Module 9: Induced Currents, Lenz's Law

After you download the lesson and place it in the correct folder on your computer, follow these directions to access the first IOLab Lesson:

• Open the IO Lab Program.
• Click the folder icon on the toolbar.
• Select "Lesson List" to reveal the available lessons.
• Choose Lab9-MagneticInduction which opens the lesson to the first slide.
• Complete the directions on each slide and click Save & Next Slide to move through the lesson.
• View the important tips below to inform you of some quirks with the lesson player. It may affect how you work through this lab.
• Lab reports are automatically generated as you work through each lesson. Instructions for accessing these reports are below as well.

Once you are in the Lesson Player, keep in mind the following tips:

• Make sure your IOLab cart is connected and maintains communication with the computer. Any issues with losing a connection during a collection of data may cause the lesson player to crash or lose some functionality.
• As the batteries weaken, the cart may shut off for no apparent reason. If this happens, replace the batteries using the multitool provided in the lab supplies and begin a new lab report (hit Restart button).
• If your lesson crashes, restart the lesson from the beginning slide. Do not try to access any previously stored lesson data from the crashed session.
• It may help to delete data stored from lessons where the player crashed. Delete data reports by clicking the trash can beside the report you want to remove. This is done at the same place where you can rename or export saved lab reports (see below).
• You can always return to previously completed slides in the lesson player, but be forewarned to not change any of the data acquisitions on slides that were already saved. Once you save a slide, you should consider the data on that slide as frozen (since later slides may use this data). The only way to delete information on a saved slide is to click the "RESTART" button on the player -- which begins a new lab report from scratch. 
• NOTE: you can return to a previously saved slide to change a response to a question (unless it is a prediction question, which the edit feature is disabled for obvious reasons).

As you complete each slide in the lesson, a report is generated with this saved data. When you are finished with the lesson, edit the report with your name and a few comments by following these directions:

• Click the folder icon on the toolbar.
• Select "Lesson List" to reveal the available lessons.
• Find the Lab9-Magnetic Induction lesson.
• Click the "Show Reports (X)" link. "X" will equal the number of times you have used this specific lesson.
• Each report has a time stamp that will help identify the report you would like to rename and use when submitting to Canvas.
• Click on the pencil icon for the report you want to edit. Add your name and any comments. Then click Save.

Finally, prepare the lab report for submission by exporting the report to a few comments by following these directions:

• Find the report you want to submit in the list of lessons (see above).
• Click on the icon to the left of the pencil to save your lesson to your computer. Put it somewhere you can find it, since you will need to select it later to upload to Canvas.
• Go to the destination folder on your computer and make sure it appears where you think you placed it.
• Submit this file like you would any other file submission in Canvas.

Here's a video showing how to access, rename, add comments, and export lab reports for submission to Canvas. Links to an external site. (03:03)