There is a Catalyst feature that allows students to answer quiz questions and save the answers, without submitting the quiz for grading. This is good and bad. It means that you can finish the quiz questions at different times.
However, it also means that you can complete all the quiz questions without submitting it for grading. To submit the quiz, be sure to select this option at the very bottom of the quiz, once you have completed all the questions.
NOTE: Please check that your quizzes are graded. If not, check that they are submitted. If a quiz id still in the "open" status, it can not be graded. There are several students who have quizzes in the "open" status.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Final project wiki work
Congratulations to Final Project Group 3 for starting up your project wiki page.
http://www.wikieducator.org/DeAnza_College/CIS2/Summer_2009/Group_3
I strongly recommend that all groups start working in the wiki page provided for your group - see links provided at
http://www.wikieducator.org/DeAnza_College/CIS2/Summer_2009
This is where you will "deliver" your final project so it really helps to start working here now. Trying to figure this out within hours of the project due date is a bad idea. Start now. Find someone on your team who can coordinate the group page and help others in the group.
The wiki is key to collaborative writing. That is the primary objective of the final project - working as a team in an online collaborative writing project.
Be sure to use the discussion forums too. This provided better tracking of group communication than email or messages. This is important.
Please ask questions if you need clarification or help. But try to get everyone in your group involved. Remember - this is a group project. The process is as important as the product. Let me know if someone isn't participating - we can work something out. This is a group project - not the work of one or two students.
Hope this gets you going.
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http://www.wikieducator.org/DeAnza_College/CIS2/Summer_2009/Group_3
I strongly recommend that all groups start working in the wiki page provided for your group - see links provided at
http://www.wikieducator.org/DeAnza_College/CIS2/Summer_2009
This is where you will "deliver" your final project so it really helps to start working here now. Trying to figure this out within hours of the project due date is a bad idea. Start now. Find someone on your team who can coordinate the group page and help others in the group.
The wiki is key to collaborative writing. That is the primary objective of the final project - working as a team in an online collaborative writing project.
Be sure to use the discussion forums too. This provided better tracking of group communication than email or messages. This is important.
Please ask questions if you need clarification or help. But try to get everyone in your group involved. Remember - this is a group project. The process is as important as the product. Let me know if someone isn't participating - we can work something out. This is a group project - not the work of one or two students.
Hope this gets you going.
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Friday, July 3, 2009
learning activities
Q: for the computer and society question, it would be perfect if you can tell use more directions or examples, the area is too large, i didn't know if i was doing what you were expecting.
The objective was to figure out that the area is large, and to be successful in this course, you need to learn to work with that. There are millions of web articles that satisfy the assignment. Your job was to pick one and say why you thought it was applicable - as described in the Assignment activity instructions.
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The objective was to figure out that the area is large, and to be successful in this course, you need to learn to work with that. There are millions of web articles that satisfy the assignment. Your job was to pick one and say why you thought it was applicable - as described in the Assignment activity instructions.
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Topics, activities and due dates
The course is set up in topics, each based on a textbook chapter. For each there is
So to answer your question, the information for completing the I think 2 assignment is provided in the associated topic activity description in Assignment 2.
The expectation is that most students will be working on the "current" topic for the next due date. You are welcome to work ahead if you wish. However, your discussion participation grade will include points for interaction with other students as they work on the topic up to the due date.
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- Assignments page - lists all the activities for the topic
- Notes - questions to guide your textbook reading
- discussions, quizzes, assignments - specific descriptions and instructions are included in the Assignment page - you have to follow the instructions provided for full points
- due date - all the activities listed in the topic Assignment page are due on the specified due date for the topic. There is also an entry in the Events list in the right navigation menu for at least one assignment within the topic as a reminder of the due date for the topic
So to answer your question, the information for completing the I think 2 assignment is provided in the associated topic activity description in Assignment 2.
The expectation is that most students will be working on the "current" topic for the next due date. You are welcome to work ahead if you wish. However, your discussion participation grade will include points for interaction with other students as they work on the topic up to the due date.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
online orientation and getting started
There is NO on-campus orientation for CIS2 Computers and the Internet in Society
The orientation is online and can be completed at any time. It includes useful information about distance learning and the Catalyst course management system. It is most helpful if completed as soon as possible.
http://deanza.edu/distance/show_orientation.html?class=3554&p=0
The course has started. Students should log in as per information provided in the email that went out to all registered students this morning.
Other important information for getting started is provided in the CIS2 course - Welcome, Syllabus, Getting Started and Assignment 1.
Assignments for topic 1 are due Thursday July 2 at 11:30pm.
Please let me know if you have questions.
The orientation is online and can be completed at any time. It includes useful information about distance learning and the Catalyst course management system. It is most helpful if completed as soon as possible.
http://deanza.edu/distance/show_orientation.html?class=3554&p=0
The course has started. Students should log in as per information provided in the email that went out to all registered students this morning.
Other important information for getting started is provided in the CIS2 course - Welcome, Syllabus, Getting Started and Assignment 1.
Assignments for topic 1 are due Thursday July 2 at 11:30pm.
Please let me know if you have questions.
college-level reading and writing
Advisory: English Writing 100B and Reading 100 (or Language Arts 100), or English as a Second Language 24 and 72 (or English as a Second Language 4).
There is a lot of writing required for this course. Your work is expected to demonstrate college-level research, analysis, writing and paper formatting and will be graded accordingly.
This is an ONLINE course. There are NO on-campus meetings. The course is based around the textbook which contains a lot of important information that is technical and complex. Because so much of the information is written, it is essential that your reading, as well as writing skills meet or exceed the level acceptable for completion of the writing classes in the advisory.
If your reading and writing are not college-level, your will not be able to complete the assignments. You will not be able to demonstrate your knowledge of course information to pass the course.
There is a lot of writing required for this course. Your work is expected to demonstrate college-level research, analysis, writing and paper formatting and will be graded accordingly.
This is an ONLINE course. There are NO on-campus meetings. The course is based around the textbook which contains a lot of important information that is technical and complex. Because so much of the information is written, it is essential that your reading, as well as writing skills meet or exceed the level acceptable for completion of the writing classes in the advisory.
If your reading and writing are not college-level, your will not be able to complete the assignments. You will not be able to demonstrate your knowledge of course information to pass the course.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
real-time communication
Several students were frustrated by the delays in communication.
There is a 1 hour delay from the time you post to the discussion until it is emailed or available to others. This is a "feature" so you can change your post before anyone else sees it. However, it is a big problem for the Final Group project as the deadline approaches.
Other suggestions
There is a 1 hour delay from the time you post to the discussion until it is emailed or available to others. This is a "feature" so you can change your post before anyone else sees it. However, it is a big problem for the Final Group project as the deadline approaches.
Other suggestions
- Catalyst chat
- Instant messages (IM)
- Wiki edits
- Google docs
- CCC Confer conferencing
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