How to use Webassign for your Homework

In order to access and submit your homework for grading, you will use Webassign. You will need a "Webassign access code" which you can purchase with or without the text at the University Bookstore or at webassign.net. Other departments on campus have used Webassign for years and you may be familiar with it already.

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 124 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 each question, you are allowed 5 tries to enter the correct answer. After that, the correct answer pops up and you are given 0 on that particular submission.
• 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.