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Welcome to American Federal Government on-line. An on-line class requires much of the student. In order to be successful you should have the following equipment and skills. Computer Equipment: 1. The on-line student must have Microsoft Office (including Word and Power Point). Microsoft Works is not part of Microsoft Office. ( The U of A System requires the following:
PC: or Mac: G3 based Mac 32 MB RAM (memory) OS 8.1 or higher 54K Modem or higher speed network connection 24X CD-ROM 4 MB Video RAM
Software Requirement: All software, plug-ins and players are Free and
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2. You should have
access to a back-up computer (e.g. library, computer lab) in case you have 3. If you do not have Microsoft Office, you can create word documents in other programs but you must send the documents as Rich text file. 4.
If you do not
have Power Point there is a free download at
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/default.aspx?
Product=PowerPoint&Version=95|97\98\2002\2002&Type=Converter\Viewer
this will allow you to view power points
Computer skills:
2. Email software operations (sending email, receiving email, saving
messages, attaching files to 3. Using a web browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer (typing in web
addresses, using a search engine, using 4.The on-line student should go to http://uaonline.uasys.edu/admissions.htm 5. The student should take the General Computer Operations Self-Assessment
and the Communications 6. If you score less than 70% on each self-assessment , you should reconsider taking a class on-line.
How this class is organized/expectations for this class: Reading/note taking You have a great deal of material to read on-line. These materials are found on the various topic pages. Be sure that you take notes as you read. You must make the decision as to what is important and will be on the tests and what is interesting but probably will not be on the test. Perhaps you should err on the side of more notes rather than fewer notes. Do not try to print out the materials that you read, you will have a large amount of paper. Take notes from the materials, just as you would in a class hearing a lecture. Use the Response Questions to guide your note taking. I am not interested in you learning many dates. Dates are to help you place persons, events in the time frame, therefore the correct century and decade is what you should learn rather than 1509 or May 3 1863. You should know the American Revolution was in the the 1770s and the Civil War in the 1860s. Be sure that you note the dates of the Presidents, court cases or important events of U.S. history. Response Questions After you have read the materials on the topic, you will then write Response questions about the readings. When you prepare your response questions, be sure that you have addressed the various questions within a question. Be sure to use spell-check and then proofread your work. Please send your two response questions as a single document using the Assignment link on WebCT (you can only submit work one time in the Assignment link). Class Discussion Be sure that you go to the Discussion page on WebCT at least two times a week. The discussion page is our class time together. If you do not go to the discussion page you are not attending class and can with withdrawn from the class. Because the discussion page is open all the time, you may go any convenient for you. I will post questions and comments. YOU will post questions and comments as well. Students can help one another here with regard to the readings/materials Hello On the Discussion Board, I have two areas that you can participate in. MAIN is for questions/comments about the subject matter. HELLO is for exchanging greetings with one another. American Federal Government Homepage( accessed through WebCT) On the Homepage you will find the following buttons:
Assignments/Parts 1-5--on those pages you will find the assignments buttons which will take
Announcements--exam dates While you are on the American Federal Government assignments pages, be sure to look at the dates and the day of the week that the response questions are due and the dates and days the exams are scheduled. You should establish a calendar and record when your assignments are due and dates of the three exams. If you go on vacation, you are still responsible for turning your work in on time and taking the exams during the scheduled period. Be sure to make such arrangements before your vacation.
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