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 #$...
prompt):
When submitting the form it is very important not to include any personal information on the form so that no one can
identify me.
#$&* (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 #$...
prompt):
I understand that I may request a new access code at anytime if I feel that mine has been hacked.
#$&* (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 #$...
prompt):
Everything must be submitted using a form. I may attach a formatted report if I would like but should not be necessary.
#$&* (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):
I understand that questions and answers need to be clear, therefore keeping a thread going so that both parties understand
what is being spoke about.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
STUDENT QUESTION REGARDING PREVIOUS:
Is it ok if we use the reply feature on emails? Or should we just submit a new form with previous correspondence copied in.
INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE
The 'reply' function is probably the easier alternative, and unless you remove it the thread will be maintained. So that's
the preferred choice.
Task: `q007. Make it Self-Contained: When submitting any documents or question:
Make your message self-contained, so that it isn't necessary for the instructor to delay responses to other students by
searching out additional documents. (For example, answer a question posed in a previous communication from the instructor
by inserting it into a copy of that document. Other students are waiting for responses, so don't expect your instructor to
go back and look up the document.)
Be sure your document can be read efficiently by scrolling down the page, with no need to scroll right or left (this will
not generally be an issue, since almost all your work will be submitted through text forms where this is not a problem)..
Explain your understanding of these requirements.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$...
prompt):
I understand that I need to be as clear as possible when contacting the instructor. And that I need to include all
content that the instructor may need to assist me.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q008. Please understand that to make it possible to work individually with a large number of students, your
instructor works with you mainly by responding to your assignments and questions. Your instructor will generally not
initiate contact with you. It is your responsibility to initiate contact with the instructor by submitting assignments and
questions, and you can generally expect a reply to be posted by the end of the day after it is sent, seven days a week.
An exception is when the instructor is out of town for a conference or on personal business; this typically happens a
handful of times during a term. There would also be an exception should in the event of injury or illness (neither has
interfered with the instructor's schedule in well over a decade of distance offerings but either remains possible). In the
event of a planned absence (usually not lasting more than three days) you should be notified by email in advance so you can
plan accordingly. In the event of an unplanned absence you would be notified as promptly as possible.
If a reply is not posted within this time you should resubmit your work.
However if you do resubmit, be sure to indicate at the beginning that the work has already been submitted.
Please restate this in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$...
prompt):
I understand that the instructor will get back to me as soon as possible and if there is an unplanned emergency I will be
notified.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q009. You will normally use web forms (e.g., the Submit Work form) to communicate information. However some
documents are formatted in such a way that the text-only format available on the form is not sufficient. In this case you
should still submit a text version of the document using the form, but you may also send a backup copy using your VCCS
student email.
Any email you send should contain access information in the precise format prescribed in the message you received with your
Any email should also identify your course (e.g., Mth 173 or Phy 121, etc). in its subject line.
Emails must be sent from your VCCS email account. Messages sent from other accounts may or may not receive responses, but
it will not be possible for the instructor to search such messages, and information sent from other accounts risks being
screened out by our network's SPAM filter.
Please indicate how you will include your course and access information when and if you send email messages:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$...
prompt):
If and when I need to send email messages, I will identify my course in the subject line and make sure that my access code
and name are clear as instructed.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q010. Any document you submit to the instructor must be a word-processed document. It is not possible for the
instructor to efficiently insert comments into Excel documents, scanned documents or documents submitted on paper or by
fax.
Don't spread things over multiple documents (e.g., a word processed document with an explanation and a spreadsheet document
with some tables and graphs) but copy and paste everything into one document so the reader doesn't waste time flipping from
one document to the other.
Tables and graphs from Excel and other programs can be copied and pasted into word-processed documents.
Note that for most purposes graphs need to be described in words. the important skill is not the use of a computer program
to construct a graph, but your understanding of the essential properties and the meaning of the graph.
The only exception to this policy is tests, which are completed in an approved proctoring situation, and are done on paper
and in your handwriting (see also instructions previously provided regarding testing).
Please summarize your understanding of this policy.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$...
prompt):
Everything needs to be submitted in word processor format. If additional items need to be sent that is fine, but need to
be copied and pasted into the same form.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q011. It is usually much more efficient and effective for the instructor to work with you through forms and your
The instructor enjoys working face-to-face with students, but this is not feasible in an asynchronous course. It is not
possible to respond meaningfully to your submitted work, and at the same time to accommodate the desire of a class full of
asynchronous distance students for individual face-to-face meetings.
For this reason the instructor's office hours are conducted by responding to information received through forms, and face-
to-face meetings are normally restricted to matters that have already been addressed to the fullest possible extent via
electronic communication (e.g., access page and forms) and have proven impossible to resolve efficiently by this means.
This policy makes it possible for the instructor to respond fully to your submitted work and to do so in a timely manner.
It also ensures that all students, local as well as non-local, get equal attention from the instructor.
Please explain this briefly in your own words.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$...
prompt):
I understand that all communication is done through email and through submitted forms. Basically no face to face.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q012. When you take a test you must submit the Test Taken Form (at the General Information page, just below the
Submit Work Form) to alert the instructor to be on the lookout for your test. If a test has gone astray (rare but tests can
be misrouted) we can more easily trace it if we know promptly that it's missing.
Please state this in your own words:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$...
prompt):
As soon as I take a test I need to submit a test taken form so that the intstructor knows that I took the test and can be
on the look out for it.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q013. Save all communications from the instructor; you're responsible for doing so. You are also responsible for
keeping track of what you have sent the instructor, who can provide more timely and more complete responses if time isn't
wasted rereading something re-sent by a student who wasn't weren't sure whether it was sent in the first place. Once your
work appears at your Access site (explained when you get your access code), however, you may assume that it is safely
stored in at least two places.
State this in your own words.
**** our response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$...
prompt):
Save everything!! Also keep up with what has been sent and what has not been.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
Task: `q014.
If you submit a document and get a form confirmation, then the document has been received.
It might happen that you submit a document then realize you didn't submit your identifying information. If this happens,
then submit it once more, and be sure to carefully include your information. However, do your best to get it right the
first time.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the process of submitting a document.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$...
prompt):
Try to get all information on the form correctly the first time, but if an error occurs--resubmit.
#$&* (your response should have gone on the line above this one)
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