Supporting materials for computational WeBWorK problems

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Here are some screencasts demonstrating spreadsheet techniques that will be useful for doing your spreadsheet-based webwork problems. These will continue to appear as the term progresses so keep coming back to see the newest ones.

Videos, interactive tools and screenshots demonstrating specific techniques that will come up in the computational problems in WeBWorK

The first three screencasts below are difficult to see on youtube due to compression. Until they are replaced with better quality versions, it is preferable to watch the full sized versions.

Title
How to plot the graph of a function (Excel) youtube. mov
How to zoom in and out on a graph of a function (Excel) youtube. mov
How to add a second graph to a plot (Excel) youtube. mov
Newton's method for solving f(x)=0 (Excel) png
How to determine when a function does or does not have inflection points (Desmos) app youtube
How to find the location of minimum slope for a given function (Google Sheets) youtube


Feel free to request other screencast topics either on Piazza or by emailing Prof. Eric Cytrynbaum.

Videos that explain how to use various spreadsheets for various tasks

XY graph in Google Docs (< 2 min and good!) [1]
ScatterPlot on iPad Numbers [2]
Two plots on same axes on iPad Numbers [3]
Open office scatter plot of data with trend line (<5min) [4]