See Janice Guyer in Physics Office (room 2401 at 701 W. Grace Street) for an override to get into a closed section or to register late.

The pre-test of general scientific knowledge is now available on Blackboard.

Take it by August 26 and get a half percentage point added to your overall score for the course.

Contact eInstruction Technical Support
Live Chat: www.einstruction.com, Customer Support
Phone: 888.333.7532

• Buy at any local bookstore ($21.50).
• Registration works best from a broad-band internet connection.
• Activate your keypad through our website. Click:
  1. The "Course Tools" button.
  2. "CPS Connection"
  3. "Register Class"
  • Enter your serial number in the space provided. You can find your serial number on your LCD screen when you turn on your pad.
  4. "Create Your Account"
  • If you already have a CPS username and password, enter it in the space provided.
  • If you have never used CPS before, create a CPSOnline Username and Password and fill in your contact information.
  • Click "Submit" to create your account or login.

Note1: The serial numbers for the RF clickers always start with the letter 'r'. You have to enter that letter as part of the serial number or it will not work.

Although most of our course material is here, on a public web site, I use a Blackboard web site for our Discussion Forum, for online testing, and for posting grades. The latest version of Blackboard will probably require you to change the way that your computer is set up. In particular, you will need to change your security setting to allow cookies and you will need to edit any favorites or shortcuts so that they just go to the URL:

I rely on email to notify you of important changes. The new VCU email system will probably require you to make a number of changes in the way that your computer is set up. It is important that you make these changes because all of your instructors will be sending important messages to your VCU email address. For help with some of the most common difficulties, go to