ASTRONOMY 1210
ANNOUNCEMENTS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 8 May 2014 All work has now been graded, including the final exam. Grades are posted on the Collab/PostEm site, and details on the grading can be found on the "Grades" link on the course home page. Have a great summer! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 9 April 2014 Extra credit assignments can be turned in through Friday, April 25. The Telescope Observing lab will be worth 20 points of extra credit through that date. The Orbit of Mars lab and the Moons of Jupiter lab will be worth 20 points until this Friday (April 11). After that, they will be worth only 10 points. You can submit the assignments to me in class, to my mailbox in the Astronomy Dept office, or to a box that will be outside my office door (251 Astronomy Bldg). Instructions for the Jupiter and Mars labs can be downloaded as PDF files from the Undergraduate Studies information page at: http://www.astro.virginia.edu/laboratory-information. For the Jupiter lab you also need to download a premade answer sheet, and you will need to obtain software to run on your own computer from the UVA "HIVE". See the information page for instructions on accessing the HIVE. Alternatively, you can do the Jupiter lab on an ITS lab computer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1 April 2014 Interim grades have been posted on the "POSTEM" site. See the "Grades" link on the course homepage for details. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 28 February 2014 Interim grades have been posted on the "POSTEM" site. See the "Grades" link on the course homepage for details. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11 February 2014 Interim Puzzlah scores have been posted to the "POSTEM" tool (NOT the "Gradebook" tool) on the course Collab site. The scores include all puzzlah credit through 10 February. If you see a zero here, you have probably not yet registered your iClicker! For other information on posted grades, see the "Grades" link on the course homepage. Warning! there is a needless-security-induced bug in Collab such that some pass-through files, in this case including the actual course home page, will not automatically display in the Collab window if you are using a Firefox browser. To work around this, you must click on the special symbol that appears at the left hand side of the URL address window on the browser. Further information is on the Collab main page. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1 January 2014 Our first class meeting will be Monday, January 13 at 2:00 PM in Clark 107. See you then. Textbooks are available in the University Bookstore or online. You also need to purchase an "iClicker" response device for in-class use. Any model of the iClicker will work. New copies of the text at the Bookstore include a $10 rebate certificate for the iClicker. Used copies do not include the certificate. You will need to use your iClicker in class for the first time on Wednesday, January 15. New copies of the text at the Bookstore also include a subscription to the "Mastering Astronomy" online website. That may be helpful to you in learning or reviewing material in the course, but you are not required to use it. Used texts won't include access to Mastering Astronomy, but if you wish you can purchase that separately directly from www.masteringastronomy.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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