This webpage will be provided:
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At the top of Getting Started in Your
Blackboard Course
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At this URL (This page has this Link Address: http://www.cjbibus.com/i_1301_main_syllabus.htm)
We will use this webpage for
today, but you may want to use throughout the term. Examples:
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You lost your List of Due Dates.
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You want to search a
digital copy of your syllabus to make sure your memory is right about the class
policy about missing an exam.
This webpage provides:
What
Happens on the 2nd Day and What You Must Bring
What
Happens on the 3rd Day and What You Need to Bring or Know How to Do
What
Happens on the 4th Day—the Lab Day--and What You Need to Bring and Do
What
Happens on the 5th Day and What You Need to Bring and Do
Recommended
URL to Go to Blackboard
General
Information from WCJC – RAVE, Security, Parking & Permits, Books
If you
want to copy any of the items below or other things on the Internet to
your computer but you do not know how, click here for very basic tips.
1.
While we cover these links,
I will sent around the handouts we will be covering.
Tip: I printed these handouts so you can
mark on the pages as we talk. I even
printed them with blank pages on the back so you can take more notes.
Supportive Tip: In
all the years I have been teaching, I have:
o Rarely seen someone who never
take notes in class do well. (At this moment, I can remember no one.)
o Rarely seen someone who does take notes in class not pass, with some doing very well.
Why? My joke is that making yourself
take notes tells your brain to wake up and helps it notice when it is going to
sleep or thinking about lunch.
Caution: Taking notes in a notebook when you are reading (especially
if you have regular access to what you are reading) is never safe. If you want
to know why, please ask.
2.
I will also send around
WCJC’s form. You can do your signature any way you want on WCJC’s form. Caution: but you must print clearly your name
in the Print column on WCJC’s form. Why?
3. We also need to make sure you know about the General Information from
WCJC that is below.
4. Click on the link below if you want to see online the 1st
handout you receive on the 1st day:
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1st
pages of your syllabus for TT class – Sugar Land – 10:50 AM Link Address:
http://www.cjbibus.com/HIST_1301_F2F_Fall_2021_CRN10939-1st2pages.pdf
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1st
pages of your syllabus for TT class –
Sugar Land – 1:40 PM Link Address:
http://www.cjbibus.com/HIST_1302_F2F_Fall_2021_CRN10940-1st2pages.pdf
Things to notice:
office hours (and where), disability and timing, your textbook plus an in-class
tip
5. Click on the link below if you want to see online the 2nd
handout you receive on the 1st day:
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Course
Schedule for TT class – Sugar Land
–10:50 AM and 1:40 PM – Only the
hours for your Final Exam are different. Link Address:
http://www.cjbibus.com/HIST_1302_F2F_Spring_2021_CRN10939-10940_dates.pdf
6.
Click here for your
whole syllabus. Link Address:
http://www.cjbibus.com/HIST_1301-912-and-910_Fall_2021_CRN_10939-and-10940.pdf
Tip: Use Ctrl+F to search for what you want.
3 Things to notice: Self-Management
(orange and blue dots), class timing, locking the door. There are also a variety of things a prof never expects students to do
but someone did. I will show you this area and answer questions.
7.
We use a seating chart in
this class to take attendance. Why?
We also use it to mark the orange and blue dots for the Self-Management and Participation grade. Why?
Note: I reserve the right to move
anyone who does not follow class rules. Why?
Those rules are fair to the class and they will help you as well.
Supportive Tips:
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Before you leave for the day, decide where you want to sit for the rest of the term. If it is a
popular area, come early the next day.
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In all the years I have been teaching, I have seen under 5 people choosing to sit on the back
row who did well. Think about why you do that before you make that decision
again. If you do not know why sitting on the back row lowers most people’s odds
for success, I am glad to explain.
1.
You come in and sit where you want to sit for the rest of the term. Once I get you
started on the pre-test, I will come around with the seating chart.
What You Write in the Box I Point to: Last name, First name
2.
You take the required Departmental Pre-Test. – Why I value it and
why you should
3.
You must bring:
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Pencil
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Scan Tron
1.
We will very briefly (15 minutes) answer
questions on the Pre-Test and let you look at your scores. I will then pick up
Pre-test and your scan-tron.
A few of you marked every question as needing for me to explain in class, but
we just cannot do that. We as a group do not have enough time, and—if the facts
are new to you—the rush would make it useless for your brain.
2. We will do a lab in a computer room on the 4th Day--Thursday that I will identify for you:
· If you want to come, I will be there during our class hour—and, if they permit me—between 12:05 and 1:40
· If you want to do on your own at home or anywhere, then you must FINISH before the 5th Day 80% or higher the 1st 2 Self-Tests and (if under 80%) the Full-Test these 2 Learning Quizzes:
o Self-Test: Essential Terms in Unit 1 (in Sets) – 10 Questions so you need 8 right.
o Self-Test: Map of Regions and Nations after 1492 (Uses a modern map.) – 12 Questions so you need 9.6—make that 10--right.
3. Tips: Do not print the Study Guide today. I thought of a way to reduce reading and it is on the To-Do list.
Link to use:
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You must FINISH before the 5th Day 80%
or higher the 1st 2 Self-Tests and
(if under 80%) the Full-Test these 2 Learning Quizzes:
o Self-Test:
Essential Terms in Unit 1 (in Sets) – 10 Questions so you need 8 right.
o Self-Test:
Map of Regions and Nations after 1492 (Uses a modern map.) – 12 Questions so
you need 9.6—make that 10--right.
1.
You need to bring whatever you use to be successful in a class.
For many students, they bring
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A pen or pencil
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A spiral notebook – They were cheap in
the sales before school.
2.
We begin the content in Lesson 1 of Unit 1.
Online at Blackboard Login Page -
Link Address: wcjc.blackboard.com -
Listen for the reasons in class.
I check these links only at
the beginning of each term. If you click on them and they do not work, please
copy the inaccurate link and email me at bibusc@wcjc.edu so I can fix it. Tip: Once our Blackboard course opens, we will use email within
the course.
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For RAVE: Ask if you do not know why you really want this.
https://wcjc.edu/About-Us/administration/offices/security/emergency-alert.aspx
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For WCJC’s security home page: https://www.wcjc.edu/About-Us/administration/offices/security/
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