course Mth 271
Hello, I look forward to actually getting started with the class.
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I see tabs located at the top of the page: info, assignments, overviews, prob sets, lectures, q & a, tests and home. Below these are explanations for each tab and what each includes.
Task: `q002. Click on Assts or Assignments (unless assignments appear by date when you scroll down the page, as will be the case for Liberal Arts Mathematics classes), then on Due Dates, and describe what you see there. Note due dates are updated by the first day of classes; until this update the Due Dates will be for the preceding semester.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
The tab due dates shows each week of the course and what assignments are due for that particular week.
Task: `q003. Return to Assts, 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.
There might well be things you don't understand about the Assignments page. You will get more specific information later to help you read and understand this page. Briefly describe what you do and do not understand about this page.
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The assignments page shows each assignment and the problem sets that should be done prior to doing the online assignment. On this page you can also review class notes for each assignment. I understand this page from last semester.
Task: `q004. Click on Info and locate the syllabus or course of study for your course (Liberal Arts Mathematics students click on Course of Study, near the top of your page). Read it and acknowledge 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):
I found the syllabus and I know how to locate it.
Task: `q005. Return to the http://vhmthphy.vhcc.edu page and once more click on the page for your course. 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):
I have added this page to my bookmarks.
Task: `q006. On the http://vhmthphy.vhcc.edu page, click on 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 a 'course' entitled 'Supervised Study Current Semester'. Click on this 'course' 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.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
This site has information regarding the course information, assignments, books, course documents and other links. It has the main information about the course.
Task: `q007. 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. Locate the tab for the Grade Center and click on it. Describe what you see.
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
This is where all grades will be posted for each test/quiz.
Task: `q008. You need not look at any more of this 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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Will we be having regular quizzes?
You'll have regular homework and you'll get regular feedback on it, and near the beginning of class you'll have frequent 'quizzes' which, however, are just part of the homework.
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