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; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
The question-answer self-critique process is where you put your answer,then rate it for if you were confident in your answer or not and then if you missed it or got it correct rate how you feel about it
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Task: `q002. Any question you pose in your responses should be preceded and followed by a series of at least three question marks. This is so the instructor can quickly identify your questions, and also so the instructor doesn't inadvertently overlook your question.
If you have a question about anything you see in the Orientation, please mark in in the indicated manner and include it in your response.
Please describe how you should annotate questions in your responses, and why it is important to do so:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blankd and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
My questions should be indicated by at least three question marks to draw attention to my question. It is important to let the instructor be aware if you have a question about the assignment.
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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 #$... prompt):
If I have trouble with any instructions I should send using the submit question form or the submit assignment form. I should list each problem I have with the instructions as well as each step I am taking in the instruction if any of the steps I am doing are incorrect the instructor will be able to see
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Task: `q004. Go to the home page for your course, at the appropriate course:
Liberal Arts Mathematics I (the URL is http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/dsmith/lib1/homepage_151_menu_driven.htm) for Mth 151
Liberal Arts Mathematics II Homepage (the URL is http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/dsmith/lib2/frames_pages/homepage_152_menu_driven.htm) for Mth 152
Bookmark this page (i.e., add it to Favorites on your Internet browser).
Describe what you see at this page.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
It is the mathematics 151 Liberal arts mathematics explanatory note
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Task: `q005. On the homepage for your course, click the link 'Brief Assignments Page' for an overview of your assignments. You can scroll down the page and see your assignments, numbered 1 - 28.
You will also see the link to the 'Due Dates Document'.
Depending on when you are completing this document the Due Dates might be for the preceding semester. Due dates for a term are updated prior to the first day of classes for that term.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Due Dates page:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
The due dates page shows the week of the assignment and what is to be completed for the stated week. Also that the tests should be completed within a week of completing the last assignments before moving on
???I am unsure why the chapter 2 is before chapter 1
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This is because Chapter 1 doesn't make any sense if it's the first chapter. It makes much more sense after you've actually done some stuff.
Great book, great authors, and logically Chapter 1 is where it should be. However pedagogically, in my experience, it works much better after Chapter 2. If we do Chapter 1 first, students do poorly on it. If we do it second, students find it to be the easiest chapter in the course.
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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 your course homepage (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 Liberal Arts Mathematics I homepage.
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 #$... prompt):
On the Brief Assignments page, I see the text section. When I click on it it takes me to the bottom of the page which show the problems I am to work through.
On the Table of Assignments, topics and specific objectives, it gives detailed instructions for completing assignments, open qa and and open query, included. Also in the table it lists the objectives for each chapter.
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Task: `q007. From the Liberal Arts Mathematics I homepage click on the link 'Course of Study'. Read it and acknowledge below that you have been able to find the syllabus and know how to locate it: Note that you should re-read the syllabus or course of study on or shortly after the first day of class, to be sure you have read the document that will apply to the term in which you are taking the course.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
I have read the course of study and for now have no problem.
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Task: `q008. Return to the your Liberal Arts Mathematics I I homepage 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 #$... prompt):
I have bookmarked the Brief Assignments page.
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Task: `q009. On the Liberal Arts Mathematics I homepage, click on Link to Blackboard, and sign in using the same username and password you use to access the registration system. When the Blackboard screen comes up you should find at least one 'course' entitled 'Supervised Study ... ', where ... stands for the term (Fall, Spring or Summer) and year (e.g., 2012), as well as your Liberal Arts Mathematics I I course.
Click on the Supervised Study ... site and give a brief description of what you see. You need not read all the information that appears, just take a quick look and give a line or two of description. (It is possible that you will be doing the Orientation prior to the beginning of the term, or shortly after registration; if so this Blackboard 'course' might not yet be available. You might also be doing this before your Blackboard enrollment is run. If either is the case, be sure to make a note to yourself to do check this page out on the first actual day of classes. You won't need it before then.).
Note that enrollment in Blackboard and enrollment in your course at VHCC are two separate things. Blackboard is 'unofficial' and always needs to be regarded as such.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Blackboard Supervised Study 'course', and the unofficial nature of Blackboard.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
I understand the supervised study on blackboard and also understand that it is not the official course of study used with this 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.
At the Supervised Study ... site note the 'Check Grades' link. Your grades will be posted at the Supervised Study... site, not at the Liberal Arts Mathematics I I site.
As explained in the opening message on both the Supervised Study ... and Liberal Arts Mathematics I I 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 #$... prompt):
I see where the grades will be posted. Currently there are no grades posted.
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Task: `q011. You need not look at any more of the Blackboard page, but you are welcome to do so if you choose, and you may ask any questions you wish in your response. If you have no questions, or do not feel the need to further explore this page, just respond with 'ok' or something of that nature.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Ok.
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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.
Be sure you have bookmarked your homepage. Just in case the link is repeated here: Liberal Arts Mathematics I or Liberal Arts Mathematics II Homepage
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