Orientation
Orientation is online only (there is no in-person orientation meeting
for this course). You are, however, welcome to come to my office hours
to meet me. If that isn't convenient, send me an email message to discuss
when we might meet or what else I might do to help you get started.
In order to make sure that everyone is familiar with the basic things
they need to know as they start this course, you need to fill out and
submit some orientation forms online. (Don't worry, they aren't all that
long...) Please pay careful attention to the deadlines mentioned here
for these forms. If you don't submit them in time, you may be dropped
from the course.
Please submit the following forms:
- As soon as you register for the course, please submit the Orientation
Form, Part 1. This lets me know that you are registered in the course
and what email address you wish to be contacted at. I will use this
information to send you your username and password for the software
(though not right away). (This one is really short.)
Deadline: No later than the day after you register. Well, if you have already registered by the time you read this, please submit it right now. (I was a little late getting the updated pages posted this semester.)
- Before you buy your course materials (textbook, etc.), read
through the Course Policies (pages 1
and 2) and look over the course Schedule
and any Handouts. Also, you need to work through the Prerequisite Review pretest on your own, check your answers (they are provided) so that you can tell me how many you answered correctly on the orientation form. (This is important; if you can't answer 30 or more correctly, you need to contact me right away so we can discuss your preparation for this course and your placement, preferably before you buy the textbook.) Then submit the Orientation
Form, Part 2. This asks some questions to make sure you have some
of the more crucial bits of information you will need to get started.
Deadline: The first day of class. (If you register after that,
you must submit this form within one day of registering.)
- After you have completed the first lesson or two (see the information
about getting started in
the software, the first lesson,
and the Homework page for details), please
submit the Orientation Form, Part
3. This asks some questions to make sure you have made a good start
in the course.
Deadline: The end of the first week of class. (If you register
really late in the first week of classes, you must submit this form
by the middle of the second week of class.)