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Welcome – I’m GLAD to meet you—and to help you Tip: You do not need to look at it all.
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What’s on this webpage:
Resources
You May Need When You Start the Course
Checklist
of What You Must Do to Begin Your
Work in History and May Do (Including
Extra Credit)
If
You Registered Late and Need More Time
Resources You May Need When You Start the Course
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If You Need… |
What May Help You |
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Help to make sure your computer meets Blackboard’s requirements |
For fastest access, return to
the logon screen. You will see a variety of resources there as well as how to
contact the IT desk if needed. |
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Help in buying a textbook, especially if you are on a budget |
Click here for a link to tips on buying a
book or using one at some local libraries. If you cannot locate the textbook
quickly, please email. I may have
solutions or tips. |
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Phone or face-to-face conference with your instructor |
Click on Messages/Course Mail on
the Course Menu (on the left side of the screen). In the Inbox, click on the
Welcome mail from your instructor and then click reply. State your phone
number and a time to call you. Alternatively,
click here for where I am during the
day from Monday through Friday and how to reach me in different locations. |
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Basic tech tips AND videos of how to use Blackboard tools created by Blackboard for students |
Click here for
links to basic tech tips and to links to Blackboard’s tutorials for students
for the specific tools we use in this course:
This is the same link available if you click on Blackboard Tutorials for Its Tools on the Course Menu (on the left side of the
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Checklist of What You Must Do to Begin Your Work in History and May Do (Including Extra Credit)
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To see the content for Unit 1 (where you will begin your work in history), you must complete your Course Acknowledgement and Course Plan. Uses the Blackboard Assessment tool, the tool you use for most of your work. (You can recognize it by its icon to the left.) Where? If you are not in it already, click on Getting Started & Syllabus and then scroll down until you see the icon for this quiz. Before you leave Getting Started, you:
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To complete your Course Plan, you must answer some questions sent to you by email. Click on Messages/Course Mail on
the Course Menu (on the left side of the screen). In the Inbox, click on the email
from your instructor with the Subject line Questions to Answer – Due 1/24
(11:59 PM). Then click Reply so you can type your answers directly in the
message. When you are done, email from your instructor and then click reply. If you complete
the answers before the Due date, I
will record 5 points extra credit (in a grade named GS_Answers). Recording
these grades may not happen before early next week. If you do not complete those answers before the Due date or if you do not email me asking for more time, you will continue to be blocked from seeing the folders in Unit 1 for Reading Quiz B and for Reading Quiz C. (FYI: I do not show those two folders until after Getting Started ends.) |
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You may post your introduction and reply to another student’s for 5 points extra credit. I will grade the postings with a “fake” rubric, It is not an actual grading rubric because a person’s introduction is very personal, but it will let me record the extra points more easily and give you a chance to see how rubrics work in a discussion. Recording these grades may not happen before early next week. Where? Click on Discussions on the Course Menu (on the left side of the screen). Then click on the Welcome Forum at the top of the Discussion Board. |
If You Registered Late and Need More Time
If you registered late and need more time, email me explaining the situation. Click on Messages/Course Mail on the Course Menu (on the left side of the screen).
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WCJC Department: |
History – Dr. Bibus |
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Contact Information: |
281.239.1577 or bibusc@wcjc.edu |
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