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- 1. FAQ’s * forOnline Students*Frequently Asked Questions
- 2. Management 330 Spring2011Professor KaifiEmail: belalkaifi@yahoo.comCourse Information
- 3. Research shows thatmost successful Online students are:Self-motivated and self-starters
- 4. Have good organizationalskills
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- 6. Are familiar withcomputers and the Internet
- 7. Are resourceful andactively seek answers and solutions to questions and problems.Do You Know Online Etiquette?Identify yourself by name in each email or postings.
- 8. Be supportive andconstructive in your comments to each other.
- 9. Everyone will benefitfrom a positive online learning environment.
- 10. Read information onOnline Etiquette (use the back button to come back and finish the presentation). Be sure to get the following course information for your instructor:Course objectives
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- 13. How to submitassignments
- 14. How to labelfiles
- 15. How to addressyour e-mails to the instructor
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- 17. Other course issuesAcademic Honesty:It is a violation of college policy to plagiarize or to recycle work.You must not:Take others’ thoughts or words without appropriate acknowledgment.
- 18. Submit work thathas been written or revised in part or in whole by another person.
- 19. Submit work thatyou have submitted for another class.Question: Is an online class the same as a self-paced class?Answer: NOMost online classes are NOT self-paced.
- 20. Usually homework, otheractivities, and online class participation must be completed by deadline.
- 21. Many Instructors setthe deadline for midnight on Saturday to assist those who work Monday-Friday.
- 22. Use a calendarfor deadlines.
- 23. Set aside timeeach week to login.Question: How much time do I have to spend online?Answer: That it is up to you.You should plan to spend at least the same amount of time you would spend on a face-to-face class.
- 24. For a oneunit class - you'll spend a minimum of one hour a week looking at some of the class resources, checking on assignments, contributing to discussions, and posting homework.
- 25. You’ll probably spendanother 3 hours on reading, practice activities and homework. Question: Do you have to log on at any particular time? Answer: Usually notYou will have deadlines by which to submit your homework, but WHEN you complete that work is usually up to you.
- 26. Your instructor MAYrequire chat sessions or other real time activities.
- 27. It’s important NOTto leave it to the last minute to do your work or to submit it.
- 28. If you havetrouble connecting to your ISP or the course website, then your assignments will be late.Question: Where do we meet for class?Answer: Online, not in a classroom.Other than the orientation meeting, most online courses don't really "meet" in a physical face to face sense.
- 29. We'll interact regularlythrough the Internet.
- 30. We'll be usingsome software called Desire2Learn and using the Los Rios eLearning web server.
- 31. Course materials areavailable on the course web pages, the bulletin boards, announcements and email.Question: How will we communicate?Answer: In many ways.We'll communicate with each other using web-based bulletin boards, chat rooms and email.
- 32. The instructor is availableto you through email, voicemail and virtual office hours.
- 33. On-campus office hoursare also available by appointment.
- 34. These same toolswill be used for student-to-student communication also.Question: Is taking an online class easier than a “regular” class? Answer: NoSome students think an online class is even more demanding than a face-to-face class.
- 35. You have tostay motivated and stay on top of your work for the class.
- 36. The workload inan online class is usually identical to an on-site class on the same topic.Question: Do I have to have a computer at home? Answer: NoAccess to a computer at home makes it easier, but you do NOT have to own a computer for an online class.
- 37. Students canaccess computers on the campus in several locations (the Learning Resource Center, and the Business Computer lab, for example) or at other district colleges.
- 38. Some students completeonline classes from work (with permission from their employer, of course). Question: What Internet skills would be helpful in an online class? Answer:Know how to use a web browser.
- 39. Know how touse an email program.
- 40. Know howto make and organize bookmarks in your browser software.
- 41. Some familiarity withweb-based interactions bulletin boards, chat and mailing lists will also be useful.
- 42. Some familiarity withword processing.
- 43. Experience in successfulInternet searches using a variety of search engines.Question: What is expected of students? Answer:As in a regular face-to-face class, your instructor expects that you will adhere to standards of:
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- 47. Participate with appropriateconsideration for each other and for the instructor.
- 48. Your emails andweb postings should:
- 49. On the topicat hand
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- 51. Should reflect aprofessional demeanorGetting Started Online Another section of the orientation will demonstrate some of the online tools that we’ll use for the course.
- 52. You can readthe written instructions or watch the video demonstrations.
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- 54. Try our FREEsample class
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- 56. Overview of Desire2Learnat Los Rios eLearning
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- 58. Login to Desire2Learnat Los Rios eLearning
- 59. https://d2l.losrios.edu/Contact your instructorif you have any other questions.