In years past, ALEKS(tm) and iPass(tm) software have been used. This year we will generally use ALEKS. Since your success is the point of the course, if you don't respond to the software, other software choices can be found with inconvenience to us all. Please note that ALEKS allows the most accelerated mastery of Math skills. Bar none. Other approaches will require more work to master the course materials.
ALEKS works this way. All objectives are expected to be mastered. Mastery entails constructing four correct answers to problems of one objective and completing one more correctly about a week or two later. Worksheets are optional, but rarely used. This is not a multiple-choice course. If you think of ALEKS as continuous formative assessment, you will grok this course. Progress is determined by completing a pie chart representing all of the objectives.
As a general rule, no summative assessment is needed. In other words, a final exam is usually not required for passing your math course.
Yes, you can work at home. However, class attendance is still required. If you complete a substantial amount of work outside of class, the final ALEKS assessment will be proctored by me. And yes, I've had students magically complete the course work in a few days and just as magically crash and burn on the final assessment. Hmmm. Those who live by tutors doing their work, die alone.
