How to use Webassign

In order to access and submit your homework for grading, you will use Webassign. You will need a "Webassign access code." You can purchase the code and ebook directly from the publisher at this website for $70:

http://www.cengagebrain.com/micro/uwmathcalc

IMPORTANT: Be sure that you have a code for "Calculus, 7th Edition, Early Transcendentals" by Stewart, NOT the 6th Edition. If you took Math 125 in any quarter starting Winter 2012 (one year ago), you probably have already purchased an LOE (lifetime of edition) access code for the 7th Edition. If you took Math 125 prior to Winter 2012, you may have already purchased an LOE (lifetime of edition) access code for the 6th Edition. A 6th Edition Early Transcendentals LOE access code may be updated to a 7th Edition Early Transcendentals LOE access code at no cost to you; please contact your instructor if you have a 6th edition code.

Here is a description of how to get registered on Webassign and begin accessing the homework.

  • Open a web browser (Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc.).
  • Go to this web address: https://www.webassign.net/washington/login.html .
  • Click on the "LOG IN" button. You'll be asked to log in to your MyUW account. You should end up at a page with access to your Math 126 assignments.
  • Under "My classes" drop down menu, select our class. You will then be able to access current assignments, grades etc.
  • The "Guide" and "Help" links in the upper right corner may help you find your way around Webassign.
  • When you open up a homework assignment, you will see empty boxes for your answers. Sometimes the answers are numerical (e.g., 1.25 or 5/4), sometimes symbolic (e.g., 2x + x2 ). A palette of mathematical symbols is provided to allow you to enter symbolic notation.
  • When you open a homework assignment, you have the option to submit an answer OR save your work for later. You can also print out the entire homework, work on it away from the computer, then return and enter answers later.
  • On most questions, you are allowed 5 tries to enter the correct answer. After five incorrect submissions, the correct answer pops up and you are given 0 on that particular question. (The number of submissions for a multiple choice question depends on the number of answer choices, but is usually one or two submissions. For True/False or Yes/No questions, you get only one submission. To see the number of allowed submissions, click on the "Question Details" link at the top of the question.)
  • You will find that many of the problems have "randomized" numbers in them. For example, on a particular problem your homework may involve working with the equation 2 x2 + 3y2 = 7 . However, when you look at your friend's homework, the same problem might instead involve the equation 3 x2 + 5y2 = 7 . These slight randomized changes insure that no single answer key can be posted online for everyone to use.