A New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics E.F. Redish, R.N. Steinberg, M.C. Wittmann Home | Overview | How Students Learn | Classroom materials | Teacher's Guide

Table of contents:

• 1. Obtaining updated materials
  • 1.1. How can I receive a new CD with the New Model Course Materials?
  • 1.2. Are the online materials the same as on the CD?
  
  
• 2. Password protection
  • 2.1. Why are materials online password protected?
  • 2.2. Which materials are password protected? Which are not?
  • 2.3. How do I obtain the password to the New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics materials?
  
  
• 3. Questions about Classroom Materials
  • 3.1. How do I obtain software for the New Model Course?
  • 3.2. Is all software freely available?
  
  
• 4. My question is not included here...
  • 4.1. What should I do?
  
  
• 1. Obtaining updated materials
• 1.1. How can I receive a new CD with the New Model Course Materials?
  
  There are two methods. First, you can download the information from the web (at URL http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/qm/qmcourse/NewModel/. In addition, you can request a new CD by contacting Michael C. Wittmann at wittmann@umit.maine.edu or Richard N. Steinberg at steinberg@ccny.cuny.edu.
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• 1.2. Are the online materials the same as on the CD?
  
  The online materials are updated when new versions of materials are created. Thus, the online version of materials is the most up-to-date set of curriculum materials, examination questions, and software that we have access to. If you have a recent version of the CD, chances are that you have materials identical to what is on the web. If you have an old version of the CD (note that the date is placed on the CD), chances are that the materials have been updated.
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• 2. Password protection
• 2.1. Why are materials online password protected?
  
  For the moment, we wish to have only instructors have access to the materials. Though this is not an issue for the tutorials themselves, we do wish to keep the pretests and the examination questions out of student's hands (at the instructor's discretion). Thus, we ask that you get a password from us in order to use the materials
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• 2.2. Which materials are password protected? Which are not?
  
  When reading materials from the CD, no information is password protected. Only information that is posted online is password protected.
  
  In general, classroom materials are password protected, while other information is not.
  
  All online materials related to tutorials (pretests, classroom worksheets, and homework) are password protected. Also, examination questions are password protected.
  
  No software is password protected.
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• 2.3. How do I obtain the password to the New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics materials?
  
  Please contact Michael C. Wittmann (wittmann@umit.maine.edu) or Richard N. Steinberg (steinberg@ccny.cuny.edu) for a password to the relevant online materials.
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• 3. Questions about Classroom Materials
• 3.1. How do I obtain software for the New Model Course?
  
  When obtaining New Model Course materials online, you may have to download the software by right-clicking (or control-clicking) on the link and using the "save as" option for the file. Instructions for installing the software are located online at this link.
  
  When using the New Model Course materials on the CD, you can also browse the CD contents, rather than using your browser. The software files are located in the folder "NewModel" --> "software." Instructions for installing the files are located in the file "classinstall.htm" which is readable in any web browser.
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• 3.2. Is all software freely available?
  
  No. Most software included in the New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics is available online or on the CD, but not all. Photoelectric Tutor must be purchased from Physics Academic Software. All other materials are available at "Classroom Materials" --> "Software." More information on each piece of software can be found there, as well.
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• 4. My question is not included here...
• 4.1. What should I do?
  
  Please send your questions or comments to Michael C. Wittmann (wittmann@umit.maine.edu). Some questions will be included in future versions of this FAQ, while others will be answered individually.
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