Always check here for important announcements, at least three times per week. Since some pages of this course won't have a Home link to get back here, you may want to bookmark this page or include it among your Favorites so you can get back here quickly.
Most importantly, if you have not already done so, take the Syllabus Quiz no later than February 19, or you will be dropped from the class. Note that you’ll be registering your name and e-mail address in a total of three different places: the Syllabus Quiz, the Discussion Forum, and the Exercise Central site. Be sure to use the same email address in all three places and to use your real full name when asked for a username! Obviously, your email address can be anything, but if you use some kind of nickname or handle when asked for your real name, you won't be able to claim any credit for the work you do. As a final note, I encourage you to upload a small photo of yourself as part of your profile in the discussion forum. This is optional, so I won’t take the time to discuss the process.
Please note that the Discussion Forum includes a forum to ask general questions about class procedures and concepts, so please use it to ask questions you think the whole class may need answered. Of course, e-mail me with any private concerns.
So on with the class… get familiar with the site and then proceed to the Unit One Instructions. To ensure a successful semester, get started right away, thinking of the green zone as your deadline and going beyond it only for emergencies.
USING THE CLASS SITE
I have created a tutorial to guide you through the features of our class site. You can view it by clicking on the Play button at the bottom of the image below (don't click ON the image, but rather on the Play button beneath it). The video is pretty small. If I get enough requests (complaints), I'll post a larger version, but I thought I'd see if this is good enough for you all to get the idea.
The rest of this post just repeats the same information as the video in case you had difficulty accessing it.
In the upper left corner of this page you’ll find the link to the syllabus, which you should study very carefully. Beneath, are the links to the five units of instruction for the semester. Obviously, we start with unit one, so read the instructions there to find out what to read, study, and write for the course. Be sure you understand the deadlines.
Beneath those links are the links you need to send me your work. The Homework Submission Page will be used to send me each of your five major essays, and you will also use it at the end of each Unit to send me the compilation of all Discussion Messages that you wrote during the Unit. The next link takes you to the Discussion Board where you will need to use the Register link and supply your name and e-mail information. The last link takes you to the site that contains our class exercises. You will have to register here as well. Throughout the semester, you’ll be told exactly where to post messages and which exercises to do.
Essays get sent to the Homework Submission Page and www.turnitin.com. Discussion Messages get sent to the Discussion Forum and the Homework Submission Page.
