Email address must be the provided VCCS email.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q002. It is rare that a valid submission gets deleted or overlooked. However it can happen. If you do not include the information necessary to identify you (most importantly your access code and email address), your submission will probably also go astray (an exception being Orientation assignments, which if submitted through the appropriate form require only your email address).
The important point here is the following:
You should retain your original copy of every document you submit.
These are not typically large documents, and they are easy to handle. You should also therefore consider emailing yourself a copy of each submitted document.
Restate the above in your own words,
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
I should save a copy of original work when I submit any document.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q003. Other than the name and email address you enter when requested by the form, you should not include any other identifying information on the form. This will ensure that, even in the unlikely event that someone stumbles on your access page, there will be nothing on that page to identify you.
Please indicate this in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Include no other personal information, aside from what has been requested (name and email)
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q004. If you wish to maintain your privacy, then after accessing your information you should delete the history of your browser and close the browser in order to maintain the security of your access page. In Internet Explorer you do this by clicking on Tools > Internet Options > General and choosing to Clear History and Delete Temporary Internet Files.
You should safeguard your code. However if despite your best efforts you have reason to believe your access code has been compromised you may email the instructor from your VCCS account and request a new access code.
Please indicate your understanding of this advice in the box below:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
To ensure privacy on a public computer make sure to clear the browser history and delete the temp internet files.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q005. Everything you submit should be submitted through a form. If your work is formatted (e.g., for a lab report, because it contains graphs, or for some other reason) you may also 'back it up' by emailing the formatted document, but the document should first be copied and pasted into the Submit Work form and submitted. If everything has been done according to instructions, it is seldom necessary for the instructor to look at your formatted file.
Please state this in your own words:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
All work submitted should use the provided forms, however if work my have a graph a back may be sent using email.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q006. Keep the Thread: When sending messages don't assume that your instructor remembers the last message you sent. If your present message is related to the previous message, or answers a question posed by the instructor in a previous message, be sure you don't remove all that information when you send your new message. Your instructor will have less time to spend on your work if it is often necessary to go back and research previous correspondence to figure out what you are talking about. It is your responsibility to give the instructor everything required for a useful response in one message.
For example if the instructor poses the question 'now what do you get when you divide $400 by $10 / hour', don't send back a message that reads
Dear Instructor,
the answer is 40
Your student.
with nothing more in the message. Include the question, include your original work on the problem, and state your answer in a format that makes it clear you understand what you are doing.
State this in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Do not delete previous messages when sending a message that relates or answers the last message in the thread.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
STUDENT QUESTION REGARDING PREVIOUS:
Is it ok if we use the reply feature on emails? Or should we just submit a new form with previous correspondence copied in.
INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE
The 'reply' function is probably the easier alternative, and unless you remove it the thread will be maintained. So that's the preferred choice.
Task: `q007. Make it Self-Contained: When submitting any documents or question:
Make your message self-contained, so that it isn't necessary for the instructor to delay responses to other students by searching out additional documents. (For example, answer a question posed in a previous communication from the instructor by inserting it into a copy of that document. Other students are waiting for responses, so don't expect your instructor to go back and look up the document.)
Be sure your document can be read efficiently by scrolling down the page, with no need to scroll right or left (this will not generally be an issue, since almost all your work will be submitted through text forms where this is not a problem)..
Explain your understanding of these requirements.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Re-iterate the question you answered when replaying with the answer, to allow for ease of understanding.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q008. Please understand that to make it possible to work individually with a large number of students, your instructor works with you mainly by responding to your assignments and questions. Your instructor will generally not initiate contact with you. It is your responsibility to initiate contact with the instructor by submitting assignments and questions, and you can generally expect a reply to be posted by the end of the day after it is sent, seven days a week.
An exception is when the instructor is out of town for a conference or on personal business; this typically happens a handful of times during a term. There would also be an exception should in the event of injury or illness (neither has interfered with the instructor's schedule in well over a decade of distance offerings but either remains possible). In the event of a planned absence (usually not lasting more than three days) you should be notified by email in advance so you can plan accordingly. In the event of an unplanned absence you would be notified as promptly as possible.
If a reply is not posted within this time you should resubmit your work.
However if you do resubmit, be sure to indicate at the beginning that the work has already been submitted.
