Dear Math 64 and 131 Student,
Welcome to your online math class! I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you throughout the duration of your class. Please be sure the school is updated with your current information.
There are a few things that I would like to make sure are clear to everyone. Please note that while your class materials (including e-book) are online and your instruction is delivered online, you must come to the Academic Proctoring Center (APC) to complete some of your class assessments. You have Chapter Tests and a Final Exam that must be taken in-person in the APC on campus. You do not need to own a computer to take this class. You can use the computers in the MLC (Oceanside Campus room 1215 or San Elijo Campus room 103) to do all of you online class work.
All homework assignments (except the orientation assignment) must be completed with 50% proficiency BEFORE being allowed to continue to the next assignment (homework or Chapter Quiz). All homework assignments and Chapter Quizzes may be completed at home and must be completed on the computer. While all Chapter Tests and the Final Exam Must be completed in the Academic Proctoring Center (APC) on campus and will NOT be on a computer.
All due dates listed for each assignment, Chapter Quiz, Chapter Test, and the Final Exam are simply the final dates to complete each, however students may complete these earlier than required. 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.
Students must be very self-motivated and self-disciplined to succeed in this class. Success in this class depends on your ability to read and follow the written directions in this syllabus, in the announcements posted in your online class materials, and in the emails I send you.
This class has a required orientation which MUST BE COMPLETED by the end of the night on the first day of instruction (or within 24 hours of adding the class with Admissions and Records if you register after the first day of instruction). Part of the mandatory orientation requires you to purchase your online materials and do work in those materials. So, please be sure you are able to buy the materials and work in them no later than the orientation deadline.
While I can help you with any content related questions or class procedure related questions, technical questions (related to your computer) need to be sent to MyMathLab Technical Support. You can contact Tech Support either via the ‘Help & Support’ link in your online class materials (top-right) or by phone at 1-800-677-6337. If you encounter technical difficulties which you cannot solve immediately (or within 24-hours if there are no assignments due that day), you need to plan to come to campus and use the computers in the MLC.
Although the bulk of your learning can take place individually through your online materials, please don’t hesitate to post to the discussion board and ask me if you have questions. You are also encouraged to work or study with other students in the class; students generally do much better when they do not work alone. In addition to all of this help, you are encouraged to come in to the MLC to get in-person help if you think your question might be difficult to ask online or to understand the solution online. If you feel that you need even more help, you can schedule private tutor appointments with the Tutoring and Academic Support Center (OCN: x6682 or SEC: x7748).
Best of luck in this class!
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Joe Zyburt