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PCM ORIENTATION
Professor: Veronica
Vega Rodriguez
Office Location:
Contact Information: 512-223-6390(office),
vrodrigu@austincc.edu
Office
Hours: VARIES SEMESTER TO SEMESTER
This is a PCM (Personal
Computer with Modem) Course or Distance Learning Course. This course is not like a traditional lecture
course because you do not attend classes, this is a self directed course where
you work at your own pace. You will be
given deadline dates. There are NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS accepted, you will
be allowed ONE extension for a test with 24 hours notice (see syllabus for
further info). We won’t be meeting in class; however, you MUST be able to take all tests
at one of the ACC testing centers in and around the
This course will require that
you be responsible for keeping up with readings, the assignments & their
deadlines, taking good notes, studying, & keeping in touch with me. I am available to you through e-mail, phone
calls, & if needed you may visit it me during the office hours. However, you are responsible for initiating
contact.
It would be of value for you
to read through the technical skills needed to take this course which can be
seen at http://www.austincc.edu/students/techcheck.htm. You should also take a look at the Distance
Learning Student Handbook, which will assist you with other information to
decide if this is the right course for you, http://dl.austincc.edu/students/StudentHandbook.pdf.
BLACKBOARD.
We will be using Blackboard, http://www.acconline.austincc.edu/,
for this course. You should look at this
website as soon as possible to become comfortable & familiar with it. I would encourage you to first look at the Student Guide. The Student Guide will be listed when you go
to the above website. There it will tell you how to log on. The course can be found listed on Blackboard
once the semester begins.
You must first log in at http://acconline.austincc.edu. To log in you are to use your user name which
is your ACC Online Services ID. You can
find this out by reviewing the “Student Guide” & clicking on “What’s My
User ID?” Your password is your birthdate (mmddyy). I will have
your syllabus, assignments, discussion boards, announcements, and much more on
blackboard.
When you first log on you must enter an up-to-date
email address. This is very
important because this allows me to send emails to all students based
on the email address provided in blackboard, & if you send me an email from
the blackboard page I can not reply to it.
To add your email address go
to the main Blackboard page for this class & click on “Tools” then click “Personal
Information” and then “Edit Personal Information.” The only information I MUST
have is a current email address. This is
one of the first things you MUST do because I use ONLY the email addresses on
blackboard for contacting ALL students with just the click of the button. If you contact me & tell me here’s my
email address, that does me no good because with blackboard I just click on a
class or individual student without having to save student’s email addresses in
my personal contact folders (students change every semester, so it’s no
feasible for me to do this).
ONLINE ORIENTATION INFORMATION
*You NEED to cut & paste
the information below. So first you need to: 1) read
this orientation, 2) read through the
syllabus, 3) inserted your email
address into Blackboard 4) then you
are required to send an email (address above) to me with the following
information orientation information:
* AGAIN, do 1-3 first then when that
is complete you do 4.
**This means that I will not receive any of this
information till the first day of class.
CUT & PASTE to an
email. Don’t forget to put your name
& PCM TX Govt. on subject line when sending (if you don’t do this properly
I won’t accept)
Name:
Course Number & Section:
Telephone Number:
Email Address:
Do you work, if yes, where?
Which campus do you think you
will mostly likely take tests?
Also, you must declare “yes” that
you have completed items 1-10. So, make a statement that says “yes I have
completed items 1-10 as listed on the orientation information”.
1.
Did you read the
syllabus thoroughly?
2.
Did you read the
instructions on Blackboard?
3.
Did you change
your email address on Blackboard?
4.
You acknowledge
that you will be responsible for checking your grades on Blackboard.
5.
You will contact
the Professor in a timely manner if you find any discrepancies with grades.
6.
Did you read over
the due dates for tests, discussion boards, & all assignments?
7.
Do you understand
that if you decide to drop this course it is your responsibility to drop &
if you do not drop you will receive an “F” if the course was not completed?
8.
Do you understand
that no late work is allowed, but you may be allowed ONE extension for a test?
9.
You understand
that you are responsible for keeping up with all assignments, readings, &
deadlines.
10. Do you understand that Incompletes are rarely given
& are only for extreme circumstances?
I will respond with “received/completed” --- once it
is turned into me properly. You will not be considered completely
enrolled until I receive this orientation information. DEADLINE:
see course schedule. If you fail to meet this deadline I may drop you from the
course.