Basics for Kristina Hanning's online Philosophy courses.

1. Navigating the Blackboard
Shell for Your Course

2. Getting Started
Whenever you open Blackboard for this course, you
will see the Announcements page. This is something to
check each time you log in, to make sure there are no new
announcements.

3. Check out the “Start Here”
Button to get going.
Basics about the course,
Syllabus, and link to
Learning Unit 1 are here.

4. Learning Units
Each week has a corresponding Learning Unit. Be sure to
look at each folder or item in the Learning Unit and click on
each link, to ensure you know what is due for each week,
along with the readings and discussion board.

5. Discussion Boards
Every week there will be a discussion board due. You must
read the topic and post an original post based on the
questions and discussion in the forum, and reply to two posts
by your classmates. The initial posts are due on Saturdays
and the replies are due Mondays. Be sure your posts are
substantive and relevant. You will not receive full credit if you
do not post on time, if you do not reply to two posts in
addition to your original post, or if your posts are not
substantive.

6. Wait, What?
This discussion board is for the questions you will inevitably
have. It is a good idea to check here first, to see if others have
already asked and answered your question.

7. Turning in Assignments
All assignments, beyond the weekly discussion boards and the Peer
Review Group Project, must be submitted via SafeAssign, within the
Learning Unit for that week. Read the instructions and submit by clicking
at the bottom of the page (note that the link is not in the picture, below).

8. Emergency Pass
I do not accept late assignments, but I do allow ONE late assignment per
semester. This applies to discussion boards, papers, paper topics (for first
paper), and the journal article evaluation. The late assignment must be
turned in within a week of the due date, and is submitted via the Emergency
Pass assignment in the “Assignments” section of Blackboard. Choose
wisely. Discussion boards are only worth 40 points, but papers are worth
100 points. If you do not use your Emergency Pass, you will receive extra
credit points at the end of the semester.

9. Peer Review Group Project
As part of the preparation for the first paper, in addition to the
Paper Topics and Journal Article Evaluation, you will be
required to turn in your paper to your group and review the
papers of two people in your group. The review sheet will be
in Course Documents, as well as in the File Share portion.

10. File Exchange:
Click on “File Exchange”
within your Group, then
click “Add File”