Lab 1
Psychology 138


This first lab will be short. Don't get used to having labs being this short all the time.

I am going to try to save as much paper as I can this semester by having you submit your work electronically. This means that in the future I will be having you use a tool called BlackBoard. I am waiting a little while before I get the BlackBoard site for the course ready because I want to wait until the class list is relatively stable. For now, you will submit your labs by email.

Part 1: Email your instructor
First, demonstrate that you know how to send an email to me (Dr. Schneider). My email address is:
wjschne@ilstu.edu

Tell me:
Part 2: Email your GA
There is a little bit of calculation in the course. To succeed in this class, the following kinds of calculations should be relatively easy for you. You may use a calculator to solve them.
1. (2679 +  4795 / 5)  * 51 =
2. If x = 12, then 22x + 45 =
3. s = 3 and m = 10, then (16 - m) / s =
4. If 22x - 6 = 5, then x =
5. Calculate the average of 76, 12, 7, 88, 24, and 93 =
Hint: To calculate the average, add all the numbers together and then divide by the number of numbers. In this case, there are 6 numbers.

You don't need to "show your work" because you are using calculators. It is really, really, easy to make mistakes on your calculators so I always recommend double checking your work on exams and lab assignments.

You'll be emailing your answers to your GA, not to me.

The subject line of your email to your GA should be: Psychology 138 Lab 1
The text of your email should something like this (note that the answers and lab start time below are wrong):
Your name here
Lab Start Time: MW 4pm
Lab 1
Answers
1. 87.2
2. 3.4
3. 3
4. 95.2
5. 22

If you wish, say hello to your GA and let him or her know if there is anything special he or she needs to know help you succeed in the lab.

If there is ever any doubt as to whether you did, in fact, email your labs and homeworks on time, you should keep your emails in your email's "Sent" box. That way you can show us your work.

I highly recommend saving your work somewhere you can find it again later. This is helpful if something goes wrong and your GA does not receive the lab. I do not recommend saving your work on the lab computers. There is no way to guarantee that you will get the same computer each week. A good way to save your work is to get a flashdrive. An even better solution is to save your work on your very own ISU datastore. Did you know that ISU has given you space on their web server to store your files that can be assessed from anywhere? It is true. If you are off-campus, you'll need to be running a virtual private network to use your datastore. You are on campus now so you don't need that but you can click here to learn more about how to set up a virtual private network.

To access your ISU datastore, open the "Map Network Drives" Utility on the desktop of this computer. If it isn't on the desktop, it can be found by clicking Start --> Programs --> Internet Tools 2005 --> Map Network Drives. If it is not on your home computer, you can download it from here. Once the program is open, select "Home on Datastore" in the dropdown box as seen below.
MapDrive

Then enter your ULID and password. After few seconds, it should let you know that you have access to your datastore. Usually, it will be called Drive H when you navigate Windows Explorer or any other "Save File" dialog boxes. Find and select the H drive in the dropdown box at the top. Here is what it would look like on my computer when I save a document to my H drive using Microsoft Word:
SaveAs

To open the file again, just open it like you would any other document. If the H drive is not already open, use the "Map Network Drives" utility to active the datastore. Find the H drive in the "Open File" dialog box and proceed as normal.