[LON-CAPA-users] How do I find textbook content?
Mark Lucas
lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:44:13 -0500
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Bill,
A couple of suggestions on problems:
(1) As a course coordinator, get into the resource browser. This can
be done either through edit course
and import, or through Main Menu/Browse Resources.
Find the domain /res/showandtell
Click on the SntPhysics folder
Click on the resource 00 Welcome.html and expand this.
This resource lists a few of the different pockets of problems that
you can go to to find extra
problems.
(2) Under search, try an advanced search with a couple physics-focused
key words. In the advanced
search you can specify problems under MIME Type Category. You
can also specify minimum
numbers of hits, etc... below.
Be patient and then take note of where the problems are showing
up. Sometimes it's just as useful
to realize someone is coding physics problems as it is to have
any one specific problem. You can
then go back to their directory and browse.
Hope this helps some!
Mark
One of the things you can do is poke in Showntell
On Nov 12, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Bill Baxter wrote:
> How do I find and get access to textbook content?
>
> I have gotten permission from our textbook publishers to use LON-
> CAPA content for their textbooks, but the publishing reps don't
> always know who the LON-CAPA contact is. How do I find the right
> person to request access? Is there a list somewhere?
>
> This issue arises because some of our psuerie physics faculty don't
> feel there are enough problems available in msu <http://psblnx03.bd.psu.edu/res/msu/
> >/physicslib <http://psblnx03.bd.psu.edu/res/msu/physicslib/>/
> msuphysicslib <http://psblnx03.bd.psu.edu/res/msu/physicslib/msuphysicslib/
> > and fsu/capalibrary. We could write our own problems and
> probably will, but that is not a solution for most faculty. (I'm
> sick of hearing how many problems are available on the UTexas
> homework service!) What are the most popular LON-CAPA sites for
> intro physics problems? Is there a list of popular problem sites
> grouped by topic or discipline (physics, astronomy, calculus,
> algebra, biology, etc)?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Baxter
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. G. William Baxter gwb6@psu.edu
> Physics Department
> Penn. State Univ., Behrend College Office: (814) 898-6251
> Erie, Pennsylvania 16563-0203 FAX: 898-6213
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252D Clippinger Lab phone: (740)597-2984
Department of Physics and Astronomy fax: (740)593-0433
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Bill,<div><br></div><div>A =
couple of suggestions on problems:</div><div><br></div><div>(1) As =
a course coordinator, get into the resource browser. This can be done =
either through edit course</div><div>and import, or through Main =
Menu/Browse Resources.</div><div><br></div><div> Find the =
domain /res/showandtell</div><div> Click on the SntPhysics =
folder</div><div> Click on the resource 00 Welcome.html =
and expand this. </div><div> This resource lists a =
few of the different pockets of problems that you can go to to find =
extra</div><div> =
problems.</div><div><br></div><div>(2) Under search, try an =
advanced search with a couple physics-focused key words. In the =
advanced</div><div> search you can specify problems =
under MIME Type Category. You can also specify =
minimum</div><div> numbers of hits, etc... =
below.</div><div><br></div><div> Be patient and then =
take note of where the problems are showing up. Sometimes it's just as =
useful</div><div> to realize someone is coding physics =
problems as it is to have any one specific problem. You =
can</div><div> then go back to their directory and =
browse.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps =
some!</div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>One of the =
things you can do is poke in Showntell<br><div><div>On Nov 12, 2009, at =
3:43 PM, Bill Baxter wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>How =
do I find and get access to textbook content? <br><br>I have gotten =
permission from our textbook publishers to use LON-CAPA content for =
their textbooks, but the publishing reps don't always know who the =
LON-CAPA contact is. How do I find the right person to =
request access? Is there a list somewhere? <br><br>This issue =
arises because some of our psuerie physics faculty don't feel there are =
enough problems available in msu <<a =
href=3D"http://psblnx03.bd.psu.edu/res/msu/">http://psblnx03.bd.psu.edu/re=
s/msu/</a>>/physicslib <<a =
href=3D"http://psblnx03.bd.psu.edu/res/msu/physicslib/">http://psblnx03.bd=
.psu.edu/res/msu/physicslib/</a>>/msuphysicslib <<a =
href=3D"http://psblnx03.bd.psu.edu/res/msu/physicslib/msuphysicslib/">http=
://psblnx03.bd.psu.edu/res/msu/physicslib/msuphysicslib/</a>> and =
fsu/capalibrary. We could write our own problems and =
probably will, but that is not a solution for most faculty. (I'm =
sick of hearing how many problems are available on the UTexas homework =
service!) What are the most popular LON-CAPA sites for intro =
physics problems? Is there a list of popular problem sites =
grouped by topic or discipline (physics, astronomy, calculus, algebra, =
biology, etc)? <br><br>Thanks.<br><br> =
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