Internet Literacy Class Orientation

 

Welcome to the online Internet Literacy Class! Unlike traditional classes, the lectures, tutorials and assignments for this class are offered entirely online. Each week you will log onto the e-College class website, http://www.hartnell.org, and click the week’s link to access the class materials. You will have a reading assignment from the course textbook, Internet Effectively by Adams and Scollard. In addition, there will be a web page with interactive links to help provide supplementary information. Each week you will be expected to complete a short assignment to demonstrate what you learned from the week’s lecture and tutorials. Assignments will be submitted as postings to the weekly online discussion boards, through the e-College online dropbox, or as web pages published to the Internet.

 

A copy of the course syllabus is available in e-College and at http://www.hartnell.edu/library/interlit/syllabus.pdf

 

There are no tests or quizzes. All grades are based on points you accumulate throughout the semester from completing projects and assignments.

 

You may work individually or with a partner to complete the assignments. If you choose to work with a partner, you must include information with each submitted assignment that explains what each person contributed to the group effort.

 

You will have a week to complete each assignment. If you have any questions about an assignment or run into problems, you may contact me by telephone (755-6721) or by e-mail, jfellguth@hartnell.edu, or in person. My office is in CAB 101; I am more than happy to meet with you by appointment. It is important that you contact me as soon as possible if you are having difficulty with an assignment. This is a fast-paced class, so I want to make sure you aren’t falling behind with your work.

 

You may work from your home computer or use one of the computers in the Hartnell Library media center. The media center computers have all the software applications required for the class.

 

Logging Onto e-College:

 

Course materials may be accessed from e-College. The web address is http://www.hartnell.org

 

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In order to log into your online class you need to do the following:

1. Enroll in the class through Hartnell College Admissions.

            it takes 24 hours, once enrolled in an online class, to gain access to eCollege

2. File a current email address with Hartnell College Admissions.

If you do not have an email address you can get a free one at these websites: http://mail.yahoo.com , http://www.hotmail.com

To view and edit your current email on file with Hartnell College go to your P.A.W.S. account

 

The Friday before the semester starts, if you have done all of the above, you will be able to access your class:

1. In the "User ID" box enter your Hartnell Student ID (no begining zeros - ID# 0012345 = 12345)

You can Find your ID by
1. Looking on the back of your CatCard
2. Logging into PAWS and clicking on “My Profile” it is under your name
3. On a printed registration receipt

2. In the "Password" box enter the default password of "student"

If you have taken online courses with Hartnell before, you may have changed your password.  In this case the word “student” will no longer work.  Use the last password you entered into the “my profile” section of the course.   If you cannot remember your password, please check here .

If you have trouble logging in, please contact helpdesk@hartnell.org or call 303-873-0005. Also, email me at jfellguth@hartnell.edu to  inform me you are having trouble logging in.

Once you log in to e-College, you will see a screen similar to this:

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Click the CSS/LBT 90 Internet Literacy Link. You will see the following screen:

To access the online syllabus, click the link to Syllabus under the Course Home button on the left hand side of the screen. To access each week’s lectures, tutorials, assignments and discussions, click the button for that week on the left hand side of the screen. This will open up a display to show you the additional links under the navigation button for each week. Clicking the buttons and links will display more information on the right hand side of the screen. If you are having difficulty getting the display windows to open up when you click the links and buttons, you may have a pop-up blocker enabled on your browser. Try holding down the Control key on your keyboard while clicking the button or link.

You may view the web page lectures by clicking each link on the right hand side of the screen. To access the assignment and online discussion boards, click the links on the left hand side of the screen that appear once you have expanded the listings by clicking the button for that week.

To view the web page that contains instructions for completing that week’s assignment, click the assignment link on the right hand side of the screen.

To access the online discussion boards, click the discussion board link on the left hand side of the screen. For example, here is what you would see when you click the Week One Intros. and Assign. 1 Discussion link:

To post your comments, click the Respond link. You will see a screen that looks like this:

Type your response into the Response box. You may also copy and paste text from a word processing document into this box. Once you have typed or pasted text into the Response box, click the Check Spelling button to run a spell check, and then click the Post button.

To submit files through the online class dropbox, click the Dropbox tab at the top of the screen:

Once you have opened up the Dropbox window, select the correct assignment basket by clicking the little down arrow next to the Go button and selecting the correct basket, then clicking the Go button.

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Use the file browse option to locate your assignment file on your hard drive or flash drive. Select the correct file, attach the file, then click Submit.

To view your grades, click the Gradebook button. I am usually able to review and grade assignments within two to three days after the assignment’s due date. For each assignment you submit, I will return a grading rubric file which explains the numeric score you received on the assignment. The rubric also includes specific comments.

To send an e-mail to me, your instructor, or to another class member, click the Email button. You will see a display that allows you to select the recipient or recipients of your message. You may also attach a file. Once you enter your message, you can check the spelling by clicking the Check Spelling button. To actually send the email, click the  Send Message button:

Links to additional useful resources may be found by clicking the Webliography button:

I will check the e-College logs on a weekly basis to make sure each student is logging on and viewing the lectures, tutorials and assignments. I will also send out weekly emails reminding students of the due dates for each assignment.

I encourage you to call, email, or drop in to see me if you have any questions or if any of the course content is unclear. My job is to help you succeed.

 Welcome to the class!