All electronic textbooks, tutorials, and mastery certification services sold by (AI)², Inc.are delivered by our own adaptive instructional software system called MediaMatrix. To obtain a copy of MediaMatrix, you first register on-line for a specific course or for an evaluation copy of a specific textbook. For all of this user guide, we will use Kasschau's Psychology: Exploring Behavior as the reference textbook. Any other textbook works the same way.

After registering on-line, use the "Downloads" link available on our home web page at www.psych-ai.com to navigate to the downloads section of our web site. Scroll down far enough to find your download options, which include: 1) Downloading a PC/Windows compatible software package, 2) Downloading a Macintosh compatible software package, and 3) Downloading a pdf file copy of any chapter in your textbook for printing.

Let's assume you are a PC/Windows user and wish to Download our software package and are using Internet Explorer as a browser. You will eventually link to our getWin.html page and will click on the "Download STUDENT VERSION of Textbook, Tutorial, and Certification sytem using Server Distributed Content" link:

As downloading begins, you will see a series of dialog windows asking you to verify the name and location of your downloaded software. We recommend you use the defaults and download the original (compressed) version of your software package to your desktop, as it should be easier to find it there:

When your download transfer from our server to your computer has been completed, you will see a confirmation window, much like the following:

Merely click on "Close" and exit Internet Explorer to continue working with your software.

After downloading your self-extracting compressed software to your desktop, you will need to decompress it. This is a self-extracting compressed (zipped) file, so to decompress it find the PAILite icon on your desktop as illustrate here. Click on it to begin the extraction process and you will see a message that you are "Installing the Textbook Components" and that the new default folder that is being created will be on your C drive in a folder called "PsychAI" as illustrated below. Click on the "Next" button to continue this process:

When your extraction has been completed, you will see a message dialog window informing you of this fact. Merely click "Finish" to exit the extraction process once it has been completed:

While you still retain the original compressed version of PAILite software on your desktop, your extraction has also created a folder/directory called PsychAI on your C drive (if that's where you told the extraction process to place it). In this folder is an application called OpenBook and a folder called BookBox. In addition, there is a Quick-Start User Guide (QuikStrt.pdf) included in your downloaded PsychAI folder. This Guide is in cross-platform (Mac and PC) 'pdf' format. As an alternative to the on-line guide you are currently reading, you may use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open your Quick-Start Guide for a brief set of instructions on using your downloaded software. The information available on-line is, however, more detailed.

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