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Descriptive Astronomy I: The Solar System (Csu), Rosa Williams, Kimberly Shaw Oct 2019

Descriptive Astronomy I: The Solar System (Csu), Rosa Williams, Kimberly Shaw

Physics and Astronomy Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Descriptive Astronomy I was created under a Round Thirteen ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Practice Problem Worksheets For Freshman Chemistry I (Openstax Chemistry 2nd Edition), Suzanne Ellenberger, Wenjian Du, Sara Blankenship, Ana West, Rupa Gokal, Joel Caughran Oct 2019

Practice Problem Worksheets For Freshman Chemistry I (Openstax Chemistry 2nd Edition), Suzanne Ellenberger, Wenjian Du, Sara Blankenship, Ana West, Rupa Gokal, Joel Caughran

Chemistry Ancillary Materials

This set of practice problem worksheets for Freshman Chemistry I was created under a Round Thirteen Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. These materials are made to supplement OpenStax Chemistry (https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-2e).

Topics covered include:

  • Atoms, Molecules, and Ions;
  • Gases;
  • Compounds;
  • Solutions and Colloids;
  • Stoichiometry


Molecular Modeling Labs For Freshman Chemistry I, Suzanne Ellenberger, Sara Blankenship, Ana West, Rupa Gokal, Daphne Norton, Nick Nguyen, Cynthia Tope Oct 2019

Molecular Modeling Labs For Freshman Chemistry I, Suzanne Ellenberger, Sara Blankenship, Ana West, Rupa Gokal, Daphne Norton, Nick Nguyen, Cynthia Tope

Chemistry Ancillary Materials

This set of laboratory exercises for Freshman Chemistry I was created under a Round Thirteen Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. The exercises are intended for the AMPAC and Agui chemistry software program, and topics covered include Physical Properties, VSEPR, and a molecular modeling activity.


Mathematical Modeling (Fvsu), Samuel Cartwright, Bhavana Burell Oct 2019

Mathematical Modeling (Fvsu), Samuel Cartwright, Bhavana Burell

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Mathematical Modeling was created under a Round Thirteen ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Survey Of Calculus (Ga Southern), Paul Hadavas Oct 2019

Survey Of Calculus (Ga Southern), Paul Hadavas

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Survey of Calculus was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


College Algebra (Atlm), Shreyas Desai, Anthonia Ekwuocha, Noel Whelchel Oct 2019

College Algebra (Atlm), Shreyas Desai, Anthonia Ekwuocha, Noel Whelchel

Mathematics Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for College Algebra was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Class Notes And Worksheets For Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Bikash Das, Hashim Saber Oct 2019

Class Notes And Worksheets For Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Bikash Das, Hashim Saber

Mathematics Ancillary Materials

This set of Calculus 1 Lecture Notes and Worksheets was created under a Round Thirteen Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. These materials were created to supplement the Lyrix version of Calculus: Early Transcendentals (https://lyryx.com/calculus-early-transcendentals/).

Topics covered include:

  • Limits;
  • Derivatives;
  • Differentiation;
  • Differentials;
  • Integrals and Integration.


User Interface Engineering (Ksu), Yong Shi, Dan Lo, Selena He, Mingon Kang, Sarah North Oct 2019

User Interface Engineering (Ksu), Yong Shi, Dan Lo, Selena He, Mingon Kang, Sarah North

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for User Interface Engineering was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Mobile Software Development (Ksu), Yong Shi, Dan Lo, Selena He, Sarah North, Mingon Kang Oct 2019

Mobile Software Development (Ksu), Yong Shi, Dan Lo, Selena He, Sarah North, Mingon Kang

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Mobile Software Development was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Advanced Web Development (Ksu), Meng Han, Jack Zheng Oct 2019

Advanced Web Development (Ksu), Meng Han, Jack Zheng

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Advanced Web Development was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Computer Organization And Architecture (Ksu), Yong Shi, Dan Lo, Selena He, Mingon Kang, Sarah North Oct 2019

Computer Organization And Architecture (Ksu), Yong Shi, Dan Lo, Selena He, Mingon Kang, Sarah North

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Computer Organization and Architecture was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Python Practice Assignments For Computer Science I, Hyrum Carroll, Hillary Fleenor Oct 2019

Python Practice Assignments For Computer Science I, Hyrum Carroll, Hillary Fleenor

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

This set of practice assignments for Computer Science 1 were created under a Round Twelve Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision.

