Course Wayne State University College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs (CULMA) Department of Interdisciplinary Studies Wed.Edu: How Internet Courses Work, GIS 1600, 1 cr     Section 001. Ten face-to-face meetings Thursdays 6:00 -7:00     PM in 201 State Hall	Instructor
	David R. Bowen 2311 A/AB Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 Schedule (link not working yet)	Daytime tel: (313) 577-1498 Evening tel: (248) 549-8518 At Ford: 313-390-2155 FAX: (313) 577-8585 Home Page:     http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen Email: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu

Policies, Assignments, Course Meetings

Online Tools

Information about the class and participants

Lectures and further information from other sources

General information

Last updated: 4/21/05
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Web.Edu: How Internet Courses Work
Winter 2005

Announcements:

1. See Questions for Final Exam, below After March 10 no class until April 14.No class March 3 (but come back on March 10)
2. No class on February 17 (but come back on February 24)
3. On February 18, online discussion changes from Moodle to Blackboard. The syllabus said WebBoard, so this is a change.

Instructor: David Bowen, home page
d.r.bowen@wayne.edu
Work: 313-577-1498, FAX 313-577-8585
2311 A/AB (5700 Cass Avenue) / Wayne State University / Detroit, MI  48202
Home: 248-548-8518
4704 Elmhurst / Royal Oak, MI  48073
Ford (Fridays and some Thursdays): 313-390-2155
Cell (usually off): 248-417-5794
AIM Screen Name: WSU Web Guy

Web site contents:

• Policies, assignments, course meetings
• Online tools
• Information about the class and participants
• Lectures and further information from other sources
• General information

Policies, assignments, course meetings

• Grade What-If. An Excel spreadsheet. Save it on your computer, open the file in Excel (double-click on it), fill in the gray cells with your information, and see your course averages and grades in the green cells.
• Questions for Final Exam
• Course Syllabus
  • Corrected Assignment Schedule (2/2/05)
• Notes for January 13 (PowerPoint)
• Notes for January 20 (PowerPoint)
• Notes for January 27 (PowerPoint)
• Notes for February 3 (PowerPoint)
• Notes for February 10 (PowerPoint)
  • Blackboard notes (PowerPoint)
• Notes for February 24 (PowerPoint)
• Notes for March 10 (PowerPoint)
• Notes for April 14 (PowerPoint
  • Handout on CULMA situation
• Notes for April 21 (Word)
  • Link to ListServ archive

Online tools

• Example Schedule (a study schedule for the five weeks we don't meet face-to-face is due February 3). Turn this file in using Moodle.
• Moodle. We will use Moodle for
  • Keeping contact information up to date
  • Online discussion, in the early part of the class
  • File Test
  • Turning in work online
  • Online Course Progress Reports
  • Online grade reports
• Direct link to Web.Edu on Moodle
• Web Hub: a file for your computer desktop. See the note about saving this to your computer desktop at the bottom of this page.
• Web Server Monitor - which WSU web servers are working or not working

Information about the class and participants

• Web.Edu flier

Lectures and further information from other sources

• Taking an online course

General ISP and WSU information

• Link to WSU Web Email
• WSU Computer Help Desk: (313) 577-4778

Web Hub note for Windows users: To save the Web Hub to your computer desktop, where it will do you the most good:

1. Click on the Web Hub link so that the Web Hub page is displayed on your computer screen.
2. Click on the "File" menu item, then "Save As..."
3. In the Save As dialog box shown below, set the "Save in:" box to "Desktop" as shown by (see steps below picture)
   
   1. Click on the down-pointing arrowhead at the right of the "Save in:" box
   2. "Desktop" is at the top of the list; if there are more choices you may have to scroll up
4. With "Desktop" showing in the "Save in:" line, click "Save."