Holt Learning Online

Dear Parents/Guardians/Students:

I am excited to inform you that there are multiple features with the mathematics textbooks this year in order to help your child in their learning. One important feature is Holt Learning Online. This online resource offers the complete book online (students can log into the website and view all pages of their actual textbook—this will save from students having to take their math textbook home each night to complete homework because they can view the pages from the computer). Other features of Holt Leaning Online include videos of examples in each lesson, interactive activities, additional practice problems for each lesson, and parent resources. Holt Learning Online is a great resource to utilize to help your child be successful in each chapter of the textbook. Specific computer requirements, internet connection requirements, and browser requirements are discussed below. If you have questions regarding the website and/or the requirements previously listed, please contact Technical Support Information at (800) 323-9239 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Mon-Fri CT or Web Support at www.hrwtechsupport.com. Here are the websites to access Holt Learning Online: http://my.hrw.com (Access the online version of the textbook, videos of examples in each lesson, interactive activities, additional practice problems for each lesson, and much more!) http://go.hrw.com (Access homework help and parent resources (codes are at the top of “Exercises” pages in each lesson of the textbook), videos, games, Web Extra! and much more!)

Remember: These websites can be accessed from your home computer (as long as it meets the system requirements listed below), the public library, or at school.

After you have read through the information for Holt Learning Online, please sign and have your child return the form on the last page to Mrs. Demrovsky. Please contact me, Mrs. Demrovsky, with any questions. I can be reached at (330) 882-3812 or by e-mail.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Demrovsky

Logging In Your teacher will provide you with a User Name and Password. If you have that information, you can log in now at http://my.hrw.com .

After you have acquired a User Name and Password, follow these simple login directions to access your personalized Holt Online Learning home page.

1. Go to the Holt Online Learning Web site at http://my.hrw.com 2. Type your User Name and Password. 3. Click the Log In button. Your personalized Holt Online Learning home page will display a picture of your math textbook.

4. Click on “go to the online textbook” below the picture of your math textbook.

5. Select a chapter, lesson, page number, video, or activity to view or complete.

System Requirements Computer Requirements

To use Holt Online Learning Programs, you must have a computer with the following minimum specifications:

 PC Pentium/300MHz or higher, using Windows 95, NT 4.0, 98 Second Edition, 2000, ME, or XP  Mac Power PC 7600 or higher, using OS 8.0 or higher

Internet Connection Requirements

Holt Online Learning Programs require high-speed internet.

We highly recommend broadband or a DSL Internet connection for better performance.

Holt Online Learning requires a minimum of 32 MB of RAM, although 64 MB is s To use Holt Online Learning, your machine must be getting at least 56kbps throughput.

Browser Requirements

 Your browser must be Javascript-enabled  You must also have a secure SSL connection, Port 443 enabled  Holt Online Learning supports the following browsers (see table below)

Internet Internet Internet Explorer Explorer Explorer Firefox Safari Safari Safari 5.5 6.0 7.0 1.5 1.2 1.3 2.0 Windows 2000 X X X Windows XP X X X Mac OS 9.2.2 X X Mac OS 10.2 X X Mac OS 10.3 X X Mac OS 10.4 X X

Browsers and Plug-ins Holt recommends using one of the following browsers to view the website:

 Internet Explorer 5.1+  Netscape 7.0.2+

(Both of these browsers are available for downloading on http://my.hrw.com after you have logged in and selected the online version of the book)

You will need the following plug-ins to view the features on this website:

 Flash 8+  Quick Time 7+  Shockwave 8.5.1+  Acrobat Reader 5+

(All plug-ins are available for downloading on http://my.hrw.com after you have logged in and selected the online version of the book)

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Please sign and date below to verify that you received this information about Holt Learning Online. Then, please have your child return this portion of the page to Mrs. Demrovsky.

I have received information about Holt Learning Online and understand that the online resources offer multiple options for extra help for my child in math class. Also, I understand that there are parent resources offered in order to assist me in guiding my child’s learning in mathematics.

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