The assignments use the Python coding language and the repl.it coding platform and cover the following topics:

  • Modules;
  • Functions;
  • Selections;
  • Loops;
  • Strings;
  • Lists;
  • Files;
  • Dictionaries.


Internet Of Things (Open Course), Rebecca Rutherfoord, Susan Vandeven, Guangzhi Zheng, Hossain Shahriar, Xin Tian Oct 2019

Internet Of Things (Open Course), Rebecca Rutherfoord, Susan Vandeven, Guangzhi Zheng, Hossain Shahriar, Xin Tian

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

This open course for Internet of Things was created through a Round 13 Affordable Materials Grant.


Cloud Computing (Ksu), Yong Shi, Dan Lo, Selena He, Mingon Kang, Sarah North Oct 2019

Cloud Computing (Ksu), Yong Shi, Dan Lo, Selena He, Mingon Kang, Sarah North

Computer Science and Information Technology Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Cloud Computing was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

  • Linked Syllabus
  • Initial Proposal
  • Final Report


Ethical Hacking For Effective Defense (Modules, Labs, And Lectures), Hossain Shahriar Jul 2019

Ethical Hacking For Effective Defense (Modules, Labs, And Lectures), Hossain Shahriar

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

Summer 2019 Update: Through a Round Twelve ALG Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision, five new modules have been added to this collection:

  • Enumeration with Sparta
  • Enumeration with Inguma
  • Hacking Web Servers with Dirbuster
  • Hacking Web Servers with Skipfish
  • Hacking Wireless and IoT with Bluehydra

The following set of materials is used in the Textbook Transformation Grants implementation of Ethical Hacking for Effective Defense:

https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/compsci-collections/8/

Topics include:

  • TCP/IP Level Attacks
  • Port Scanning
  • DDoS
  • Footprinting and Social Engineering
  • Enumeration
  • Programming for Security Professionals
  • Operating System Vulnerabilities
  • Embedded System Security
  • Hacking Web Servers
  • Hacking Wireless Networks
  • Cryptography
  • Protecting Networks with …


Specification-Based Grading Resources For Openstax College Physics (Ggc), Edward Forringer Apr 2019

Specification-Based Grading Resources For Openstax College Physics (Ggc), Edward Forringer

Physics and Astronomy Ancillary Materials

This collection of ancillary materials for Introductory Biology was created under a Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. Included are the following resources to assist a faculty member in implementing specification grading in an introductory physics course using OpenStax College Physics:

  • Specification Grading Guide
  • Specification Documents
  • Quizzes
  • Practice Final Exam

Author's Description:

"Rather than grading each assignment with partial credit and then taking a weighted average of your assignments to find a grade, this course uses a set of course expectations called “specifications” (spec for short). Each spec has an associated quiz. Some specifications are designated “critical.” …


Survey Of Chemistry I, Anne Parker, Farooq Khan, Victoria Geisler, Douglas Stuart Apr 2019

Survey Of Chemistry I, Anne Parker, Farooq Khan, Victoria Geisler, Douglas Stuart

Chemistry Grants Collections

This collection of the grant proposal, syllabus, and final report for Survey of Chemistry I at University of West Georgia was created under a Round 12 Transformation Grant.


Data Visualization Assignments For Principles Of Information Technology Management (Csu), Jennifer Pitts Apr 2019

Data Visualization Assignments For Principles Of Information Technology Management (Csu), Jennifer Pitts

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

This set of ancillary materials for Principles of Information Technology Management was created under a Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. The skills covered in these lessons, using the Tableau data visualization and analysis tool, include:

  • Instructor information for installing Tableau
  • Dashboard creation
  • Worksheet creation
  • Data segmentation and analysis
  • Geographic data visualization