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course Phy 121
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 #$... prompt):
You copy off the question area into a text editor then read the questions answer them
and then check the answers then explain why yu thought your answer was valid in the
self critique
#$&* (Note that your response was to go into 'the next line'; your response 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. 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 #$... prompt):
Annotate them with two quotation marks so that the instructor can identify them as
questions
#$&* (Note that your response was to go into 'the next line'; your response 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. 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 #$... prompt):
Give the instructor every url of every step of the process and the instructor will try to
help
""""actually I don't quite understand what it is asking
#$&* (Note that your response was to go into 'the next line'; your response 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. Go to the home page for your course, at
General College Physics I Homepage (the URL is
http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/ph1fall9/homepage_201_menu_driven.htm) for Physics 201
General College Physics II Homepage (the URL is
http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/ph2spring99/homepage_202_menu_driven.htm) for Physics 202
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):
A page which has a page on the right holding the information depending on what is
chosen on the page to the right which leads to all the class information
#$&* (Note that your response was to go into 'the next line'; your response will
therefore be inserted before this line, not after. This is obvious when you're looking at
the form, but if you've copied the form into a text editor it might be less obvious.
Hence this note.)
Task: `q005. On the homepage for your course, click Brief Assignments Page for an
overview of your assignments. You can scroll down the page and see your
assignments, numbered 1 - 28.
You will also see the Due Dates link.
Depending on when you are completing this document the Due Dates might be for the
preceding semester. Due dates for a term are updated prior to the first day of classes
for that term.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Due Dates page:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is
blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Due dates are on a week by week basis
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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 #$... prompt):
On the first brief assignments page it is telling you what the page is
On the table of assignments page it shows the assignments for the class in a table
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Task: `q007. From the homepage for your course click on Course of Study. Read it
and acknowledge below that you have been able to find the syllabus and know how to
locate it: Note that you should re-read the syllabus or course of study on or shortly
after the first day of class, to be sure you have read the document that will apply to the
term in which you are taking the course.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is
blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Yes I have read the syllabus
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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.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is
blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Yes I have
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Task: `q009. On the homepage for your course, click on Link to Blackboard, and sign
in using the same username and password you use to access the registration system.
When the Blackboard screen comes up you should find at least one 'course' entitled
'Supervised Study ... ', where ... stands for the term (Fall, Spring or Summer) and year
(e.g., 2012), as well as your General College Physics course.
Click on the Supervised Study ... site and give a brief description of what you see.
You need not read all the information that appears, just take a quick look and give a line
or two of description. (It is possible that you will be doing the Orientation prior to the
beginning of the term, or shortly after registration; if so this Blackboard 'course' might
not yet be available. You might also be doing this before your Blackboard enrollment is
run. If either is the case, be sure to make a note to yourself to do check this page out
on the first actual day of classes. You won't need it before then.).
Note that enrollment in Blackboard and enrollment in your course at VHCC are two
separate things. Blackboard is 'unofficial' and always needs to be regarded as such.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Blackboard
Supervised Study 'course', and the unofficial nature of Blackboard.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is
blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Information on how this class is connected to the physics class
Just because you are enhe class enrolled on blackboard does not mean you are in the
class at vhcc the blackboard is unofficial
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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 General College Physics site.
As explained in the opening message on both the Supervised Study ... and General
College 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 #$... prompt):
A table showing grades , due date , student activities and etc
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Task: `q011. You need not look at any more of the Blackboard page, but you are
welcome to do so if you choose, and you may ask any questions you wish in your
response. If you have no questions, or do not feel the need to further explore this
page, just respond with 'ok' or something of that nature.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is
blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Ok
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