The CD that comes with your textbook allows you to install a
tracking feature that "tracks" or records your progress as you
complete your assignments online. Every time you do one of the
Quick Checks or take a Section Exam your score is recorded in a file on
your computer called tracking.trk. You are required to
submit this file each week along with your other homework in
your weekly upload to the Digital Dropbox on Blackboard.
The CD software allows you to set up your tracking.trk file
on a floppy disk A:\ drive or on the C:\ drive of your computer.
The following instructions demonstrate the latter alternative.
Once your file is created on the C:\ drive of the computer your
will use for the online assignments, the software on the CD will
recognize it every time to load it in your computer. Simply drag
the file at C:\tracking.trk into the folder your will
compress for upload to the portal. Follow these directions for
setting up your C:\tracking.trk file:
Load your CD, but before you open the electronic
textbook, Click on the Tools Menu and select Change Tracking
Location. This will only have to be done once:
Select the C drive, click Save and Exit:
Open the electronic textbook. You will be asked the
following:
Click Yes.
A warning will appear:
Click OK.
The first time you do this, you will be asked to
create the tracking.trk file:
Click
Create. You will then be asked to enter your
tracking information; use your last name as your ID:
Click OK.
Remember that you will only need to do this once.
Finally, be sure not to delete this file. It will simply
continue to build a complete record of your progress
with Quick Checks and Section Exams throughout the
semester.
Contact
Professor Yelovich if you have any problems with this
process.
