2. AGENDA
• Brief Introduction
• Names
• Canvas
• Discussion homework
• Participation Opportunity
• Film: Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets
3. Introductions
•Who are you?
• Go around. Introduce yourself.
• Tell us: one good or interesting thing that
happened to you over the winter holiday
season/break.
Dr. Brian Malone
Email: malonebrian@fhda.edu
Office F41i
Phone 408 864 8254
4. Using Canvas
We will use Canvas to communicate, see grades,
access course documents and assignments, and
submit essays and homework.
Our class is published on Canvas.You should be able to access this
course by logging intoCanvas and using your college credentials.
Go to https://deanza.instructure.com
Use your college credentials to log in.
You will be taken to the Canvas dashboard where you should see our
course: EWRT 211
If you do not have access to this course today, please let me know.
5. When you first log in to Canvas, the website will look similar
to this. Start by clicking on “pages” to enlarge the framed
picture part of the webpage.
Click Here to Enlarge
7. Canvas Navigation tools
The links on the left of this view will help you navigate the Canvas site.
You can check your grades, assignments, and announcements here. All
the way to the left, you will see your calendar, which is quick way to
check due dates.
8. Posting Homework
• Click on the icon for “Week 1” on the
home page
• Click on the icon for “Class 1” on the
next page
• Click on the link to the “Class 1
Discussion”
• Click on the “Reply” button to post
your homework
9. HOMEWORK
Read: Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban (Chapters 1
and 2)
Read: Essay #1 assignment
View: The Canvas Site
• Make sure you read ALL of the
information under “Syllabus”
HW: Under “Week 1” and “Class
1”: Discussion # 1:
Think about the film. Which
characters you see as
marginalized? How?
10. Participation Opportunity: Bitmoji
• Send me your personal Bitmoji
• Go to www.bitmoji.com
• Make your Avatar
• Send me (by email) up to 10 for 10
participation points.
11. Director:
Chris Columbus
Writers:
J.K. Rowling (novel),
Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Stars:
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert
Grint, Emma Watson
Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets. Directed by Chris
Columbus, performance by
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint,
and Emma Watson, Warner
Brothers, 2002.
Editor's Notes
Slide 3: If you are already enrolled in the course, you undoubtedly received my pre-class email, and you know that even though this course is fully face-to face, we will be using the convenient features of Canvas. You can see your grades, access documents and assignments, and submit your homework all online. I will also communicate with you via Canvas