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course Mth 151
01/11/2014 - 9:10
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.
I actually enjoy the QA. I didn't copy the entire page and answer on the next line one the 12 question/answer. I will resend it as so if you wish. I'm still getting used to the online class, but doing my best.
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:
The only question I believe I have is am I sending these correctly and when I put in my code, do I use the dashes ???????? I have been using them, so I hope they have gone though. After any question, put at least three question marks to help the instructor identify them quickly.
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:
Try and find the answer as best you can. If you can't resolve the problem, get in touch with the instructor via email.
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.
This page contains useful links, information on the course, how to get started in the course. Explains how to get started with assignments and helps if you need any questions answered.
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:
This explains the dates all assignments are due and which assignments you need to do at the given times.
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:
This page is for quick and convenience of assignments. Also, has a link to a more detailed assignments page.
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.
This page has goals, objectives, instructual material, grading policies, etc...
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.
Confirmation - I favorited the page.
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.
Announcements page comes up. On the left it has tabs for Information, Discussions, Groups, Tools, Help, Announcements, and check grade.
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.
It shows ""My Grades""... all, graded, upcoming, and submitted.
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.
Okiedokie."
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Your responses are good, and on this document I didn't have any trouble finding them.
However this won't always be the case, so be sure to see the note below:
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@& Instructions request that you insert your responses into a copy of the original web document. You appear to have eliminated some of the text from the original document.
The original text includes certain strings of characters that allow me to efficiently isolate your insertions from the rest of the text, allowing me to review much more student work, much more accurately, than would otherwise be possible.
These and other characters are also used as triggers in collecting databases of student responses, and in some instances the lack of these characters can cause your document not to post at all.
If so requested below, you should resubmit this document, and insert your responses into a complete, unaltered copy of the original document. If you are not specifically requested to do so on this document, it won't be necessary, but you should follow this practice on all future submissions.
It is also possible that you have submitted other documents in which you have removed information from the original, rather than inserting your responses into an unaltered copy of the document. If this is the case, you should resubmit those documents, with your responses copied into complete copies of the originals.
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@& 'I haven't been able to review this document as thoroughly as usual, but from what can easily locate you appear to understand.
You are welcome, if you wish, to insert your answers into a complete copy of the document and resubmit it, but if you understand everything this won't be necessary.*@