Please restate this in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
If a reply is not received within a reasonable amount of time, and no notification has been given, resubmit and also state that a previous submission has been made.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q009. You will normally use web forms (e.g., the Submit Work form) to communicate information. However some documents are formatted in such a way that the text-only format available on the form is not sufficient. In this case you should still submit a text version of the document using the form, but you may also send a backup copy using your VCCS student email.
Any email you send should contain access information in the precise format prescribed in the message you received with your Access Code. This syntax should be copied and pasted, as indicated in that message, rather than being typed in.
Any email should also identify your course (e.g., Mth 173 or Phy 121, etc). in its subject line.
Emails must be sent from your VCCS email account. Messages sent from other accounts may or may not receive responses, but it will not be possible for the instructor to search such messages, and information sent from other accounts risks being screened out by our network's SPAM filter.
Please indicate how you will include your course and access information when and if you send email messages:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Couse number will be included in the subject line, access information will be in the message exactly as given in the access code instructions
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q010. Any document you submit to the instructor must be a word-processed document. It is not possible for the instructor to efficiently insert comments into Excel documents, scanned documents or documents submitted on paper or by fax.
Don't spread things over multiple documents (e.g., a word processed document with an explanation and a spreadsheet document with some tables and graphs) but copy and paste everything into one document so the reader doesn't waste time flipping from one document to the other.
Tables and graphs from Excel and other programs can be copied and pasted into word-processed documents.
Note that for most purposes graphs need to be described in words. the important skill is not the use of a computer program to construct a graph, but your understanding of the essential properties and the meaning of the graph.
The only exception to this policy is tests, which are completed in an approved proctoring situation, and are done on paper and in your handwriting (see also instructions previously provided regarding testing).
Please summarize your understanding of this policy.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Do not spread assignments over multiple documents, submit one document for ease of grading
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q011. It is usually much more efficient and effective for the instructor to work with you through forms and your Access Page than face-to-face.
The instructor enjoys working face-to-face with students, but this is not feasible in an asynchronous course. It is not possible to respond meaningfully to your submitted work, and at the same time to accommodate the desire of a class full of asynchronous distance students for individual face-to-face meetings.
For this reason the instructor's office hours are conducted by responding to information received through forms, and face-to-face meetings are normally restricted to matters that have already been addressed to the fullest possible extent via electronic communication (e.g., access page and forms) and have proven impossible to resolve efficiently by this means.
This policy makes it possible for the instructor to respond fully to your submitted work and to do so in a timely manner. It also ensures that all students, local as well as non-local, get equal attention from the instructor.
Please explain this briefly in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Office hours are not usually face to face interactions since most students are taking the class from afar, most interaction will be through forms and emails.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q012. When you take a test you must submit the Test Taken Form (at the General Information page, just below the Submit Work Form) to alert the instructor to be on the lookout for your test. If a test has gone astray (rare but tests can be misrouted) we can more easily trace it if we know promptly that it's missing.
Please state this in your own words:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
When a test has been taken a Test Taken Form must be submitted to let the instructor know to be on the lookout for the test.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q013. Save all communications from the instructor; you're responsible for doing so. You are also responsible for keeping track of what you have sent the instructor, who can provide more timely and more complete responses if time isn't wasted rereading something re-sent by a student who wasn't weren't sure whether it was sent in the first place. Once your work appears at your Access site (explained when you get your access code), however, you may assume that it is safely stored in at least two places.
State this in your own words.
**** our response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Students responsibility to keep a record of all communications between instructor and student, once a document has been uploaded to the access site it is safe to assume it is stored in 2 locations.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q014.
If you submit a document and get a form confirmation, then the document has been received.
It might happen that you submit a document then realize you didn't submit your identifying information. If this happens, then submit it once more, and be sure to carefully include your information. However, do your best to get it right the first time.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the process of submitting a document.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
After submitting a document one should receive a form confirmation, if a document is submitted without identifying information submit again.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
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#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q004. If you wish to maintain your privacy, then after accessing
your information you should delete the history of your browser and close
the browser in order to maintain the security of your access page. In
Internet Explorer you do this by clicking on Tools > Internet Options >
General and choosing to Clear History and Delete Temporary Internet
Files.
You should safeguard your code. However if despite your best efforts you
have reason to believe your access code has been compromised you may
email the instructor from your VCCS account and request a new access
code.
