"The Elder Sister", William Bouguereau
Museum of Fine Art, Houston Texas
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Introduction to the Visual ARTS 1301
Open Campus / Distance Learning
Note: Professors do not have authority to allow students into
sections that have filled, to reserve spaces for students, or to get
involved with the registration process in any way.
If you are enrolled in this PCM class:
Distance Education courses require students to excercise self
discipine, use good time management, make use of college resources when
needed and to have reliable Internet access to complete coursework
online. Students may use their own computer or a computer on campus for
free DEPENDABLE Internet access.
All coursework is accessed through BlackBoard, this includes all
quizzes and exams. The testing center is NOT used by the instructor. To
prepare for this class, students should begin reviewing the BlackBoard
Student User Manual version 8 before the course begins -- BlackBoard
Student Support.
The required textbook is Getlein's Living with Art, version 9. No other version of the textbook is acceptable.
Required Orientation.
DL students must complete an orientation to begin a Distance Learning class. There are graded Orientation Activities due the first week of class. The instructor's
syllabus contains important course orientation information as well, a course
description and a course calendar. Students should review the syllabus thoroughly and complete the student syllabus information
page. All orientation activities are found in Assignments, Instructor's Course, ACC BlackBoard.
Some course activities include:
* All required Orientation Activities
* Reading Chapters 1-23
* Chapter review quizzes 1-23
* Midterm Chapter Review Chapters 1-13
* Final Chapter Review Chapters 14-22
* Photography Assignment Student Project
* Critiquing Art through writing
The course syllabus contains course information, course policies and a
course calendar. The term course syllabus will be available at
BlackBoard on the first day of class.
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Set up your ACCeID at the ACC website, update and use the dollege email
address and check mail frequently and update all other information
requested.
Required Orientation:
Enrolled students gain access to the Instructor's BlackBoard course
website when the course opens for the term - NOT before. All enrolled
students must complete a mandatory orientation to begin each Distance
Learning class. There are graded Orientation Activities due the first
week of class. All orientation activities are found in Assignments,
Instructor's Course, ACC BlackBoard. Open and setup a free Skype
account for office hours conferences.
OSD:
Have any OSD documents ready to submit to the instructor as part of orientation using BlackBoard. Students will do this.
Resources for distance learning student success:
* BlackBoard Support http://irt.austincc.edu/blackboard/student.html
* ACC Tutoring Labs and Computer Labs:http://www.austincc.edu/tutor/index.php
* ACC Help Desk - (512) 223-4636
* Distance Learning Free Tutoring On-Line - SMARTHINKING (http://www.smarthinking.com/)
* Distance Learning Help Line - (512) 223-8026
Learn about ACC distance learning and valuable student resources:
http://dl.austincc.edu/ and
http://dl.austincc.edu/students/
Instructor home office hours:
* Tuesday and Friday 6-8pm.
Email and phone calls returned during office hours.
pking@austincc.edu **Email is best for Instructor.
Professor King ACC Homepage
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