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Health Education 202 - Distance Learning Course
Spring 2010 Registration/Welcome Instructions - Basti Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:51:21 -0800 |
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Welcome to Health Education
202 Distance Learning CRN 30347 and 30348 To access the virtual classroom and begin the course you will need to contact me by email at mbasti@cuesta.edu to confirm your enrollment in the class and complete the online orientation then the log-in instructions and the user name and password for the Virtual Classroom will be sent via myCuesta g-mail.. ***There are NO required face-to-face meetings for this class. Regular effective contact between the instructor and student is met by regularly scheduled weekly homework and assignments designed to meet the course outcomes. The two midterm exams will be administered electronically the week of 15 March 2010 (midterm #1) and the week of 03 May 2010 (midterm #2). Students will be provided instructions via myCuesta g-mail, the Virtual Classroom, and the Course Syllabus for exam procedures. It is the students responsibility to check their myCuesta g-mail Inbox and log-in to the Virtual Classroom and clarify any questions before due dates of exams and assignments. Students will not have access to the full course (virtual classroom) until after they contact the instructor, confirm their official enrollment in the class and complete the Online Orientation. The URL for the virtual classroom is http://academic.cuesta.edu/mbasti/ A user name and password is necessary to access the virtual classroom. The log-in information for the course is provided to students who complete the above steps.
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Special Needs:
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If you are
qualified to receive learning accommodations for a learning disability at
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Minimum Computer Requirements
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You must have
access to a current generation PC or MAC computer, a § Upgrade your computer software to the current or most recent version of Internet Explorer (IE). Students who choose to use Fire Fox and/or Safari may have difficulty viewing some of the pages in the virtual classroom and web links embedded in weekly homework.
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To assure your
computer will interface with the college technology and allow you to log in
to myCuesta/myCourses follow the instructions on the
link below: https://my.cuesta.edu/cp/home/displaylogin
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It is the
student's responsibility to maintain a reliable e-mail account that
interfaces with the Cuesta server. The college currently does not offer
technical support for students taking Distance Learning courses.
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I strongly
advise against using an SBC browser or America Online (AOL), Hotmail, or
CompuServe as your ISP for taking distance or distance hybrid courses.
There are some features in this Distance Learning course that will not be
available to you if you connect using AOL.
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It is
essential that you have intermediate computer skills to log in & navigate the
virtual classroom and myCourses, copy and paste a WORD document to an
e-mail, participate in a Chat
Room, Message board, web
navigation, and online communication to succeed in this course. § It is highly recommended to have a current virus detection program on your computer during this class.
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Syllabus: The syllabus is posted in myCuesta/myCourses under Files. The syllabus delineates student responsibilities, course outcomes, general course requirements, virtual classroom etiquette, the grading policy, approved textbooks, instructions for assignments, Cuesta College Health Requirement for Graduation, a Score Tracking Tool, Extra Credit opportunities, and methods of instruction. The student is expected to read the syllabus and take responsibility for adhering to course policies and Due Dates.
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Approved Textbooks: Teague, M., Mackenzie, S. and D. Rosenthal ( 2009). Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing Society. (2nd ed. ) New York: NY, McGraw- Hill To purchase an e text Go to the publishers web pages directly: http://www.mhprofessional.com/mhhe_product.php?cat=108&isbn=0077339207
Weekly homework and assignments are paginated to the Teague et al, Your Health Today, 2nd edition. Any other versions of the textbook or textbooks previously used for the class will not be adequate. Additionally, there are copies of the approved textbook (Teague et all, 2nd ed.) on 2-hour reserve at both the SLO and North County libraries.
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WEEK 1 Beginning on Tuesday morning, 19 January 2010: 1) Contact me by email: mbasti@cuesta.edu using Subject Box: he 202 CRN # 30347 or 30348 (Your Last Name), confirming enrollment and write me a thoughtful paragraph as to how you will be successful in this distance course. I will confirm your enrollment in the class and guide you to complete the Online Orientation. I will send the user name and password for the Virtual Classroom via g-mail in myCuesta. Be sure to log in and check your myCuesta g-mail Inbox the first week of the semester.
On Thursday, 21 January 2010
CRN 30347 and CRN 30348 2) Complete the Online Orientation by Thursday, 21 January 2010 and Click Submit. By clicking Submit your orientation form will be sent directly to my e-mail Inbox. The Online Orientation is due by midnight on Thursday, 21 January. This means I will find your completed orientation form in my Inbox on Friday morning, 22 January 2010. Should
you have any difficulty completing and/or sending the form, simply copy and
paste the form to a WORD document, complete the form and submit to by email
address mbasti@cuesta.edu
Occasionally MAC users or those using Fire Fox and Safari have trouble with the form. |
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WEEK 2
On Wednesday, 27 January 2010 CRN 30347 and CRN 30348 3) Complete First
Assignment: Introduction to Health by
Wednesday, 27 January 2010. Copy and paste your WORD document in the body of
your email and send to mbasti@cuesta.edu
by midnight. No late work accepted without advance correspondence and
approval by instructor. |
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WEEK 3 CRN 30347 and CRN 30348 All students will need to log in to the Virtual Classroom to complete weekly homework and assignments due after Week 2. In order to log-in to the Virtual Classroom students need the log-in instructions. If you have not confirmed your enrollment with the instructor or submitted the Online Orientation as instructed above, you may not have received the log-in instructions sent to your myCuesta g-mail account. Please contact the instructor for any questions. mbasti@cuesta.edu |
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***Again, welcome to HE 202 CRN 30347 or 30348 Distance Learning and remember to contact the instructor, Ms. Basti, by email to confirm your enrollment and intended participation in the course and check your myCuesta g-mail Inbox for an email explaining the log in instructions for the Virtual Classroom. |
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