The document provides guidance for students taking an online Honors Creative Writing course. It instructs students to thoroughly review the Getting Started module to learn how to navigate the course site and submit assignments. It emphasizes communicating with the teacher, either by text, call, or email, if they have any questions. Finally, it welcomes students to the course and directs them to complete a quiz and autobiographical story after reviewing the Getting Started material.

1. Week 1, Day 2
Honors Creative Writing
Information and
Suggestions…

2. Moving Through the
Getting Started Module….
• Take your time going through the Getting Started
Module.
• It’s in this module that you learn how to navigate your
course, how to submit assignments, how to check
your grades…and all kinds of things that will make it
easier for you to complete all the other modules!

3. Don’t Worry if You are Just
Entering This Course!
• Now that you have access to the course, make sure to
read all the announcements beginning with Monday,
August 29.
• Check out the Calendar and your To Do List to see
which assignments should be submitted to become
current.
• Don’t worry! I’ll work with you here!!
• Our goal is to work towards being current
as quickly as possible!

4. • Contact me with Questions! Communicate!!
• This is probably THE most important thing to remember in
an online course….
Stay in touch!!
Mrs. Loftin, 919.617.1775, text or call
maryjo.loftin@ncpublicschools.gov

5. Send Me a Text
• Send a text letting me know you’ve logged in!
• I’d like to hear from you! Also, include the texting
number of a parent so I can stay in touch with both of
you during the semester
• Please sign your text. I won’t be able to identify you
from your number since I can’t memorize 60 names
and numbers!
• Thank you.
Mrs. Loftin, 919.617.1775

6. Welcome to Honors Creative
Writing!
• Let’s get started with the Module, Getting Started!
• You’ll need to read through the information here and
watch the videos to learn how to navigate your
course.
• You will need to submit a quiz about what you learned
in Getting Started in order to access Module One.
• You will need to write a story about yourself.
• Get in touch if you have a question. Go to Meet the
Teacher (Link can be found on the opening page of
the course as a Navigation Button) to find all my
contact information!