Getting Started for the Spring ‘08 Semester

December 26, 2007

In order to get started with this ENG102 course, you must first send Dr. Cooper an email message requesting the start up information. You can send your email to dr.coop at freshmancomp.com. Once your email is received, you will get in return instructions for completing the orientation. The orientation is just a mechanism for helping us both determine if taking an online or hybrid course is right for you. Many students are misinformed and think that an online or hybrid class is easier because they don’t have to come to class. It is true that you don’t visit the campus on a regular basis to attend class, but you still must attend the online class activities which include participating in discussions in the course forum and watching and listening to online lectures via podcast and vodcast.

There are several online websites that you will need to register for, including the course social network. You can get started with that by visiting the site: http://freshmancomp.ning.com/ and clicking the Sign Up link on the upper right side of the page. Dr. Cooper will register you after you’ve emailed her if you can’t figure it out on your own. You will also need to visit the Blackboard site: http://www.maricopa.edu/blackboard/ We’ll send you more information on Bb via email in case you’ve never used it.

So as you can see there is lots to get done before we get started, so be sure to send Dr. Cooper an email from the email account you use regularly and plan to use for this course. If you don’t have an email account, we recommend you visit Google and sign up for a Gmail account. http://mail.google.com

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