This course is part of the CCSN Computer Graphics Program offerings and applies toward a Computer Graphics Design degree and certificate.
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This course is part of the CCSN Computer Graphics Program offerings and applies toward a Computer Graphics Design degree and certificate. |
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Instructor: Ed Kanet |
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Inclass MeetingsThere are weekly opportunity to meet online in a Live Classroom session, however, there will be at least five times during the semester when students will have an opportunity to meet on-campus for software instruction/assistance, Q&A, critiques and other activities to enhance the online experience. The final meeting (at the end of the semester) is mandatory where the final exam will be proctored. (Several final sessions will be scheduled to allow all student a time to attend). These will be scheduled to accommodate the most students and will be announced below. (Please email the instructor and tell him all of the times you are available to come to the Cheyenne Campus for a 2-hour class help session. This way he can compile a schedule that best fits as many students as possible.)
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Communications: |
Discussion
Board • Chat • Live Classroom Session |
Student Involvement: |
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Assignments: |
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Evaluation: |
Quizzes • Viewing Results • Course Evaluation |
CommunicationsThere are several means to communicate with the instructor and other students, some are WebCT features—e.g. Discussion Board, eMail—and some are external to that environment—e.g. Class Mailing List, web pages. To be most successful in this course, you need to be part of the communication process. So rread all Discussion Board postings and your Mail messages and respond when appropriate.
The instructor is grateful for your comments and questions. When you are confused about a policy, a procedure, any of the lesson materials, the assignment explanation, etc., please let him know. And please be specific. Send questions using the appropriate thread in the Discussion Board.
The Discussion Board (also called a bulletin board) is where questions and comments can be posted for all of the class member to see. It is permanent and it is universal.
It is broken into threads. In order for everyone to be able to quickly reference back to something posted, everyone needs to file their posting under the appropriate thread. If an appropriate one doesn't exist, post it under Miscellaneous. The instructor may move your questions / comments to another thread or create a new one for it.
Threads
NOTE: If you feel there is a need for a thread topic to be created, email the instructor.
This is synchronous communication (just like Instant Messaging) where several people can have a conversation at the same time. This is where the instructor can have a Q&A session or brief text-only presentation. Chats are scheduled and announced both on the Calendar and in the Dicussion Board Announcements threads.
View Demonstration of How It Works This is synchronous communication where students can view presentations online using audio chat. Some sessions will be set up for students to participate. Live Classroom Sessions are scheduled and announced both on the Calendar and in the Dicussion Board Announcements threads.
Chat Session Etiquette
WebCT Chat is instant messaging with two or more people. All sessions are recorded; the instructor will post the transcripts for all to review. With only a few students, it is not too difficult to manage a Chat—everyone has at it. However, if there are eight or more people logging in and all trying to talk at the same time, it can be more than fun! but a little confusing :-(
The following rules will make the session more productive; please follow them:
The WebCT Mail feature is for sending messages to the instructor or other students (individuals). You could send a message to the entire class by selecting all of the class members from the Browse…dialog while within Compose Mail Message. Always fill in the Subject box on your emails with a specific title. Do not send general questions, comments about the course or the curriculum via email—use the Discussion Board. Use email for questions that refer specifically to you only (a particular score you received, that you won't be able to check in the course for a week, etc.)
You are asked to sign up (subscribe to) the Class Mailing List . It is used by the instructor to communicate with the entire class to supplement postings to the Discussion Board or to be used in the event WebCT goes down). Sign up here.
The mailing list (also called a listserv) is so the instructor and class members can communicate in the event there is a problem with WebCT or if you need to quickly communicate with the entire class without logging into WebCT. For the most part, use the Discussion Board (under the appropriate topic), to post your questions and comments, but if you have an announcement, comment that is for everyone, then email them using the listserv.
The instructor can use it in the event that there is a last minute announcement of sorts.
The subscription process is summarized here in detail.
The following rules not only make for good communication and will expedite your non-WebCT email communications with the instructor (if you are using Yahoo, Hotmail, Cox, etc.), but they are REQUIRED if you want to assure that you will get a response:
- Identify yourself in your email (especially if you don't have your name within your email address like I do—ed_kanet@ccsn.nevada.edu).
Include a signature within your email message.- Any answer you give within your message should refer to / explain the question you are answering.
Including the original message with your answer is preferred. Use the QUOTE button in WebCT's email or set up your email so that the original message is attached.- When sending an email to the instructor always begin the Subject box with the name of your class: for example, grc104, 140, or 175 (in a list of hundreds of emails, your email will then not get lost). Be descriptive (short and to the point). Give your reader an accurate headsup..
More details about email etiquette.
Class Participation here
Distance education students must take advantage of opportunities to participate weekly in the class. Exceptional participation will raise a student's final grade, above what the point totals indicate (see policy in the syllabus).
These opportunities—labeled CLASS PARTICIPATION—are embedded within the online reading material. You can answer those questions or give any other comments to qualify for participation credit. Periodically, the instructor will email or post to the bulletin board opportunities for extra credit points. These do not count for participation as they have their own merit and receive extra points above what is required for participation.
This section of the course exhibits the current work of students with brief critiques from the instructor. This is used not only for feedback to the individual students, but is a means for other students to learn from the work of their peers. Commenting on other students' work, by posting to the Discussion Board, also constitutes class participation and is REQUIRED (5 critiques worth 5 points each are due by the end of the semester).
