Physics 2020, Spring 2000 CAPA info.

• CAPA logon page
• CAPA instructions
• Common problems
• Information about finding terminals

If there is a really serious problem with CAPA (internet traffic unusably high, some strange glitch, CAPA won't accept an answer you are sure is correct,...), FIRST try rebooting your computer and try one more time. If you STILL can't get through, you can send in CAPA answers, before the deadline, by regular email to me at Steven.Pollock@colorado.edu . In your email, please specify the question numbers and the answers exactly as you would type them into CAPA. Don't forget to include your name, ID number, and email address, and you must send your answers before the deadline.

• You must always to the CAPA Home Page to submit or check on your homework.

(Don't forget to click on the "Phys 2020" button at the top of that window!)

• Missing your CAPA assignment, or just your PIN number?

If you are already registered on the system, (if you have ever gotten a CAPA assignment with your name on it, you are!) you can automatically find out your PIN number online anytime:
just follow the "pin-getter" clicks at the bottom of the usual CAPA home page

You will give some information, including a valid email address, and your pin number for this week will be emailed to you within minutes.

Even if you have never gotten a CAPA assignment before, you are probably still registered on CAPA, and the above pin-getter should work fine. Try it. If it fails, you need to send an e-mail message to Prof. Pollock. Be sure to include your full name (first and last) and student number. Specify that you are a Physics 2020 student, what you are missing, and PLEASE give a return e-mail address.

Please do NOT email me about this until *AFTER* the semester has started!! Most students will automatically get registered for CAPA the first day of the semester. If you registered for 2020 after the semester starts, it should take about 24 hours to get into the CAPA system.

• Having troubles with CAPA? Here are some common CAPA mistakes and, some Frequently Asked CAPA questions .
  
  

CAPA glitch alert: If you get the "Cannot access class directory" message, your internet connection is having trouble. To fix this, exit CAPA, quit your Web Browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) and then reopen the Browser and logon to CAPA again. This should fix the problem.

The lowest CAPA score of the semester will be dropped from your average CAPA score. Late CAPA assignments cannot be accepted because CAPA posts the solutions on the Web, some time shortly after the due deadline.

• Finally, a little recipe for success in Physics 2020.

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