ClassPad 101 online training course overview
ClassPad 101 contains 3 introductory lessons and 21 content lessons, each with a short assessment. The lesson overviews are as follows:
LESSON 0.1 – What is the ClassPad and why do I need it?
You will learn that the ClassPad does everything a regular graphing calculator does and more, but with the feel of a computer application rather than a calculator.
LESSON 0.2 - How to I install the ClassPad Manager Software?
Your instructor will provide you with directions on how to download the ClassPad Manager software.
LESSON 0.3 – Getting to Know Each Other and Course Expectations
You and your instructor will share interests and you will learn how to use the ClassPad manual.
LESSON 1 – Introduction to the ClassPad Manager Software
In this lesson, you will become acquainted with the ClassPad Manager and experience how easy it is to graph different types of equations.
LESSON 2– Introduction to Main and the Soft Keyboard
In this lesson, we will explore the ClassPad’s Main application, the soft keyboard and learn about window focus.
LESSON 3 – Introduction to Geometry
In this lesson, you will be working inside the Geometry application. The goals of this lesson are to become comfortable drawing and resizing figures and to understand the meaning of Analytic Geometry.
LESSON 4 – Introduction to Graph & Table
In this lesson, you will review some of the graphing you did in Lesson 1 and learn more about graphing. The lesson goals are to understand window focus, to be able to open and use the Graph & Table application to graph equations for any course and to understand that there are different types of curves.
LESSON 5 – Introduction to Basic eActivity Manipulations
In this lesson, you will learn how to use the most unique application on the ClassPad: eActivity. With the eActivity application, you can save your work and then share it with others. The lesson goals are to understand the difference between math and text lines, to become comfortable using eActivity and to understand the standard form of a circle.
LESSON 6 – View, Edit and Email eActivities
In this lesson, you will learn how to download, view and edit eActivities created by other people. The lesson goals are to understand what a “Virtual ClassPad” file is and what Windows object and context menu are. You will also become comfortable using the Exchange Window and downloading and uploading Virtual ClassPad files.
LESSON 7 – Introduction to Notes and Verify
In this lesson, you will learn the purpose of the Notes application and how to use the Verify application. The lesson goals are to understand how to use Verify to show work, to gain an understanding of a parabola’s shape and to understand parent and children windows.
LESSON 8 –Introduction to Spreadsheets
In this lesson, you will learn the basic features of the Spreadsheet application. The lesson goals are to learn the basic terminology of a spreadsheet, become comfortable moving around the spreadsheet and entering data and formulas and to understand how to graph data.
LESSON 9 - Introduction to Financial
In this lesson, you will work with a few important financial calculations that help you manage money. The lesson goals are to understand simple and compound interest, principal, and what is meant by APR. You will also become comfortable finding the amount of interest paid.
LESSON- 10 - Introducation to Matrices
In this lesson, the basic properties of a matrix will be covered. The lesson goals are to be able to name a matrix, use matrix terminology and be able to add and multiply two matrices and read the solution to a system of equations from a matrix in reduced row echelon form.
LESSON 11 – Introduction to Statistics
In this lesson, you will learn the basic skills needed to use the Statistics application to analyze data. The lesson goals are to understand a histogram, a box-and-whisker diagram and some statistical results. You will also be able to fit a regression curve to data.
LESSON 12 – Geometry and Animation
In this lesson, you will continue to explore the Geometry application by learning some of its advanced features. The lesson goals are to learn how to create an animation, understand constraints in Geometry and be able to state Thales’ Theorem and perform basic constructions.
LESSON 13 – Continuation of Spreadsheets
In this lesson, you will learn about the more advanced features of the Spreadsheet application. The lesson goals are to understand cell referencing (relative and absolute), become comfortable using formulas and understand the meaning of regression.
LESSON 14 – Introduction to NumSolve and Probability
In this lesson, you will learn about the two forms of memory in ClassPad, flash memory and memory control system. The lesson goals are to understand the meaning of global and local variables and to be able to access a variable using a path.
LESSON 15 – Introduction to Programming
The lesson goals are to gain an understanding of programming. You will write simple programs showing output, asking for input and one that averages three numbers.
LESSON 16 – Continuation of Programming
In this lesson, you will learn another print command, how to create loops and how to find programs and MCS data in general in the Exchange window. The lesson goals are to understand the active image and how to use a For/Next loop, find the distance between two points and understand what a program parameter is.
LESSON 17 – Introduction to Presentation
The lesson goals are to understand what presentation (slide show) is, be able to create and edit a presentation and gain ideas for creating presentations.
LESSON 18 – Introduction to Sequence
The lesson goals are to understand the closed form of sequence, be able to identify a given sequence as arithmetic or geometric and understand the summation symbol and the relationship between sequence and a series.
LESSON 19 – Introduction to Conics
In this lesson, you will look at the different forms of conic sections. The lesson goals are to identify a conic section given an equation in standard form, be able to fit an equation in general form into standard form and to gain an understanding of the focal point of a parabola.
LESSON 20 – Introduction to Differential Equations
In this lesson, you will explore the graphs of 1st, 2nd and nth order differential equations. The lesson goals are to be graph each of these types of differential equations and to understand what a slope field is.
LESSON 21 – Introduction to 3D Graphing
The final lesson will give more detail to a topic introduced in Lesson 1: 3D graphing. You will learn how to visualize a 2-dimensional graph as 3-dimensional and how to graph using parametric equations.