Each class will begin with whatever announcements need to be made, and then I'll cut you loose to work on your homework and test preps.

If you want me to cover a particular concept/example/exercise during the face-to-face, hit me up in E-Mail (Use Classlist on D2L), and I can prep specifically for your question or even make an extra video ahead of time, in some cases.

• 1/20 Notes
  • LOL! I actually called a meeting on MLK, Jr. holiday! DOH! There's some good stuff in there, but probably nothing that isn't covered in Wednesday, 1/22 lecture. *sigh* Things were pretty laid-back, and I think the 4 over-achievers who showed up got something out of it (starting with my apology).

    I'm sorry that I didn't record the lecture. I try to reduce the length of recordings by pausing the recording and then re-starting it, as needed. I just messed up the first day. :o(

• 1/22 Notes
• 1/22 Video
  • We had a half-decent informal orientation for everyone on the actual first day of class!

    We defined radian measure and showed its relationship to arc length. We got a rough idea of the quadrant angles as decimal radians, relating them to better-known degree measure:
    1.57 <-> 90 degrees, 3.14 <-> 180 degrees, 4.71 <-> 270 degrees, and 0 <-> 6.28 <-> 0 degrees or 360 degrees.

• 1/27 Notes
• 1/27 Video
  • We covered the 5 triangles that should carry you through the whole semester, instead of trying to memorize the 12-point unit circle. Good stuff. Ask me about it, next time.
• 1/29 Notes
• 1/29 Video
  • Worked a version of WA#2 #1, using period to help evaluate a trig function of a large angle (bigger than 2Pi).

    Worked a version of the "height of the mountain" question.

    Found the values of the 6 trig functions of a point on the unit circle. Didn't mean to, but worked the same version as WA#2's. This is one I had to explain twice, because I was sharing the wrong screen! DOH! Thanks for the heads-up Alexis!

    Discussed even/odd, briefly.

While I don't require your undivided attention during lecture, I do hold everyone accountable for anything that appears in the lecture notes, as I consider the lecure notes a rich resource for Weekly Written Work and especially Written Midterm and Written Final. questions.

I don't think it's too hard to keep yourself apprised of what we're doing in class. Just check in, open the day's notes, and see what was covered. If need be, you can then open up the video for that day, and scroll ahead to the point in the video where I talked about what I was putting on the board.

That said, if you devote yourself assiduously to doing the work, and doing the work in such a way that you're learning the stuff, and getting all your questions answered, you might not even have to check the notes in order to earn a good grade. But there will be Easter eggs sprinkled throughout, so I'd advise at least skimming each day's notes. That may not take you more than 15 or 20 minutes per week, while you spend the rest of your time actually working problems.

The #1 and #2 strongest correlates with a high grade are:

1. The number of exercises you do over the course of the semester; and,
2. The amount of time you spend working exercises and practicing, especially practicing "without a net," in other words, to perform well on tests, you need to practice working exercises without opening your book or referring to your notes.