01Getting Started · 1 of 5

Site guide

Using this site.

How topic pages are organized and how to move between them.

Read · 3 min · Updated · Spring ’26
§ 01 / How it's organized

How it's organized.

Every topic lives on its own page, and each page breaks into four or five shorter sub-pages: a Mini Lesson, one per Discussion Question, and a Review page that holds six questions behind a pill rail (Q1–Q6). Click any pill to jump to that page; use the prev/next pager at the bottom to walk the topic in order.

Pill rail Jumps between sub-pages of one topic. Highlighted pill = where you are.
Prev / next pager Walks the topic in order, end-to-end.
Topic header Topic number, title, and the topic-accent thread you'll see throughout.
§ 02 / Walkthroughs

Step-by-step or video.

Most walkthroughs offer a toggle between two modes: Step-by-step, a click-through Scribe you can move through at your own pace, pausing on whichever step you need to. Video, for when you want the why, not just the how. Same material, different medium. Use whichever helps you today; some weeks the Scribe is enough, some weeks you'll want the video. Both cover the same ground.

Step 2 of 5 · Mini Lesson · Linear models
y = m·x + b
slope m = rise / run, circle the two points first then count.
plug in the y-intercept once you know where the line crosses zero.
REC Mini Lesson · 04:12
"…and that's why the slope tells you the rate, not just the steepness."
01:34
04:12
Try it → Tab to swap. Both modes cover the same ground.
§ 03 / Elsewhere

Where everything else lives.

The Getting Started section you're in right now holds everything that isn't a specific topic, how ALEKS works, how to set up Excel, how to submit a DQ, and the site guide. The FAQ page (linked in the top nav) answers the questions students ask most often.