Biocalculus Computer Laboratory
MAP 2480 Fall 2017 All Sections (well there is only section 1)
GOTO Current: MAP 2480
- Meeting times: (All lab sessions meet in 107 MCH)
- W 2:30 - 4:15 -- Section 1 Instructor: Daniel Galvis
- There are NO Lab Office Hours anymore, classes are 30 minutes longer.
- Office Hours outside of the lab
- Steven Bellenot (bellenot at math.fsu.edu) TR 2-3pm 223 LOV
- Instructor Daniel Galvis (dgalvis at math.fsu.edu), T 11-12 404F MCH
Google Calendars: Current Schedule
Lessons Link (mild password protection) All Lessons
and the top ten scilab errors made by biolab students.
MapleTA Links
Bookmark these pages, they run independently of everything else.
If your fsu id is abc08z and your EmpId is 987654321, then your login
will be abc08z and your password 987654321. You can find your EmpId
via the FSUID Identity Management application in Secure Apps which is
now hidden inside myFSU.
FAQ on mapleTA. There are several things that can cause confusion
about the way mapleTA shows the correct answers.
- mapleTA will show the the answer to sqrt(2) as 1.414214 plus/minus 0.001
but the plus or minus sign is not part of the answer. Instead it is telling
you that your answer must be correct within a 0.001. So if you answered
1.41, it would be marked wrong and if you answered 1.41455555 it would
be marked correct
- mapleTA will add comma's to answers to mark the thousands and millions
etc. These are not part of the answer. If the answer is 1234567, mapleTA
will claim the answer is 1,234,567 but will mark 1,234,567 as incorrect.
- The lab portion gradebook will sometimes make it look like you
only have partial credit, for example claiming 1/2. Do not believe it,
the one on the top says you have full credit, the 2 on the bottom says
it took you two tries. The number of tries does not effect your grade.
(The gradebook is a link above all the assignments and the class name.)
- Only the best grade counts, (Except for postlabs),
if you get a 0 after getting a perfect
score, your grade is still the perfect score. Your postlab score
is maximum of the score on the first attempt and 0.85 * the score
on the second attempt.
- MapleTA is not the same thing as Maple, it is incorrect to shorten
MapleTA to Maple.
- The Internal Error: java.lang.NullPointerException, ... error
message is not a fatal error. You need to exit your current mapleTA session
and start a new one. Here are things to try:
- Try logging out of mapleTA and then log in again.
- Try closing the current window of the broser and use a new window to log in with.
- Quit the browser and restart the browser.
- Quit the browser and start a different browser.
- Try a different computer.
- Go to a student lab and use one of those computers.
- The exec xx.sce only runs one line problem: Scilab edit menu
select Preferences. Highlight SciNotes; the last line is Default
End-Of-Line which needs to be Unix (LF). Restart the editor, throw
away the old xx.sce.
- Mountion Lion on a Mac, it might refuse to run Scilab because
of a security worry. Try holding down the control key when clicking
on Scilab.
Our homework problems generate lots of computation, sometimes
the server is slow to present the problem. Sometimes it stops and needs
to be given a kickstart, do not count on the server being available
at the last minute or even the last day.
READ THIS
Althought the homework server will allow you to
complete your work a little later than 6PM, it is a fickle machine. Homework
is due at 6pm, it you wait longer and the server doesn't like you,
you are out of luck. (And yes it will be your fault.)
If for some reason
the server is not working, immediately email bellenot with a
careful description of your problem. Include exactly where the
error occurred and what the error message was. Do not assume that
someone else also has the same problem or error.
What you need to do for each lab
| Task |
Where to Find It |
Due |
Where to Do It |
How |
Rough Value |
| Read lesson.pdf |
lessons |
before lab/prelab |
anywhere |
Available Thurs Week Before |
everything |
| Do prelab |
prelab/postlab server |
6pm day before lab |
anywhere but 107 MCH |
5 tries/all questions at once |
25% |
| Do hardcopy |
lessons |
day of lab |
anywhere |
STAPLED, NO electronic copies |
10% |
| Short Closed Book Quiz |
lab server |
First 5 minutes of the lab/no make-ups |
107 MCH |
Single attempt/all questions at once |
Part of postlab |
| Do lab part a |
lab server |
day of lab |
107 MCH |
unlimited tries/question at a time |
0.8*40% = 32% |
| Do lab part b |
lab server |
day of lab |
107 MCH |
unlimited tries/question at a time |
0.2*40% = 8% |
| Do postlab |
prelab/postlab server |
6pm day before next lab |
anywhere but 107 MCH |
2 tries/all questions at once |
25% |
The Class Syllabus(aka Handout) and Irma caused modifications
in PDF(Acroread Format).
And here are more details
Acroread is freely available from Adobe.
Your private gradebook
This has the same username password which is needed for the lessons.
[You will also have to add your-code.html to the url above.]
This grade book has the participation grade. At the
end of the course the MapleTA grades get moved here and your
final grade will get computed and reported here.
The free fsu email account are now managed from the FSUID site,
this link
will point you in the correct direction.
You can have your email forwarded to your favorite ISP
or you can read your mail directly from the web from this
link or you can
read your fsu email by several
other methods.
MAP 2480 was a computer calculus LAB course mainly for Biologists,
but now is only required for Biomath majors.
Course Description From the Bulletin:
MAP 2480. Biocalculus Computer Laboratory (1). Prerequisite: MAC 2311. A
computer laboratory that applies calculus methods to solve problems in
biology, medicine, and physiology.
The Dropbox:
You Can Drop Files Here
References
Last Modified: 2017-03-03
