginning this morning, Webcourses@UCF began experiencing a problem that forced users to use the "backdoor" to access their courses. This required users to use their NID and NID password. We think we have identified the cause of the problem and have successfully fixed the problem in our testing environment for Webcourses@UCF. We will bring the production server down tomorrow morning to apply this fix to production. We apologize for the inconvenience, Course Development & Web Services

Section 0001 special study group signups ON

The first group in the 9:30 AM lecture, section 0001, may now go sign up for one of the five special study groups:

1. Friday afternoon: Meghan and Steve.
2. Tuesday morning: Chris, Jason
3. Tuesday afternoon: Cristina.

You all in the first group have first dibs for signups. I will open up the groups for everybody at noon Friday.

First wave group of section 0002 I will open up your groups a bit later tonight! Stay alert.

New homework

So many students have complained and whined and pleaded for more homework, I decided to set up a nice new homework for everyone. HW 19 has some conceptual and computational questions from chapters 17 and 20, concerning optics and electric field.

Take a look at Webcourses and try out the questions. They are due Friday morning before lecture.

Also, I will be publishing my homework notes from chapter 17, all the exercises I like plus a few extra that I also did. They will be available in the third floor of MAP in the glass display case across from room 337.

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Ashton has set up a new Enigma machine to quiz you on reflection concepts from chapter 17. GO FOR IT!