Here are the Blackboard Announcements for Monday of Week 1 in the Summer 2021 Online Session of Number Systems

1. WEEK 1: MONDAY
ANNOUNCEMENT
MONDAY, JUNE 7TH
Number Systems Online
Summer 2021
Professor Jillian Stugard

2. General Items
◦ If you have not already done so, sign up for Pearson MyLab. Instructions for
how to do so are located in Blackboard. Click “Syllabus” in the left-hand menu,
and locate the Pearson MyLab Sign-Up Instructions sheet.
◦ Make sure you have watched the “Welcome Message & Getting Started”
Video and the “How to Find Everything Video.” If you do not watch these
videos, you will be lost in navigating this course.
◦ Be sure you have gone through the “Getting Started Folder,” and read
through the “Syllabus” and the first Announcements.
◦ I recommend printing out a copy of the “Due Date Schedule.”

3. DUE Thursday, 6/10/21 by 11:59PM
◦- Introduction Discussion Assignment
◦-Week 1 Problem Solving Strategies Discussion
Assignment
◦- Unit 1: Problem Solving Assignment in MathLab
◦- Problem Solving Strategies Video Quiz

4. Discussion Assignments
◦ You have 2 Discussion Assignments: Introduction & Unit 1 Problem Solving
◦ 15 Point Rubric  Be sure to check it out.
• Your initial response is always due by end-of-the day on Thursday. Your
response to a classmate is always due by end-of-the-day on Sunday.
• Your discussion initial response MUST be at least 300 words or it will be
automatically marked a "0."
• If you do not reply to a classmate by the end of the day Sunday, your
discussion will also be automatically marked a "0," even if you have
completed an initial response.

5. Units of Study:
◦Unit 1: Problem Solving
◦ We will learn what problem solving
is, the problem solving process and
Polya’s principles, and multiple
problem-solving strategies (guess and
check, draw a diagram, elimination,
etc)

6. Note on Quizzes
◦ You MUST mark your lessons “Reviewed” in order to access your quizzes.
If you are not sure what this means, go back and watch the “How to Find
Everything” Video.
◦ All video quizzes MUST be submitted using Kaltura. Be sure to watch the video
included in the directions for your first quiz on Blackboard to see how to upload a
video using Kaltura.