khan academy introduction 2013

Student Guide to Registering & Using the Khan Academy:

Registering at Khan Academy1. Go to khanacademy.org, and click

‘Sign in with Google’

Registering at Khan Academy

2.

Since Facebook is blocked on campus, you will sign in using your Gmail account

Registering at Khan Academy

3.

Type the address and password for the gmail account you just created.

Khan Academy Dashboard4. You do not have to take the pretest, but you can.5. This is a very important step: Select ‘Coaches’ on

the left side.

Khan Academy6. Type: v6math@gmail.com for the address

Using the Khan Academy7. Once you’ve added a coach, the Mastery

Questions are located in the Knowledge Map area:

Using the Khan Academy8. In the Knowledge Map area, you can type the name of the assigned topic here,.

or you can click on the main topic here

Using the Khan Academy9. If you double click on Decimals, all the subtopics under decimals appear.

I’m going to select ‘Adding Decimals’, and we’ll look at the questions and grading next.

Mastering the TopicsThe Khan Academy topics are not considered tests because you can do as many problems as it takes to get 100%. The goal is to master the topic, not just take a test, get 60% and move on. This is all it takes to get 100%, as long as it is

completed before the deadline.

Mastering the Topics

At this point, I’ve done 5 questions and missed one. If you cannot get 5 in a row correct, you will still receive 3 points for each correct answer. If you stop now, with 4/5 correct, what is your percent score for this topic?

Since you have not answered 5 consecutive questions correctly, your score, if you stop now is 4*3 or 12%.

Mastering the Topics

How you are graded: