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*Frequently Asked Questions
HCD 330 – Life & Career Planning
Camille D. Snow
Folsom Lake College
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• Self-motivated and self-starters • Have good organizational skills
• Have good time-management skills
• Are familiar with computers and the Internet
• Are resourceful and actively
seek answers and solutions to questions and problems.
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• Identify yourself by name in each email or postings.
• Be supportive and constructive in your comments to each other.
• Everyone will benefit from a positive online learning environment.
• Read information on Online Etiquette (use the back button to come back and finish the presentation).
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• Course objectives
• Course expectations
• Assignments How to submit
assignments How to label files
• How to address your e-mails
to the instructor
• Grading Policies
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You must not:
• Take others’ thoughts or words without appropriate acknowledgment.
• Submit work that has been written or revised in part or in whole by another person.
• Submit work that you have submitted for another class.
It is a violation of college policy to plagiarize or to recycle work.
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• Most online classes are NOT self-paced.
• Usually homework, other activities, and online class participation must be completed by deadline.
• Many Instructors set the deadline for midnight on Saturday to assist those who work Monday-Friday.
• Use a calendar for deadlines.
• Set aside time each week to login.
Answer: NO
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Answer: That it is up to you.
• You should plan to spend at least the same amount of time you would spend on a face-to-face class.
• For a one unit class - you'll spend a
minimum of one hour a week looking at some of the class resources, checking on assignments, contributing to discussions, and posting homework.
• You’ll probably spend another 3
hours on reading, practice activities and homework.
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Answer: Usually not
• You will have deadlines by which to submit your homework, but WHEN you complete that work is usually up to you.
• Your instructor MAY require chat sessions or other real time activities.
• It’s important NOT to leave it to the last minute to do your work or to submit it.
• If you have trouble connecting to
your ISP or the course website, then your assignments will be late.
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• Other than the orientation meeting, most online courses don't really "meet" in a physical face to face sense.
• We'll interact regularly through the Internet.
• We'll be using some software called Desire2Learn and using the Los Rios eLearning web server.
• Course materials are available on the course web pages, the bulletin boards, announcements and email.
Answer: Online, not in a classroom.
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Answer: In many ways.
• We'll communicate with each other using web-based bulletin boards, chat rooms and email.
• The instructor is available to you through email, voicemail and virtual office hours.
• On-campus office hours are also available by appointment.
• These same tools will be used for student-to-student communication also.
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Answer: No
• Some students think an online class is even more demanding than a face-to-face class.
• You have to stay motivated and stay on top of your work for the class.
• The workload in an online class is usually identical to an on-site class on the same topic.
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Answer: No
• Access to a computer at home makes it easier, but you do NOT have to own a computer for an online class.
• Students can access computers on the campus in several locations (the Learning Resource Center, and the Business Computer lab, for example) or at other district colleges.
• Some students complete online classes from work (with permission from their employer, of course).
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Answer:
• Know how to use a web browser.
• Know how to use an email program.
• Know how to make and organize bookmarks in your browser software.
• Some familiarity with web-based interactions bulletin boards, chat and mailing lists will also be useful.
• Some familiarity with word processing.
• Experience in successful Internet searches using a variety of search engines.
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Answer: • As in a regular face-to-face class, your instructor expects that you will adhere to standards of:
Courtesy
Professionalism
Academic honesty
• Participate with appropriate consideration for each other and for the instructor.
• Your emails and web postings should:
On the topic at hand
Be appropriate
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• Another section of the orientation will demonstrate some of the online tools that we’ll use for the course.
• You can read the written instructions or watch the video demonstrations.
• Online links• Try our FREE sample class
http://d2lresources.losrios.edu/free_sample_class.htm
• Overview of Desire2Learn at Los Rios eLearning http://d2lresources.losrios.edu/index.htm
• Login to Desire2Learn at Los Rios eLearning https://d2l.losrios.edu/
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