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Orientation
for DVM 007 Online will be held on Thursday, August 23, from 7:45 - 9:00
p.m. in Bladen Hall Room 209 at the Largo Campus. Before attending, please purchase your
textbook and notes and bring them with you. You can determine which textbook to
purchase by reading "Required Materials" below. |
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| Important Notice: |
In order to take this online course you
must have access to a good computer with a good internet
connection (preferably DSL or cable). Homework, quizzes, tests and
lab work
are all online. Communicating using mathematics requires larger data
exchanges and will be very tedious on slow computers or using slow
internet connections.
Homework will be due several times during each week and should be a
daily learning activity. Computers are available in the Bladen Hall lab
and in Marlboro Hall Room 2129, but working this course entirely on
college computers would require many hours on campus every week. You
should expect approximately 1.5 to 2 hours of homework time each day,
including review activities, in order to be successful in the course.Also, every student needs an email account. Most communication with the instructor is by email.
Your EDUCO ID will be your email account. I cannot contact you about
test results, progress, etc..., unless you have a valid email account. If
you do not have one, go to www.yahoo.com
and get one.
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Online courses are not easier. Usually, they are
harder than the same course taught on campus. In a typical math class,
the instructor demonstrates a process. In this online course, you must
read, work through guided problems online, and watch animated lectures in
order to understand the process. The burden is on you to determine when
you understand and to find help if you don't. Because so much reading is
involved, it is very important to stay on task. It is very hard to catch
up if you fall behind.
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 | Required
Materials.
Beginning Algebra, 6th Edition by Sharma, published by EDUCO.
The student may opt not to purchase the textbook, instead using the
e-book provided by the online courseware.
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| Register to use the
online courseware at EDUCO Online.
Follow the directions found in the Getting Started
Guide at www.educosoft.com
.You will probably want to open a second
window containing your internet browser so that you can read the
directions in one window and register in the other or you may want to
print out the directions. If you register after purchasing the book, you
will need the registration code provided with the book. If you do
not purchase the book, you can still register online using a major
credit card. If you do not have a credit card, you can register
online, but registration will not be confirmed until your mailed
payment is received by EDUCO. Also, during orientation, all students
unable to immediately register will be able to register as guests,
with 15 days to purchase the text or online courseware.
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| Begin the class at http://pgcconline.blackboard.com.
( Note: this site is not available
until August 23.) If you do not already have a
MyPGCC Id you will need to create one.
Click
here
for login directions. |
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| Syllabus.
Click
here to view. |
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