Please indicate your understanding of this advice in the box below:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
After using the access code website, I should clear my history so that
information of my access code is secure. I can always request a new
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q005. Everything you submit should be submitted through a form.
If your work is formatted (e.g., for a lab report, because it contains
graphs, or for some other reason) you may also 'back it up' by emailing
the formatted document, but the document should first be copied and
pasted into the Submit Work form and submitted. If everything has been
done according to instructions, it is seldom necessary for the instructor
to look at your formatted file.
Please state this in your own words:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Everything should be submitted through a form, and can be backed up by a
file that can be sent to the instructor. Work should always be initially
submitted through the submit work form.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q006. Keep the Thread: When sending messages don't assume that
your instructor remembers the last message you sent. If your present
message is related to the previous message, or answers a question posed
by the instructor in a previous message, be sure you don't remove all
that information when you send your new message. Your instructor will
have less time to spend on your work if it is often necessary to go back
and research previous correspondence to figure out what you are talking
about. It is your responsibility to give the instructor everything
required for a useful response in one message.
For example if the instructor poses the question 'now what do you get
when you divide $400 by $10 / hour', don't send back a message that reads
Dear Instructor,
the answer is 40
Your student.
with nothing more in the message. Include the question, include your
original work on the problem, and state your answer in a format that
makes it clear you understand what you are doing.
State this in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
When communicating with the instructor through email, I should always be
clear about what my question is and make sure all of the information is
in one place so that the instructor can easily answer my question. If
answering a question, I should make it clear how I arrived at my answer
and the steps I took.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
STUDENT QUESTION REGARDING PREVIOUS:
Is it ok if we use the reply feature on emails? Or should we just submit
a new form with previous correspondence copied in.
INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE
The 'reply' function is probably the easier alternative, and unless you
remove it the thread will be maintained. So that's the preferred choice.
Task: `q007. Make it Self-Contained: When submitting any documents or
question:
Make your message self-contained, so that it isn't necessary for the
instructor to delay responses to other students by searching out
additional documents. (For example, answer a question posed in a
previous communication from the instructor by inserting it into a copy of
that document. Other students are waiting for responses, so don't expect
your instructor to go back and look up the document.)
Be sure your document can be read efficiently by scrolling down the page,
with no need to scroll right or left (this will not generally be an
issue, since almost all your work will be submitted through text forms
where this is not a problem)..
Explain your understanding of these requirements.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
I should include supplemental documents in an email so the instructor
does not have to go and search for it. That way, my question can be
answered quicker because everything is all in one place.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q008. Please understand that to make it possible to work
individually with a large number of students, your instructor works with
you mainly by responding to your assignments and questions. Your
instructor will generally not initiate contact with you. It is your
responsibility to initiate contact with the instructor by submitting
assignments and questions, and you can generally expect a reply to be
posted by the end of the day after it is sent, seven days a week.
An exception is when the instructor is out of town for a conference or on
personal business; this typically happens a handful of times during a
term. There would also be an exception should in the event of injury or
illness (neither has interfered with the instructor's schedule in well
over a decade of distance offerings but either remains possible). In the
event of a planned absence (usually not lasting more than three days) you
should be notified by email in advance so you can plan accordingly. In
the event of an unplanned absence you would be notified as promptly as
possible.
If a reply is not posted within this time you should resubmit your work.
However if you do resubmit, be sure to indicate at the beginning that the
work has already been submitted.
Please restate this in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
The instructor will get back to my questions and submitted work if I use
the proper forms. In the case that instructor will not be able to respond
to my submitted work and questions, I will receive an email in advance
and will be able to plan my assignments accordingly.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q009. You will normally use web forms (e.g., the Submit Work
form) to communicate information. However some documents are formatted
in such a way that the text-only format available on the form is not
sufficient. In this case you should still submit a text version of the
document using the form, but you may also send a backup copy using your
VCCS student email.
Any email you send should contain access information in the precise
format prescribed in the message you received with your Access Code.
This syntax should be copied and pasted, as indicated in that message,
rather than being typed in.
Any email should also identify your course (e.g., Mth 173 or Phy 121,
etc). in its subject line.
Emails must be sent from your VCCS email account. Messages sent from
other accounts may or may not receive responses, but it will not be
possible for the instructor to search such messages, and information sent
from other accounts risks being screened out by our network's SPAM
filter.
