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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; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

First, we are given a question to try to answer correctly. We should have a detailed response (chart, graph, equation, etc) for the instructor to view. We then give our confidence level (this helps the instructor to see if we are struggling or excelling with the question). Then, the self critique process lets us critique our work and how well we answered the question.

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Task: `q002. 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; the next line is blankd and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

???This is an example of how a question should appear for our instructor???

This is so the instructor of the course sees the question and can answer it without looking over it.

Task: `q003. 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.

The URL's for these forms are respectively http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/dsmith/forms/question_form.htm and http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/dsmith/submit_work.htm .

Please describe what to do if you have trouble following any of the instructions:

**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

I must submit a copy of each instruction to the instructor including what I am doing to get that answer. There is a submit question form for this as well as an email that should be sent.

Task: `q004. Go to the home page for your course, at

• Principles of Physics I Homepage (the URL is http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/ph1fall9/homepage_121_menu_driven.htm) for Physics 121

• Principles of Physics II Homepage (the URL is http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/ph2spring99/homepage_122_menu_driven.htm) for Physics 122

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):

It says bookmark added with a gold star at the end of the url.

Task: `q005. On the homepage for your course, click Brief Assignments Page for an overview of your assignments. You can scroll down the page and see your assignments, numbered 1 - 28.

You will also see the Due Dates link.

Depending on when you are completing this document the Due Dates might be for the preceding semester. Due dates for a term are updated prior to the first day of classes for that term.

Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Due Dates page:

**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

Due Dates are for one week at a time. Each week begins on Wednesday and ends the following Tuesday. This means the work for that week should be submitted by Tuesday.

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Task: `q006. Return to the Brief Assignments Page, 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.

Be sure you locate and take a quick look at the instructions for completing assignments. You won't fully understand the instructions at this point, but be sure you see where they are.

There are probably additional things you don't understand right now about the Assignments page. You will get more specific and detailed information in subsequent Orientation assignments, and once you start actually using the page you will easily become accustomed to the routine.

Now return to the homepage for your course (which you bookmarked according to an instruction earlier in this document), and click on the link entitled 'Table of Assignments, Topics and Specific Objectives'. This page is a greatly expanded version of the Brief Assignments Page which includes a great deal of detail on topics and specific objectives. For everyday use the Brief Assignments Page will suffice, but you may also find it useful to review content and objectives on the expanded version provided on the homepage for your course.

Briefly describe what you have seen:

**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

The course is broken down into Modules. Each assignment is broken down into a week’s pace. The Brief assignments page is like and overview of the Table of Assignments Topics and Specific Objectives. It is for everyday use, but the Table of Assignments will help to expand information on the Brief Assignments Page.

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Task: `q007. From the homepage for your course click on Course of Study. 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; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

The Syllabus is located in the Course of Study section. This section includes the materials needed for class such as: book, lab materials, and DVDs. It includes course content and how assignments will be graded. How much most grades are weighed determines how well the student is doing in the course. It is to the advantage of the student.

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Task: `q008. Return to the homepage for your course and once more click on link to the Brief Assignments Pages. Add this page to your bookmarks (e.g., in Internet Explorer, add to Favorites), and acknowledge in your response that you have done so.

Also click on the 'Course Materials' link and acknowledge that you know what materials are required for the course and where to find this information.

**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

We are required to have a Physics book by Giancoli. A simple calculator. No graphing calculators will be allowed during exams. DVDs and lab kits are also required for the course.

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Task: `q009. On the homepage for your course, click on Link to 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 at least one 'course' entitled 'Supervised Study ... ', where ... stands for the term (Fall, Spring or Summer) and year (e.g., 2012), as well as your Principles of Physics course.

Click on the Supervised Study ... site 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, or shortly after registration; 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; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

This is where I will find all of the announcements. As I read through them I see that the instructor of the course usually sends an email out with these announcements as well. Group discussions can take place in the Supervised Study portion as well as checking grades.

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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.

At the Supervised Study ... site note the 'Check Grades' link. Your grades will be posted at the Supervised Study... site, not at the Principles of Physics site.

As explained in the opening message on both the Supervised Study ... and Principles of Physics sites, Blackboard is not likely to be used extensively in this course, except for posting grades.

Describe what you see at the Grade Center.

**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):

This is where all grades will be posted. It starts with the weighted total of all grades, then the total of all grades. Under these two are the grades of each individual assignment.

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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.

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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 the first part of Orientation Step 4. You should continue with the second part of Step 4 at Orientation_Part_II_b.htm In that activity you will again access the homepage for your course and will learn more about the statements of Specific Objectives, and the sequencing of topics in your course. Be sure you have bookmarked your homepage. Just in case the link is repeated here:

• Principles of Physics I Homepage for Physics 121

• Principles of Physics II Homepage for Physics 122

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