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Task: `q001.
When you submit information via a form, the form will request your name, email access and access code. As previously instructed, your access code should be copied from a conveniently located file, not typed in. This is because any error in entering your access code will almost certainly result in an invalid invalid access code, which can cause serious problems with the system. The email address you include should be your VCCS email address. Please indicate these requirements in your own words:&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
When using the submitting information form, your name, email and access code are required. In order to insure that your access code is corrected entered it should be copied from another location that is easily to get to. This will prevent the code from being entered incorrectly. If an access code is entered incorrectly, serious problem with the system will occur.....................
Task: `q002.
Other than the name and email address you enter when requested by the form, you should not include any other identifying information on the form. This will ensure that, even in the unlikely event that someone stumbles on your access page, there will be nothing on that page to identify you. Please indicate this in your own words.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
In order to protect your identity, no other personal information should be entered other than what the form requires of you.....................
Task: `q003.
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):
In order to insure that your information is safe make sure you close out the window when you leave the access page. Delete the history on your computer. And in the event that your access code has been used by someone else email the instructor as soon as possible from your VCCS account to request a new access code.....................
Task: `q004. 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.
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Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
Make sure that all assignments are submitted through a form. If you need to make sure graphs or other things of that nature get through. Back it up and send it through the email as well.....................
Task: `q005.
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):
Make sure that in thread message that you restate the question before answering it. And make sure that you show your work.....................
Task: `q006.
Make it Self-Contained: When submitting word-processed documents make your message self-contained, so that it isn't necessary for the reader to consult other documents, and be sure it can be read efficiently by scrolling down the page, with no need to scroll right or left. 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 have to keep flipping from one document to the other. Also if you choose to use a spreadsheet as your document be sure you leave ample room for the instructor to insert comments, and be sure the document does not require right-left scrolling. Note that word-processor documents with copied-and-pasted spreadsheet information are generally more flexible than spreadsheets because of the ease of inserting comments, but that if these guidelines are followed either is acceptable. Explain your understanding of these requirements.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
Keep everything together in one document for one assignment.....................
Task: `q007.
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. If a reply is not posted within this time you should resubmit your work, but 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):
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Task: `q008.
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 Access Code. This syntax should be copied and pasted, as indicated in that message, rather than being typed in. Any email should also contain 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):
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Task: `q009.
Any document you submit to the instructor must be a word-processed document. It is not possible for the instructor to efficiently edit comments into Excel documents, scanned documents or documents submitted on paper or by fax. 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 on paper and in your handwriting. Please summarize your understanding of this policy.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
All assignments are to be submitted in a word-processing format in order for comments to be made. If there are documents from excel or tables from other programs, they need to be copied and pasted into word. The only thing that will be paper and pencil in your own hand will be the tests.....................
Task: `q010.
It is usually much more efficient and effective for the instructor to work with you through forms and your Access Page than face-to-face. The instructor enjoys working face-to-face with students, but it is simply not possible to accommodate the desire of a class full of asynchronous distance students for individual 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):
All communication with the instructor will come though the forms that are submitted. This is due to the set up of the class. The instructor’s office hours are based responses to information and questions submitted this way. Face – to – Face meeting are reserved for serious issues and problems that cannot be handled other wise. This set up allows all students equal attention to their needs and problems.....................
Task: `q011.
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):
Make sure to submit the Test Taken Form for each test you take. This make the instructor aware that you have taken a test and that he should be on the look out for it. If something happens to your test this allows the instructor of means of tracking it down.....................
Task: `q012. Zipped files are acumbersome to deal with and the instructor does not accept them. Be sure files are sent in their original format. Note that some email programs (most notable AOL's) zip files without telling the user. You should either override this automatic process, if possible, or send files one at a time to ensure that they don't get Zipped. Please explain this policy briefly in your own words.
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Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
Don’t use zipped files. Make sure that your email does not do this automatically. If you do not know if it does or not, send each file individually to insure that this does not happen.....................
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 better serve students if time isn't wasted rereading something you re-sent because you weren't sure you sent in the first place. Don't delete your records of sent or received items and if you're not sure whether you've sent something check your record of received items. 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.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
You are responsible for keeping up with your work. What you have sent and what you have not. Make sure to keep good records and double check them to keep from duplicating your submissions.