Please indicate how you will include your course and access information
when and if you send email messages:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
I will include the course information in the subject line and my access
code in the email. All emails must be sent from the VCCS email account.
Email sent from any other address may not receive a response.
The submit work forms will normally be used to submit assignments, but
they may only allow for text version of the form and a backup could be
sent through the VCCS email.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q010. Any document you submit to the instructor must be a word-
processed document. It is not possible for the instructor to efficiently
insert comments into Excel documents, scanned documents or documents
submitted on paper or by fax.
Don't spread things over multiple documents (e.g., a word processed
document with an explanation and a spreadsheet document with some tables
and graphs) but copy and paste everything into one document so the reader
doesn't waste time flipping from one document to the other.
Tables and graphs from Excel and other programs can be copied and pasted
into word-processed documents.
Note that for most purposes graphs need to be described in words. the
important skill is not the use of a computer program to construct a
graph, but your understanding of the essential properties and the meaning
of the graph.
The only exception to this policy is tests, which are completed in an
approved proctoring situation, and are done on paper and in your
handwriting (see also instructions previously provided regarding
testing).
Please summarize your understanding of this policy.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Only word-processed documents may be submitted to the instructor so that
the instructor may add comments. Everything should be in one document for
an assignment instead of being in multiple files. For example, tables and
graphs from excel should be pasted into a word document. Similar to the
introductory assignment, graphs should be described in words. Tests are
the only types of assignments that can be submitted in a file format
other than a word processed format.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q011. It is usually much more efficient and effective for the
instructor to work with you through forms and your Access Page than
face-to-face.
The instructor enjoys working face-to-face with students, but this is not
feasible in an asynchronous course. It is not possible to respond
meaningfully to your submitted work, and at the same time to accommodate
the desire of a class full of asynchronous distance students for
individual face-to-face meetings.
For this reason the instructor's office hours are conducted by responding
to information received through forms, and face-to-face meetings are
normally restricted to matters that have already been addressed to the
fullest possible extent via electronic communication (e.g., access page
and forms) and have proven impossible to resolve efficiently by this
means.
This policy makes it possible for the instructor to respond fully to your
submitted work and to do so in a timely manner. It also ensures that all
students, local as well as non-local, get equal attention from the
instructor.
Please explain this briefly in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
In this course, all questions and concerns will be addressed through
forms submitted to the access page and meeting face to face are not
neccessary. These are the instructor's office hours. This way, the
instructor can respond in a timely manner and give equal attention to all
students.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q012. When you take a test you must submit the Test Taken Form
(at the General Information page, just below the Submit Work Form) to
alert the instructor to be on the lookout for your test. If a test has
gone astray (rare but tests can be misrouted) we can more easily trace it
if we know promptly that it's missing.
Please state this in your own words:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
After I take a test, I must submit the test taken form so that the
instructor knows that it's coming.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q013. Save all communications from the instructor; you're
responsible for doing so. You are also responsible for keeping track of
what you have sent the instructor, who can provide more timely and more
complete responses if time isn't wasted rereading something re-sent by a
student who wasn't weren't sure whether it was sent in the first place.
Once your work appears at your Access site (explained when you get your
least two places.
State this in your own words.
**** our response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
I must keep track of what has and has not been completed and what I have
already sent to the instructor. That way, something that has already been
read is not read again and time is not wasted. If the work appears on my
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q014.
If you submit a document and get a form confirmation, then the document
has been received.
It might happen that you submit a document then realize you didn't submit
your identifying information. If this happens, then submit it once more,
and be sure to carefully include your information. However, do your best
to get it right the first time.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the
process of submitting a document.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the
next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
If I see a form submission confirmation page, then I know that the
document has been successfully submitted. I should always remember to
include my name, VCCS email, and access code.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
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I noticed that I have not received an access code for my MTH 272 course.
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I understand that each course requires an access code in order to submit information and get feedback on your work. I do not understand whether nor not I will receive a different access code for MTH 272 or will I just use my PHY 121 code for this class as well?
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Do I need another access code for MTH 272 or will I use the same code that I use for PHY 121 and both course's work will be posted on the same access page?
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Thanks for pointing this out. You did make both requests but I apparently missed the second one.
You will want to keep the two courses straight. I've just sent you a code for the 272, which you will probably have before this is posted.
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