hi in this video will walk you through your first login with ALEKS show you what
to expect and how to navigate your account after you register for your ALEKS
class you'll start with the series of guides about how ALEKS works
ALEKS is not your typical homework system think of it as a personal tutor that's
here to help you
it's a personalized way to learn at your own pace and we'll figure out what you
know to help you take the right path to success in your course
the first time you access anything in ALEKS you'll see tooltips pop-up take
note of these tips to help you learn about how to use the system
and under up next you'll see what ALEKS suggest you work on next
your first task will be the tools tutorial when you select get started
you'll be guided through a set of exercises to help you learn how to
answer questions in ALEKS
the next task will be to complete the initial knowledge check the purpose of
the initial knowledge check is to figure out what you know what you don't know so
that you can begin with material that you're ready to learn
it'll take you about 1to 2 hours to complete and averages about 20 questions
sometimes more
work through each problem carefully work through each problem carefully
if you see a question that you don't know how to solve you can choose i don't
know to move on to the next question there is a gauge in the top right corner
that shows you how much you have left to do if you need to take a break at any
time you can always log out and pick back up at a later time
once you've completed the initial knowledge check you'll see your results
see how many topics in the course you already know and how many you have left
to learn in this example I've mastered a 118 out of the 573
topics in this course which means i have 455 left to learn when you're ready to
begin learning select continue
your homepage and ALEKS has two tabs the ALEKS pie tab and the timeline tab on the
ALEKS pie tab you'll see your pie chart this breaks down your knowledge into
different course areas
which are represented by the pie slices
darker portion of the slice shows topics you've mastered a lighter portion will
indicate topics learned and the gray area shows topics not learned your
master get as you learn and master topics in ALEKS the pie slices will
automatically update to the left is a navigation panel will guide you on what
to work on and show your due dates the ALEKS timeline will track your progress
and help you to manage your study time as you progress in ALEKS your marker will
move towards your weekly goal selecting a marker will give you more information
about what you've accomplished so far and what your goal is when you're ready
to begin learning in ALEKS select start my path
ALEKS will then guide you to work on the topics that your most ready to learn
when you arrive at the first topic you'll see a learning page that walks
you through a worked example the name of the topic is here at the top
i'm currently working on least common multiple of two numbers which is in the
real numbers pie slice once you've read through the worked example select start
in order to complete your practice problems
the progress indicator in the top right corner will indicate how many correct
answers you need in order to complete a topic if you answer problem correctly
you're filling above
all in the progress indicator
select next to move on to the next problem if you want sure how to solve a
problem you can get a detailed explanation by clicking on the
explanation button there are many resources available to help you learn
each topic and ALEKS like your ebook and lecture notes these resources can always
be found here on the right-hand side also note the blue arrow in the upper
left corner select it to open the topic carousel and see the other topics that
you're ready to learn
you can filter which topics appear here in this carousel for example you can
work on topics from a different pie slice our objective by selecting it from
this menu you can also filter the topics using the options in the filters menu
for example you can work on just topics that are part of your grade
remember that working on ready to learn topics in your Learning Path is your
main homework in ALEKS as you work keep in mind any upcoming due dates on your
timeline
also as you make progress in your Learning Path ALEKS will periodically
reassess you with knowledge checks to make sure that you're remembering what
you're learning and that you're well prepared for your exams click on this
next knowledge check icon to see when your next knowledge check will be
navigating your ALEKS account is easy your main menu will be here on the Left
where you can access things like your grade book reports your message center
and other helpful resources
last but not least here are a few tips to using ALEKS with your math class be
sure to try and log in every day
don't wait until the last minute to meet a deadline it'll be harder to catch up
treat ALEKS like your own personal tutor if you're fair to it it will be fair to
you be sure to keep a notebook to work out your problems
it helps you stay organized and can serve as a useful reference guide
take advantage of the helpful resources in ALEKS like your ebook they exist to
help you learn and prepare for your test make sure that you take the knowledge
checks seriously and honestly do your best without using outside resources so
that ALEKS can get an accurate picture of what you know and are ready to learn
if you ever have any technical questions about ALEKS contact ALEKS customer support
with your ALEKS inbox for the quickest response contact hours visit
www.aleks.com flash support thanks for watching
we wish you the best of luck in your math course