Using the Classroom

The Classroom portion of this web site helps you access the resources and information you would normally find in a physical classroom. Resources currently available include

• Using the Classroom. This help document.
  
• Exam Schedule. The schedule explains when and where the course’s exams will take place.
  
• Presentations. The presentations summarize key concepts for each major unit of the course. By design, these sections of ECO201 are not lecture-based. However, if they were, these are the similar to the presentations (actually the "overheads" or "slides" from them) that the instructor would deliver in class for each unit. There is no sound for these presentations, only the graphic slides. Note that these presentations are different from the ones on the videotapes. They are designed to present the material in a slightly different way.
  
  You can view the presentations graphically on the Web, textually on the Web, or as Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 presentations downloaded to your computer. See Viewing Presentations for more information.
  
• Videos. The instructor has created three video tapes containing "lectures" on the course material. These lectures are not mandatory; all the material they contain also appears in the book. Rather, the lectures supplement the material in the book and help explain concepts from the book that might be confusing.
  
  Currently, it would be inefficient to deliver full video lectures over the Internet. Therefore, the videos will be shown once a week over the campus cable stations and are available for viewing, copying, or checking out at different locations on campus. See Videos Available and Obtaining Videos for more information.
  
• Quizzes. The quizzes can help you "self test" your understanding of each unit’s key concepts and facts. For example, when preparing for classroom discussions, activities, or exams, you might take the appropriate quiz (or quizzes) to review the material. We are still developing the on-line quizzes, so this feature is not yet functional.
  
  All quizzes are for self-test purposes only. Therefore, how well you do (or don’t do) on them will not affect your grade. See Taking Quizzes for more information.

To use The Classroom’s resources,

1. Click The Classroom’s icon on the Main Menu--or click the highlighted link near the beginning of this sentence.
   The Classroom will appear, with this document on the left side of the screen and an outline of the available resources on the right side.
   
2. From the outline on the right side of the screen, select the resource you would like to use. Available options will be underlined and highlighted using a different text color.