DESIGNED FOR YOU!The Math Center is your resource Monday to Saturday

The Math Center includes the Math Open Lab, Math Connections room, the Hands-On Math room and group study rooms.

Math Open Lab Fall Operation Hours:

Monday to Thursday: 8 am – 8 pmFriday: 8 am – 7 pmSaturday: 10 am – 3 pm

The Math Open Lab includes:

– Professional Lab Instructors

– 100 computers

– Student Resources Table {stapler, hole puncher, print card machine}

– Print Stations {print card required, $0.10/page}

Lab Policies

Food or drinks NOT permitted

Cell phone use NOT permitted

Calculators forMAT1033C only

LOST & FOUND: SSB 170(SECURITY)

CHECK OUT MATERIALS : Information Desk

CHILDREN NOT PERMITTED IN THE LAB: Safety reasons

Raise the red flag at the computer for assistanceby a lab instructor

Bring your own headphones

Lab Grade

Attendance is tracked through LabTime in excel at the designated computers in the West Campus Math Lab only.

You must clock in and out to get credit for attendance.

Make sure to clock out on the same computer that you clock in on that visit.

Lab work is *10% to 15% of class grade (*check with your professor for their individual grading scheme)

¾ of the lab grade is based on assignments

¼ of the lab grade is based on weekly attendance

Attendance

LabTime in Excel

1. Type in your First and Last Name to get Time In

2. Select your Professorfrom the drop down menu

3. Select your CRNfrom the drop down menu

1. Type your First and Last Nameto Time Out

LabTime in Excel

Weekly Attendance is Required for All Students

Week begins on Monday & ends on Saturday {no rollover minutes}

Full Term = Minimum of 50 minutes per week (cumulative)

Flex Term = Minimum of 75 minutes per week (cumulative)

For internet access click on Internet Explorer

On Valencia web page, go to Quick Links and drop down to Online Courses. Click Online Courses.

Click on Blackboard.

Enter your Atlas User name and Atlas Password.

Always check your name when you Log in

Click on your Math course

Course ID

Print one Math Learning Plan (MLP)

for each chapter.

Completing a lab assignment in MyMathLab

Fill entire Math Learning Plan (MLP)

as you complete each step. Fill one MLP

per chapter assignment.

Complete Warm-Up activity and score

at least 70%.

Complete activities in blackboard and write down

what you learned.

Complete the assessment in Blackboard

and score at least 80%.

Complete the survey in blackboard and

get signed off by a lab instructor.

Use the following to register for MyMathLab on CourseCompass:

1. A valid email address2. Course ID (on the home page of your Math course on blackboard)

3. A valid code from MyMathLab student access kit 4. Zip code of Valencia West Campus: 32811

5. Select “Access New course” when registering

Course ID

Enter your

VID number andvalencia407

MyMathLab Home Page of your Math Course

Log Out when finished

Completing a lab assignment in MyMathLab

Fill entire Math Learning Plan (MLP)

as you complete each step. Fill one MLP

per chapter assignment.

Complete Warm-Up activity and score

at least 70%.

Complete activities in blackboard and write down

what you learned.

Complete the assessment in Blackboard

and score at least 80%.

Complete the survey in blackboard and

get signed off by a lab instructor.

Log Out from blackboard when finished

Assignments

Lab Assignments can be done at any place where internet is available.

Lab Time requirement can be met only in the West Campus Math Lab by clocking in Lab-Time in excel.

NO assistance allowed on Warm-Up Activity or activities that are scored.

MyMathLab Access Info. Do one of the following in the first 17 days of the semester:

Redemption Card

Completely fill out the redemption card and turn it in to a lab instructor.

OR

Unofficial Transcript

Have a Lab Instructor verify your enrollment in the same exact MyMathLab course from

prior two semesters by showing your unofficial transcript on Atlas.

OR

MyMathLab Student Access KitBring a valid student access kit to a lab instructor to get registered into MyMathLab.

MATH LAB QUIZ1. What do students need to bring to work on lab assignments?

VID, MLP, Writing Utensil, Paper/Notebook

2. What are the different clock in, log-in and sign-in that you do when you come to

the Math Lab?

LabTime in Excel, Log In Blackboard, Sign In MyMathLab

3. How do you know what assignments are due?

Due Dates written next to assignment in MyMathLab or

check with your professor

4. Which is more important: attendance or assignments?

Assignments

5. What do you do to get assistance in the Math Lab?

Sit down at a computer and raise the red flag

WHEN LIFE GETS TOUGH,

TALK TO SOMEBODY

• Talk to your Professor

• Talk to a Lab Instructor

• Talk to a Counselor in SSB-110

Don’t Give Up