How to Use This Book

Before starting a chapter, review the relevant information on the "overview" page in Canvas. Then, start reading the chapter in this eBook.

  • When you see Time to Watch, just watch the embedded (or hyperlinked) YouTube video. Quizzes in Canvas may include questions about the video content.

  • After the video, continue reading the chapter.

  • Each chapter begins with What’s the Point?, which gives you an idea of what you should be able to do after reading the chapter.

  • At the end of each chapter, Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself (on the assignments) provides a few questions to help you review the material.

  • You can find sample answers to these questions at the very end of the eBook, in the Stuff That’s Tacked on the End section.

  • A few sections of the book are identified as optional. These sections are not required for the course assignments or quizzes, but they might be interesting or helpful to you.