TI-84 Graphing Calculator Tutorial Videos

[GENERAL]  [GRAPH]  [SOLVE]  [TRIGONOMETRY]  [MATRICES]  [CALCULUS]  [ERROR]

Links on the left have audio and video; Links on the right have captions.

Some videos should be viewed in a certain order.  These will be marked with a red "- Prerequisite video(s):"

Introduction

The purpose of these videos and how to use them   (With Captions)*

*Captions for these Videos were made possible by the Clark College Disability Support Services staff and volunteers.

 

How Do I use the TI-84 Graphing Calculator to. . .?

        General Functions

	Change a Decimal into a Fraction?  [6]   (With Captions)*
	Use the value of Pi?   (With Captions)*
	Create an automatic Table of Values using an equation?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Create a Table of Values with specific values of x, using an equation?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Create a list of values? Option 1 - using the Statistics List Editor   [2]   (With Captions)* Option 2 - typing a list in directly on the Home Screen.   (With Captions)*
	Clear a single list of values?      - Prerequisite video(s): [2]   (With Captions)*
	Clear ALL lists of values?      - Prerequisite video(s): [2]      NOTE: This operation can not be undone.  Data is erased permanently.   (With Captions)*
	Use the CATALOG Menu?  [4]   (With Captions)*

[GENERAL]  [GRAPH]  [SOLVE]  [TRIGONOMETRY]  [MATRICES]  [CALCULUS]  [ERROR]

 

Graph Related Questions - How do I . . .

	Graph using the [Y=] key?  [1]   (With Captions)*
	Change my viewing window to a specified view?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Change back to the Standard View of [-10,10] by [-10,10]?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Use Zoom-Box to zoom in on a certain part of a graph?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Use the TRACE key on a graph?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Graph using the Absolute Value function?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1], [4]   (With Captions)*
	Plot a set of points? (Create a Scatter Plot)      - Prerequisite video(s): [1], [2]   (With Captions)*
	Use Linear Regression for a scatter plot?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1], [2]   (With Captions)*

 

[GENERAL]  [GRAPH]  [SOLVE]  [TRIGONOMETRY]  [MATRICES]  [CALCULUS]  [ERROR]

 

Finding a specific point on a graph - How do I . . .

	Find the root or zero of an equation?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Find the intersection of two graphs?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Find a relative minimum point on a graph?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Find a relative maximum point on a graph?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*

 

[GENERAL]  [GRAPH]  [SOLVE]  [TRIGONOMETRY]  [MATRICES]  [CALCULUS]  [ERROR]

 

Trigonometry related questions - How do I . . .

	Change between radians and degrees mode?   (With Captions)*
	Change a decimal angle in to Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (DMS) format?   (With Captions)*
	Type in an angle in the Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (DMS) format?   (With Captions)*
	Evaluate the trig functions in radians without switching modes?   (With Captions)*
	Evaluate the trig functions in degrees without switching modes?   (With Captions)*

 

[GENERAL]  [GRAPH]  [SOLVE]  [TRIGONOMETRY]  [MATRICES]  [CALCULUS]  [ERROR]

 

Matrix Operations

Introduction to the Matrix Menu.  [3]   (With Captions)*

    How Do I...

	Call a matrix for use in the home screen?      - Prerequisite video(s): [3]   (With Captions)*
	Use the Matrix Editor?   [5]      - Prerequisite video(s): [3]   (With Captions)*
	Change a matrix made up of decimals into fractions?      - Prerequisite video(s): [3], [5], [6]   (With Captions)*
	Find the Row Echelon Form (ref) for a matrix?      - Prerequisite video(s): [3], [5]   (With Captions)*
	Find the Reduced Row Echelon Form (rref) for a matrix?      - Prerequisite video(s): [3], [5]   (With Captions)*
	Find the inverse of a matrix?      - Prerequisite video(s): [3], [5]   (With Captions)*

[GENERAL]  [GRAPH]  [SOLVE]  [TRIGONOMETRY]  [MATRICES]  [CALCULUS]  [ERROR]

 

Calculus Operations - How do I . . .

	Find the numerical derivative of a function at a certain x-value?      - Prerequisite video(s): [4]   (With Captions)*
	Find the slope of a curve at a certain x-value?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*
	Find the area between a curve and the x-axis?      - Prerequisite video(s): [1]   (With Captions)*

 

[GENERAL]  [GRAPH]  [SOLVE]  [TRIGONOMETRY]  [MATRICES]  [CALCULUS]  [ERROR]

Error Messages

Why do I get the message ERR: INVALID DIM while trying to graph?   (With Captions)*

 

 

These videos were created by Professor Chris Milner from the Clark College Mathematics Division, using the Camtasia 5.0 software along with the TI-SmartView software.

 

*Captions for these Videos were made possible by the Clark College Disability Support Services staff and volunteers.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please write to Chris at cmilner@clark.edu.