Registering for MasteringAstronomy
This website has been designed to be used in conjunction with our Astr 1020 textbook, The Cosmic Perspective. The core of the website that we will focus on is the Tutorials which feature a comprehensive collection of interactive and animated study aids for self-paced learning. The site also features narrated animations, movies, interactive figures from the text, chapter-specific quizzes, chapter summaries and overviews, and web links. It will help you improve your grades when you use it weekly.
You will need an access code to register for The MasteringAstronomy website. You can get a 12-month access code in two ways:
Once you have your access code, check the Site Requirements
and then follow the step-by-step Registration Instructions in your book, OR the
summary below. You can register ONCE to create your personal
login name and password. You will log-in
subsequently using the personal login name and password your created.
Site Requirements
You will find everything you need
to optimize your computer for use of this website on the Site Requirements
page, including system requirements, links to update your web browser, and
links to update your plug-ins. You need
Shockwave Player 8, Flash Player 7.0, and QuickTime 6.0. All of these can be downloaded for free.
Step-by-Step Registration Instructions
STEP 1: Access Information Screen
STEP 2: Account Information Screen
STEP 3: Confirmation & Summary Screen
Register For a Class
On the Confirmation & Summary
Screen, you will see the following “Need
to join an online class?” CLICK YES. THIS IS IMPORTANT! Clicking
Join a Class prompts you to complete a few more registration steps, including
your class ID. Your instructor, Professor Burns, will give you the class ID during the
first class period and will also send it to you via your CU E-mail account.
From now on, anytime you want to
use the site:
Step-by Step Log-in Instructions
1.
Go to http://www.masteringastronomy.com
2.
Choose our textbook.
3.
Under “Established User?” , type your login name and
password that you created during registration.
Click the “Log In” button.
Note: the first time you log-in, click on “Site Requirements” near the
bottom of the page, and make sure that your computer meets the system requirements
and to see if you have the necessary plug-ins: Shockwave, Flash, and
QuickTime. If you don’t, click on the
links to download these to your computer.
Click your browser’s “Back” button
to get back to the Log-in screen.
The system shows that it knows you
are in our class by showing the class ID
in the upper left. If it isn’t
there, you probably are NOT getting credit.
When you do the Tutorials, to get
credit, be sure that your name and Our class shows. If you don’t see
this, and you HAVE followed the registration instructions, contact tech support
at masteringastronomy (you can click “tech support”
near the top of the screen) AND confer with another student or our TA. Most students should not have any problems
with this registration.
When you do the tutorials, you must check YES on the
first screen that comes up, “Do You Want to
Record Your Work/Scores for this Tutorial?”
When you finish, you must also choose “SUBMIT”. This sends your results into the class gradebook.