Check your course registration. It should list:
From Time
To Time
Days
Where
If Where indicates a room, you are to meet in-person at that location. If it indicates WEB WEB, then you are in an online lab. You can further check the Instructional Method to verify if you are Face to Face or Online.
We will be using Canvas for all physics lab courses starting Fall 2026. If you cannot find your canvas course, please contact us at physicslabs@appstate.edu
Introduction and Pre-Lab Activity
Read the introduction and complete the pre-lab before you start the Quiz.
The Pre-Lab is copied over to the Lab Assignment for grading, but is available to you in the introduction so you can start it early.
Pre-Lab Quiz
Completed online and due at the time your lab starts.
Lab Assignment
Use the link provided to the student version of the lab assignment.
Copy the student version to your own google drive and complete all questions.
Submit as a PDF for grading by at 11:59 PM on the due date listed.
Note: The full lab assignment will not be available until the Friday before the lab is performed.
Before each Lab, you will:
Read the Lab Introduction
Complete the Pre-lab Activity.
Complete the Quiz on Asulearn.
During each lab, you will:
The Lab Assignment will contain a link to the google doc. Make a copy of the full lab assignment, and share it with your partner.
Discuss your answers to the pre-lab activity with your partner and copy them over to the lab assignment.
Complete Lab Activities with your partner.
Include screenshots when needed.
Show all work for calculations.
Download the google doc to a PDF and submitted the completed Lab Assignment.
The following guidelines need to be followed to complete the lab assignments.
The lab assignment is a google file that is shared with you as a view only document. You need to save the read only version to a new file so you can edit.
To submit hand-drawn sketches or calculations take a CLEAR picture and save it to a file. You may insert the picture into your lab document in the appropriate locations using "Insert>Image".
To submit graphs or tables from Vernier Graphical Analysis or Vernier Video Analysis, you can either: "File>Export Graph" or take a screenshot of the graph and save to a file. Insert the graph or table into your lab document in the appropriate locations using "Insert>Image".
Only a PDF document will be accepted as the file submission to the lab assignment. To convert your completed lab to a pdf:
print it to a pdf.
or save it as a pdf using "File>Download As> PDF Document". The PDF will show up in your downloads folder.
Here is a video that walks you through downloading the google doc to a PDF.