FACS 50
- WebCT -Fall 2000
Web Based and
Web Enhanced versions
orientation from 6-8
pm set for January 30 in the Mendocino
2007
Welcome to the WebCT in FACS050 external
page. This page has information useful to
students in both sections of FACS050 that I will
be teaching.
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First, a clarification of some terms.
- Web Based: Refers to a course that
has the vast majority of its activity on the
internet. This is a kind of distance
education course, and will only have one
meeting on campus.
- Web Enhanced: Refers to a classic
in-the-classroom type of class in which some
of the activity happens on the internet. Most
of the class activity will be happening in a
classroom on campus. Soon, very few classes
on campus will not be web enhanced in some
way. Professors would be doing you a
disservice if they did not enhance their
classes somehow.
I have a section for FACS050 that is prepared
in each of these kinds of formats.
Click above for a brief questionnaire to see if
you are right for a class that has internet
components. The questionnaire is for a web based
course, so do not be scared off if you answer
"Yes" too many times and are taking the web
enhanced class. The web enhanced section is
especially designed for the beginner.
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For those students in FACS050 Section
2, all the information you will need is in
the various subpages to be found in the
syllabus webpages.
Any additional information you need will be
provided later in class.
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This is a special message for students
registered in the distance learning/web based
version of FACS050, section 7, on how to
and take the course online (with thanks to
Associate Dean McGowan for some of this
material)
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First, Register and determine if you
are right for this class.
- There are two ways to become a student in
this class. If you are a CSUS student you may
enroll in Casper.
If you are not a CSUS student, but wish to
take the course for academic credit, you may
take it through the Open University
administered by Regional
and Continuing Education (RCE).
- Answer the questionnaire mentioned above
to see if you are truly right for this class.
The sooner you determine this the better.
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Second, do the Registration Assignment
(with thanks to Craig Stanley for much of the
content here)
A. Don't have a Saclink
account? It is vitally important that you do.
The best thing to do is to go to the third
floor of Sequoia Hall, and get all the
Saclink information and sign up for all you
need. If you are good at computers, you can
actually get this done on your own at any
computer lab on campus. Once you have your
saclink information/account, you will need a
system to use it on such as Netscape or
Explorer (I recommend Netscape). The key is
that you want a system that will allow you to
send attached documents.
B. Send me an E-mail, kawamotw@saclink.csus.edu,
(make the subject=FACS 50). Send a small
statement about why you are taking this
course, the strengths you bring to the
virtual class, and if you can make it to the
orientation
from 6-8 pm set for January 30 in the
Mendocino 2007 computer lab as an
attachment(no more than 100 words) . If
you decide to drop at this point, you could
use this opportunity to do the courteous
thing and notify me by phone (278-5339) or
email. If you do not know how to get this
far but still want to take the class, please
call me. I am very willing to meet with
you to help you along the way.
E. You will receive a confirmation
via e-mail. Here's what I will do next:
- I will contact you via e-mail and give
confirmation of your commitment to attend
the orientation (or a an alternative plan
if you can not make it to the
orientation).
F. If you do not get this
assignment done, then I will assume that
you:
- have reviewed the expectations of this
class, have decided that this class is not
for you, and intend to drop (In this case,
I can add more people.) or
- have been away all Summer and had no
way of knowing about this assignment ( In
this case, there is just a little more
work involved for you and me).
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Third, get the required readings by
ordering them or going down to the bookstore.
See the materials
page for more information.
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Also, the course welcome
page is not password protected. It briefly
reviews some of the key information of this
section and has links to the course syllabus and
other useful sites.
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