Part I Step 1: Welcome PageIf you are enrolled (or considering enrolling) in one of the following sections you are in the right place: Math 130 Trigonometry #2825
Some students may find the idea of taking this class to be somewhat intimidating. Maybe this will be your first online math class or your first math class in several years. Maybe math is not your easiest subject. Regardless of your past experience, I believe completing this class is absolutely attainable for any student who has the time, devotion and persistence to dedicate to the class for the entirety of its duration - unless, of course, your learning style is inconsistent with the class format. If you are on the class roster, please be sure that your email address and your name are current with MiraCosta College. I send out email from the class rosters and you may be dropped if you miss the directions given in that email. Here are a few very important things about the class that each of you should know BEFORE you commit taking this class. 1. On-Campus Testing RequirementsAs noted in the schedule of classes (both the printed version and the online version), you are required to come to campus to take some of your class assessments. These Unit Tests and the Final Exam will be taken in MiraCosta College's Math Learning Center (MLC) on the Oceanside campus. You will have several choices as to the day and time you choose to come in and take these assessments. You can always take assessments early. You just can NOT take a Unit Test or the Final Exam later than its due date. Please feel free to finish the class early. However, please be aware that grades can not submitted and credit for this class can not be earned before the end of the semester. Note: If you are deployed in the military and have a Testing Officer (or a similar set up) willing to proctor your on-site, please email me at least two weeks before your class begins with that request. I will need time to contact and get information from your Testing Officer before the first day of your class before I can agree to that proctoring arrangement. 2. Mandatory OrientationAs noted in the schedule of classes (both the printed version and the online version), there is a mandatory online orientation for all students enrolled in my online classes. You must complete the entire orientation no later than 11:59 pm on the first day of instruction for your class (or within 24 hours if you add the class after the 1st day of instruction). Students not completing the entire orientation by this deadline will be dropped from the class for non-attendance. As soon as you add the class, please complete your mandatory class orientation . Please note that part of your mandatory orientation requires you to complete some work in your required online materials (MyMathLab/Course Compass). Thus, you will not be able to complete the orientation without purchasing your required online materials. Thus, please do not add this class if you are not able to purchase AND do work in the online class materials before the orientation deadline. Please feel free to go part-way through the orientation even if you are not currently enrolled in the class. Just DO NOT purchase the class materials unless you are actually enrolled in the class. You can complete Step 1, Step 2, and a portion of Step 3 without purchasing the required online materials. 3. Crashing / Adding Once the Semester has BegunIf any class fills before its 1st day of instruction, but you still want to be in it, please carefully follow the steps below:
4. A Note About Required Online MaterialsYour required online materials are called MyMathLab/Mastering. If you have technical difficulties on your computer and you are not able to resolve them immediately, you need to plan to to use the campus computers to continue taking this class. While you have access to Technical Support from your online class materials (there's a link in the top-right), technical difficulties are NOT a valid excuse for getting behind in the class. More information about MyMathLab/Mastering, as well as much more information about the class (including the assessment schedule), can be found in Step 2 of this mandatory orientation. |