Submitting Assignments (general information about Submitting Assignments is found on the Syllabus)
ALL STUDENTS must submit the Cover Sheet associated with each assignment to WebCT (in the "Assignments INBOX" on your WebCT Homepage ). The Cover Sheet (links are on the Assignments page and within their respective Assignment instruction page)) summarizes how the assignment wil be graded and gives the instructor an easy mechanism to explain your score. Uploading the Cover Sheet also activates the WebCT grading process that allows the instructor to assign your points to the WebCT Grade Book.
Dropping files onto the Server:
Submit your dropped file with your last name and the name of the assignment or pract.
EXAMPLE:
Online students submit all their work this way—unless it is late ; inclass students can also submit their file(s) this way or simply upload one of these mach files depending on how they will be submitting their work: via_fileserver.gif or in_classroom. All students must submit with their work a Cover Sheet downloaded from the Assignments page.
ONLINE STUDENTS must submit the required documents for each assignment electronically as both JEPG files (with the .jpg extension) or as GIF files (with the .gif extension) via the WebCT "Submit Assignments Here" feature found on the WebCT Homepage. Save your file(s) in 72 dpi at 100% the size of the original, making sure the extension is correct. YOU WILL LOSE POINTS IF YOU FAIL TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK AT 100%, 72 DPI, JPG FORMAT or IF YOU DO NOT properly label your files (See how to save files.) Extra help is available if you also submit the files via the class file server, Contact the instructor if you have difficulty submitting files this way.
INCLASS STUDENTS must submit
electronic files of their work to
the class
file server,
AND a hard copy (printout) of that file to the instructor in class.
Attached
to the hard copy is an assignment Cover Sheet which is downloadable
from the particular assignment's page or the Assignments page.
See the Illustrated
diagram of process (PDF 1p, 36K)
So that the WebCT Grade Book is activated for that assignment, a file must be
submitted to the WebCT "Submit
Assignments
Here" feature
found
on
the
WebCT
Homepage. Students can do this by also submitting their file(s)
o WebCT or simply upload to WebCT one of the following "mach" files,
depending on how they will be submitting their work: via_fileserver.gif or in_classroom.
NOTE: File Server—"Layout & Typography" folder (see instructions
for accessing the server)
Use this method to transmit
to the class file server a file in a native format (.ai, .psd,
.indd, .pm7, .qxd)
or as a .pdf file. Log in according to the established
method and send your file(s) to the "Drop Folder (Kanet) GRC
104".
You can send files of any format to this server. A good method if you
want the instructor to look at the file in native format so he can see
how you
built it and give you feedback. When you do this email the instructor
so that he is aware (for 2 extra credit points).
Physical Delivery—in the Classroom, to the Instructor's
Office or via Postal Mail
Drop the hard copies in the instructor's IN basket in the classroom or in his
mailbox in his office area or to
All files must be named according to the following naming criteria:
abbreviated name of assignment, followed by a hyphen, followed by student's
last name and the file format extension. Assignments that have more than
one file submitted should end with a one-word clarifier. (Make sure the
filename is all lowercase.) So, if Art S. Rendring Assignment
#4 as a pdf file and the poster for Assignment #5 as a jpg file, he would
label the files according to the examples below.
Resubmitting Assignments (general policy aboutResubmitting Assignments is found on the Syllabus)
ONLINE students need to resubmit any redone work to the "Submit Assignments Here" section of their WebCT. The file name must have the word "redo" [e.g. a4-Rendring-redo.pdf]. Students may resubmit each assignment or project (except for the final project) with the necessary corrections or adjustments to raise their score, however, resubmissions must be made within a week from the time the assignment or project was posted to the student's WebCT Grade Book.
INCLASS resubmissions
must include the graded Cover Sheet, the original printout, the redone
digital file—sent to WebCT—using the same name as the original
file, only followed by "redo" [e.g. a4-Rendring-redo.pdf ]and
the printout of the redone file.
Students need to resubmit the redone work to the "Submit Assignments
Here" section of their WebCT under the Assignment name with "Re-do".
The file name must have the word "redo" [e.g. a4-Rendring-redo.pdf
]
When resubmitting an assignment, please do it the same way you did when you first submitted it. Then your points will be under a single column (see Grade Book below).
Grade Book
You can click on your Grade Book icon to see your points,
but that is the only feedback you get at that location. To get feedback
on your assignments, check Submit Assignments Here. (General
information about Grading
is found on the Syllabus)
Submit Assignments Here
Not only do you submit your assignments here, but you can also get
feedback on your assignments here. (If your assignment has been graded,
it will show the Status as "Graded," which is also a link..)
Click on any "Graded" link and you will be taken to the
Assignment Results page for that assignment, which includes comments
and your grade.
Quizzes are taken via WebCT. While they are an evaluation mechanism and count toward your final grade, they are also used as a learning tool. You may take quizzes two times, with the highest score appearing in your Grade Book.
To access quizzes, from your WebCT Homepage, click on Quizzes / Exam to go to the Quizzes and Surveys page. Here you can see when a particular quiz is available, how long you have to take it once you start and how many points it is worth.
When you finish the quiz you can check the results to see how you did. Once you submit the quiz you are taken to the Quiz Submitted screen. Click on the View result button to see the questions, your responses, the correct answers and sometimes additional comments on your answer.
Essay questions (fill-ins, short answers) scores won't be available in the View Results screen, nor will the total score be available in your Grade Book, until the instructor grades them.
To check how you did on the a quiz, go to the Quizzes and Surveys page, click on the View Scores button, and under the Attempts column find the number 1of the attempt (it is a link) and click on it. You should see the results; if not, contact the instructor.
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