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course Phy 232
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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 #$... prompt):
The question-answer-self critique process is designed to provide opportunity for answering a question honestly, receiving an appropriate correct
answer, and evaluating your own understanding of the material. It places the weight of learning on the student’s shoulders while providing ample
opportunities to learn.
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when you're looking at the form, but if you've copied the form into a text editor it might be less obvious. Hence this note.)
Task: `q002. Go to the page http://vhmthphy.vhcc.edu/ and click on your course. Bookmark this page (i.e., add it to Favorites on your Internet
browser).
Describe what you see at this page.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line):
The page has links to pages for a variety of math and physics courses as well as to a number of governor’s school resources.
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when you're looking at the form, but if you've copied the form into a text editor it might be less obvious. Hence this note.)
Task: `q003. You might not have many questions at this point, but in general any question you pose in your responses should be preceded and followed
by a series of at least three question marks. This is so the instructor can quickly identify your questions, and also so the instructor doesn't
inadvertently overlook your question.
If you have a question about anything you see in the Orientation, please mark in in the indicated manner and include it in your response.
Please describe how you should annotate questions in your responses, and why it is important to do so:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blankd and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
??? Preceded and followed by a series of 3 question marks, so that the instructor can quickly and easily locate the question. ???
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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. 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.
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 #$... prompt):
Copy the instructions and describe what is done at each step and its result. Copy the URL in the internet browser. Send the info through a form
found at Submit Question Form or Submit Work Form. You can also send a note using email.
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when you're looking at the form, but if you've copied the form into a text editor it might be less obvious. Hence this note.)
Task: `q005. On the webpage for your course, click on Assts or Assignments (in some courses (e.g., Liberal Arts Mathematics I and II) the
assignments are simply given by a table and there is no Assts link), then on Due Dates (in courses which use a table for assignments, the Due Dates
link is provided a few lines above the table), and describe what you see there. Note due dates are updated by the first day of classes; until this
update the Due Dates will be for the preceding semester.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Due Dates page:
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
A list of assignments and the corresponding week they are assigned, due at the end of the week.
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Task: `q006. 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 are probably things you don't understand right now about the Assignments page. You will get more specific and detailed information in
subsequent Orientation assignments. Briefly describe what you do and do not understand about this page.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
The Assets page delineates the agenda for each assignment with notes to read, problems to complete, experiments to perform, and graded material to
submit. I assume that each bullet corresponding to my physics course must be completed in order for the assignment to be truly complete and that it
is my responsibility to finish the assignment promptly and completely.
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Task: `q007. Click on Info and locate the syllabus or course of study for your course (Liberal Arts Mathematics students click on Course of Study,
near the top of your page). Read it and acknowledge below that you have been able to find the syllabus and know how to locate it: Note that you
should re-read the syllabus or course of study on or shortly after the first day of class, to be sure you have read the document that will apply to
the term in which you are taking the course.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
I found the syllabus without problem and read it thoroughly.
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Task: `q008. 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; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Done.
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Task: `q009. On the http://vhmthphy.vhcc.edu page, click on Blackboard, and sign in using the same username and password you use to access the
registration system. When the Blackboard screen comes up you should find a 'course' entitled 'Supervised Study Current Semester'. Click on this
'course' and give a brief description of what you see. You need not read all the information that appears, just take a quick look and give a line or
two of description. (It is possible that you will be doing the Orientation prior to the beginning of the term, and if so this Blackboard 'course'
might not yet be available. You might also be doing this before your Blackboard enrollment is run. If either is the case, be sure to make a note to
yourself to do check this page out on the first actual day of classes. You won't need it before then.).
Note that enrollment in Blackboard and enrollment in your course at VHCC are two separate things. Blackboard is 'unofficial' and always needs to be
regarded as such.
Please respond with a statement detailing your understanding of the Blackboard Supervised Study 'course', and the unofficial nature of Blackboard.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Simple homepage interface with display and links to announcements, assignments, grades, and other important things.
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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. Locate the tab for the Grade Center (it might be
listed under 'My Grades') and click on it. Describe what you see.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... prompt):
Listing of assignments and the grades received on them.
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Task: `q011. You need not look at any more of the Blackboard page, but you are welcome to do so if you choose, and you may ask any questions you
wish in your response. If you have no questions, or do not feel the need to further explore this page, just respond with 'ok' or something of that
nature.
**** Your response (insert your response beginning in the next line; the next line is blank and doesn't include the #$... 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.
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