ALEKS is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what you know and don't know in General Chemistry, then instructs you on the topics you are most ready to learn. As you work, ALEKS periodically reassesses your progress to ensure that topics learned are also retained.
ALEKS provides the advantages of one-on-one instruction, 24/7, from virtually any Web-based computer, for a fraction of the cost of a human tutor. ALEKS is a modern, powerful assessment and learning tool that can make your chances of doing well significantly higher.
Use ALEKS EARLY and OFTEN.
Registration
This semester there is no charge for your use of ALEKS. Here is what you need to do to begin using ALEKS.
- Go to http://www.aleks.com
- Click on "SIGN UP NOW"
- In the box provided, enter the ten-character corresponding to your lecture sections:
- Professor Tullius's lecture, CH102A1: JY9EC-3KL96
- Professor Dill's lecture, CH102A2: CCQVD-QHQ9Q
- Professor Wang's lecture, CH102A3: 4KHCG-6FFRL
- Register, following the instructions. Be sure to correctly enter your Boston University nine-character ID number, so that you can receive credit for your work.
That's it. You will now receive a brief tutorial on how to enter answers in ALEKS before taking an initial assessment to determine what you have retained from your prior course work.
Important!
The ALEKS assessment and learning system is very powerful and accurate. You must read and follow the assessment directions that pop up before you begin the assessment. If you fail to do so, you will be improperly assessed, and your learning will be inefficient. The ALEKS system will detect this inefficiency and force you to reassess, a colossal waste of your time. In general:- Do not consult any outside resources, such as Wikipedia, a friend, a textbook, etc., during assessment. There will be time for learning once you enter the learning mode. Assessment is precisely that--assessment of your retention of prior course learning to determine your exact learning needs
- NEVER click on "I don't know" unless you really have no idea of the answer. This will result in you having to spend time "learning" things you already know, and will cost you hours and hours of valuable study time.
Goals and grading of your ALEKS work
Your work with ALEKS will be scored on a 100 point scale. Of these, 80 points are to be earned by achieving the following progress goals, by midnight on the specified date.
| Date | Progress Goal | Points |
| Jan 21 | initial assessment | 10 |
| Feb 2 | 40% | 10 |
| Feb 16 | 50% | 10 |
| Mar 2 | 60% | 10 |
| Mar 16 | 70% | 10 |
| Mar 30 | 80% | 10 |
| Apr 13 | 90% | 10 |
| Apr 27 | 100% | 10 |
To determine your progress at any time, look at your Report page, at the History view at the bottom. This shows all of your bar graphs to date. Your best performance of these must be the percentages shown above by each corresponding date. For example, your best performance must be 50% or more by February 16.
The remaining 20 points of the ALEKS score for the course will be determined by your performance on a comprehensive ALEKS assessment. You will have two days to complete this assessment, anytime between midnight, Tuesday, April 28, and midnight, Thursday, April 30 (the last day of class). All students are to take the comprehensive assessment, whether they have achieved all of the progress goals or not.
For technical support:
ALEKS technical support can be contacted at
http://www.aleks.com/
You can also visit http://www.aleks.com/support to find answers to all common questions. You may also speak with technical support at (714) 619-7090.
If you are working at a computer that does not allow downloads, then use
http://www.aleks.com/plugin
instead.