About the On-line Lab Manual
The On-Line Lab Manual serves as your text for the lab portion of this course. There is no fee to use this manual. It can be accessed from any computer (campus, home) with an internet connection and web browser. You must visit this site at least once a week before your scheduled lab in order to
- carefully read through the experiment to be performed
- look up information on equipment, materials and special techniques required for the experiment -- complete your pre-lab assignment (if given one)
- print out hard copies of the experiment to be performed and the data sheet for the experiment
Printing
Crisp, printable copies of all procedures and report forms for each lab activity are available in PDF format. In order to open and print them, you must have the software Adobe Acrobat Reader . This software is already installed on all SMC campus computers. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader to your home computer for free by clicking on the link below.
SMC Campus Computers
All registered Santa Monica College students have access to computers at various locations on campus. In order to use these computers, you must first sign up for an SMC email account.
Sign up for an SMC Email Account at: https://student.smc.edu/ When you obtain your SMC account, you will be assigned a username, password and an email address. Please write these down in a safe place. You will be able to use SMC email from any computer that has internet access, whether on or off campus. Your username and password will also allow you to use any available student computer on campus.
A listing of all Computer Centers and their hours of operation is available at: http://www.smc.edu/acadcomp/labs/
Please take the time to read the college Computer Use Policy at: https://student.smc.edu/student_email_policy.htm