Designers will do an FAQ for their courses. The FAQ answers specific questions about individual courses, since the Course Guide is generic to all courses. (A blank FAQ html page, for designers to fill out, will be inserted in the correct folder by the lead designer for technology.)

You may ask/answer the following questions. This sample is about Physics.

Questions should be listed at the top of the FAQ page and anchored to the answers below. Be sure to read further on to learn how to link a list of questions at the top of the page to their answers down below (so students can read the questions at the top of the page and click on the question they want answered).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. What will I learn in this course?

Physics is the most basic of the sciences. It deals with the nature of motion, force, energy, matter, heat, light, sound, and electricity. Since physics is a science, you will be observing nature in order to discover patterns and relationships among natural phenomena. You will collect data by conducting experiments and observing everyday activities. Many of the ideas will not seem new to you; but you will understand them better when you know the physics concepts behind them. Some of these concepts may even contradict the ideas you have always held about the world around you.

2. What is the structure of this course?

This course is divided into 5 units (12 lessons), which you should go through in order. The unit names are:

Unit 1: Motion (lessons 1 and 2)
Unit 2: Other Motion (lessons 3 and 4)
Unit 3: Energy and Relativity (lessons 5 and 6)
Unit 4: Properties of Matter (lessons 7, 8, and 9)
Unit 5: Heat (lessons 10, 11, and 12)

3. What are the learning objectives of this course?

When you have mastered the content in this course and have completed all activities suggested, you will be able to:
• Increase your knowledge of the physical world by concentrating on the major concepts of physics instead of on isolated facts and formulas.
• Explore in a systematic way how physics applies to your everyday life.
• Acquire an awareness of how ideas develop over time by looking at the historical and cultural factors that have led to the current versions of physical laws.
• Test new ideas by making observations, collecting evidence, searching for patterns, and proposing hypotheses to explain the observed relationships.

4. What types of assessments are in this course?

Each unit is followed by a Unit Evaluation. Each lesson ends with a Self-check Test that will help you prepare for the evaluation. There are 3 Written Assignments in this course (located in lessons 2, 6, and 11), which you will complete and send to the instructor for grading.

This course also contains numerous labs. You are not required to perform all of the labs in this course, but you must read and understand them in order to do well on the exams. There are 5 Virtual Labs, located in lessons 2, 4, 5, 7, and 12. These labs are required. You must do these labs and send the accompanying notebook assignments to your teacher.

You can find the number of points for each assessment in the Grade Report in the CLASS Tools.

5. How do I send assessments to the teacher?

Evaluations:
When you have completed a Unit Evaluation to your satisfaction, click the Grade Test button. Your score will automatically be calculated and recorded on your Grade Report.

Notebook assignments:
Any assignments that require you to answer questions in your notebook will be sent to your teacher for grading. Notebook pages contain text boxes where you can type in text. They have a button for you to Save your work and a button to Send your work to the teacher.

The Save button copies your latest changes to the CLASS™ server. Save your work every time you leave a notebook page so that the work you have completed will appear the next time you access that particular notebook page.

When you have finished an assignment, submit it to your teacher by clicking the Submit button at the bottom of the notebook page. Your teacher will record your grade in the Grade Report.

The box in the corner of the notebook window will close the notebook, but it will not save your work. Be sure to click the Save button before closing a notebook page!