Entries Categorized as 'Info'

Start Up: List of Things to Do to Get Started

Date August 14, 2008

Fill out the Student Information Form and submit online. 
If you already know your Blackboard Username (MEID) and Password, log in to Bb and complete the course orientation. If you don’t know your MEID, visit https://eims.maricopa.edu/MAW/SPAT.html and choose the option: Forgot Your MEID? If it’s not your first visit, and you know your MEID but you’ve simply forgotten [...]

Getting Started for the Spring ‘08 Semester

Date 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 [...]

Allie Allie In Come Free

Date October 22, 2007

We are roughly at the half way point now, and true to form some of you have disappeared. Remember it’s your responsibility to take care of business. If you want to pass this class you need to do the work. Enough said. If you don’t want to pass, you need to fill out a drop [...]

It’s Quiz Time

Date September 17, 2007

We will be taking our Module I quiz in class today, Monday. I usually mix it up, so having the quiz in class is not a big deal. Some quizzes you will take on your honor and others, like to today, will be proctored. It’s not a big deal. It’s just a quiz. Quizzes equal [...]

Bedford Bibliographer

Date August 30, 2007

If you didn’t notice the mentioning of the Bedford Bibliographer in the Week 2 folder this week, then you missed out on a very valuable tool that you will need this semester. BB is not required, but will be very helpful in helping you maintain a list of all of your sources during the research [...]

What is del.icio.us?

Date August 29, 2007

del.icio.us Social Bookmarking
del.icio.us is a collection of favorites - yours and everyone else’s. You can use del.icio.us to:

Keep links to your favorite articles, blogs, music, reviews, recipes, and more, and access them from any computer on the web.
Share favorites with friends, family, coworkers, students and the del.icio.us community.
Discover new things. Everything on del.icio.us is someone’s [...]

Next Step: Exploring Topics

Date August 27, 2007

We haven’t committed to a topic yet. We are still just exploring with the first two assignments we have this week in Module I. I posted two articles that I think will challenge you to think about our personal freedoms and how they are currently being affected. You will need to read those and then [...]

Week 1 Reminders

Date August 23, 2007

Hello Everyone,
Blackboard seems to be up and running now. I recommend that you utilize one of the 3 weekend days on a regular basis to work on your ENG102 course. Here is a list of what needs to be done by Monday:
1. Reply to this email and send me your contact phone numbers. Also tell [...]

Welcome to ENG102 Online

Date August 22, 2007

Welcome to the ENG102 Online. I designed this site to work with Blackboard to help you be successful in this course. This site is not designed to give you more work or more things to do. It is designed as a tool to assist you. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to use [...]

There is a Reason for Everything

Date August 1, 2007

Today’s student wants to do everything online, but unfortunately today’s professors aren’t always as accommodating. Many believe that sources accessed through the library are more scholarly and more reliable sources. I tend to agree, although I do believe the internet can be a valuable resource if used correctly. But the reality is, your primary audience [...]