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Orientation Part II revisedOrientation Part IISelect the following option (you have only one choice):
Submitting Assignment: Orientation Part II rev
Your course (e.g., Mth 151, Mth 173, Phy 121, Phy 232, etc. ):
If you have one, please provide your access code. You may leave this part blank
if you do not yet have an access code.
If you do not have an access code and have not already done so, you need to
immediately go to http://vhmthphy.vhcc.edu/ > General Information, click on
Request Access Code and submit the completed form.
Remember that it is crucial to enter your access code correctly. As instructed,
you need to copy the access code from another document rather than typing it.
Access Code
Confirm Access Code
Your Name:
First Name
Last Name
Your VCCS email address. You is the address you were instructed in Step 1 to
obtain. If you were not able to obtain that address, indicate this below.
Please insert any message you wish to share with the instructor at this point:
Copy the document below into your word processor or text editor. Complete each
task, and respond as indicated:
Task: `q001. You have completed the Introductory QA. Please explain the
question-answer-self critique process as you understand it at this point.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
If you feel you got the solution 90% or better then you put ok, if you feel it is less than that tell what is dirrerent and what you learned from the question,I
think this process is for the student to look at the problems diferently and hopefully take more from it than a wrong or right answer.
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will therefore be inserted before this line, not after. This is obvious when
you're looking at the form, but if you've copied the form into a text editor it
might be less obvious. Hence this note.)
Task: `q002. Go to the page http://vhmthphy.vhcc.edu/ and click on your
course. Bookmark this page (i.e., add it to Favorites on your Internet
browser).
Describe what you see at this page.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
This looks to be a very important page with info for getting started , assinments,due dates,notes,lectures,etc.and all the links are on one convienent page.
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will therefore be inserted before this line, not after. This is obvious when
you're looking at the form, but if you've copied the form into a text editor it
might be less obvious. Hence this note.)
Task: `q003. You might not have many questions at this point, but in general
any question you pose in your responses should be preceded and followed by a
series of at least three question marks. This is so the instructor can quickly
identify your questions, and also so the instructor doesn't inadvertently
overlook your question.
If you have a question about anything you see in the Orientation, please mark in
in the indicated manner and include it in your response.
Please describe how you should annotate questions in your responses, and why it
is important to do so:
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
Any question should have at least three question marks before and after.
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will therefore be inserted before this line, not after. This is obvious when
you're looking at the form, but if you've copied the form into a text editor it
might be less obvious. Hence this note.)
Task: `q004. If at any point of the Orientation you have trouble following
instructions, let your instructor know the specifics:
Submit a copy of every instruction related to your question.
Describe what you do at each step, and what happens as a result. Include a
copy of the Address box of your Internet
browser, as it appears at every step.
If you are going astray in the process, this will give your instructor the
information necessary to quickly get you back on
track
You should send this information using the Submit Question Form (this is the
best form to use because it helps you structure your question and prompts you to
provide important information), or the Submit Work Form. Having submitted the
form it's also acceptable to send an additional note using email.
Please describe what to do if you have trouble following any of the
instructions:
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
Submit a copy of the instruction to the question,describe steps taken and what happened,include address box at each step;send using Submit Work Form,may also
send an e-mail.
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will therefore be inserted before this line, not after. This is obvious when
you're looking at the form, but if you've copied the form into a text editor it
might be less obvious. Hence this note.)
Task: `q005. On the webpage for your course, click on Assts or Assignments (in
some courses (e.g., Liberal Arts Mathematics I and II) the assignments are
simply given by a table and there is no Assts link), then on Due Dates (in
courses which use a table for assignments, the Due Dates link is provided a few
lines above the table), and describe what you see there. Note due dates are
updated by the first day of classes; until this update the Due Dates will be for
the preceding semester.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Due Dates
page:
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
The page shows the due dates for the entire course,they start on Tue. and end on Mon.,it also shows which assignments are due and are broken down
into catagories by quiz and tests.
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Task: `q006. Return to Assts, take a quick look down the page, and describe
what you see. It is recommended that you bookmark this page in your browser
(e.g., add it to Favorites) so you can access it easily and quickly.
There are probably things you don't understand right now about the Assignments
page. You will get more specific and detailed information in subsequent
Orientation assignments. Briefly describe what you do and do not understand
about this page.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
This page breaks down the assts.and describes what to do;I do not understand what open query is and if I should submit problems and answers to question I
do from textbook.
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Task: `q007. Click on Info and locate the syllabus or course of study for your
course (Liberal Arts Mathematics students click on Course of Study, near the top
of your page). Read it and acknowledge below that you have been able to find
the syllabus and know how to locate it: Note that you should re-read the
syllabus or course of study on or shortly after the first day of class, to be
sure you have read the document that will apply to the term in which you are
taking the course.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
I clicked on the Applied Caculus 1 Distance Section and read it.
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Task: `q008. Return to the http://vhmthphy.vhcc.edu page and once more click
on the page for your course. Add this page to your bookmarks (e.g., in Internet
Explorer, add to Favorites), and acknowledge in your response that you have done
so.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
I have added Applied Caculus 1 to my favorites.
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Task: `q009. On the http://vhmthphy.vhcc.edu page, click on Blackboard, and
sign in using the same username and password you use to access the registration
system. When the Blackboard screen comes up you should find a 'course' entitled
'Supervised Study Current Semester'. Click on this 'course' and give a brief
description of what you see. You need not read all the information that
appears, just take a quick look and give a line or two of description. (It is
possible that you will be doing the Orientation prior to the beginning of the
term, and if so this Blackboard 'course' might not yet be available. You might
also be doing this before your Blackboard enrollment is run. If either is the
case, be sure to make a note to yourself to do check this page out on the first
actual day of classes. You won't need it before then.).
Note that enrollment in Blackboard and enrollment in your course at VHCC are two
separate things. Blackboard is 'unofficial' and always needs to be regarded as
such.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Blackboard
Supervised Study 'course', and the unofficial nature of Blackboard.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
Blackboard shows grades,announcments and a mailing list,but is not the actual course.
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Task: `q010. We might use various features of this Blackboard page, but the
course is not delivered using Blackboard. Blackboard has a number of very good
features, but it is of necessity a 'closed' system and not sufficiently flexible
or efficient to be the primary vehicle. The one feature we are sure to be using
is the Grade Center, where you can check your grades on tests and my comments.
Locate the tab for the Grade Center (it might be listed under 'My Grades') and
click on it. Describe what you see.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
It has an itemized list grades.
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Task: `q011. You need not look at any more of the Blackboard page, but you are
welcome to do so if you choose, and you may ask any questions you wish in your
response. If you have no questions, or do not feel the need to further explore
this page, just respond with 'ok' or something of that nature.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
Ok
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Now highlight and copy your document, paste your copy into the box below, and
click on Submit Form. It is suggested that you save a copy of your document as
a backup.
When you submit this document you will have complete Orientation Step 4. Your
next activity will be Orientation Step 5.
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