Student interaction enables students to communicate with one another and with their professor to create class discussion and participation.
Students earn points by initiating or participating in discussions regarding readings, related web sites, or any other anthropological information.
Students must earn 100 total points in interaction for full credit. Points can be earned through message board participation only, or a combination of message boards and chat rooms. Each message board participation is worth four points, each chat participation is worth eight points. A bonus 20 points are available after the entire 100 required points has been earned. Message board postings are REQUIRED; chats are OPTIONAL.
Please read the ENTIRE post below before you email me with questions. I promise if you keep reading the message board, chat room, and bonus point questions will be answered. If you can't chat DON'T PANIC you can earn ALL your required and bonus points from just the message board.
How the message board works:
- The first week the student will click on the message board link and log onto the Blackboard message board
- Students who are properly enrolled on time for the course will automatically be assigned a logon and password. Your log on will be your student id number. So if your id number is cc0-12-3456, your log on will be cc0123456. Your password is citrus (all small letters). You can change your password once you log onto the board for the first time.
- If you join the class late, or are rolled out of the class due to non-payment, you will need to contact the professor or the Distance Ed office immediately - online@citruscollege.edu - to be enrolled in the message board system. Please note: you will need to provide your receipt of payment to prove enrollment in the class to be aded to the message boards!
- Please note we only use Blackboard for the message board; all other parts of the course are located on this web site www.citruscollege.edu/anthmgc
- The professor will provide different discussion folders for particular topics. You can initiate discussion in one of the of the folders, or respond to a posted message. PLease note it is the STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY to be proactive about their message board postings. Do not wait for me to ask you a question, do not wait for me to respond to you, talk to each other!!
- Please note that if you do not choose to participate in the class with discussion it will significantly lower your grade and you cannot earn an A no matter how well you do on the other assignments. Also note that the message board is the primary way the professor communicates with the students!!
How the chat room works:
We will be using a free program called "tapped in." You will need to register and obtain a user name and password in order to participate in chat.
- Go to www.tappedin.org
- On the left hand side of the screen you will see a member sign in and guest sign in, above that is "sign up for free membership" fill everything out and they will send you a log on and password to your email
- When it is time for chat go to the main page www.tappedin.org and sign in with your user name and password. Our chats are held every Thursday from 7:15-8:00 p.m., beginning week 2. Please watch the announcements from the professor section of the message boad for potential changes in chat days and times.
- Click the "search" tab in the upper right hand side of the screen and then click "groups" third from the left on the second level (its purple)
- Type in the name "CitrusAnth" and hit the find it button and it will take you to the room.
- You will need to hit the link to enter the room (it will say you have permission to enter the room be sure to click on the link, sometimes you have have to do it twice)
After the first time you enter chat you should be able to find it by going to the small window underneath the four tabs on the right hand side, if you click the little arrow down it should have saved the chat window you were in last time and take you there.
Do NOT panic if you cannot chat because of a class or life conflict. You can earn all your points through the message board. Please realize however that you cannot earn all points through chat (there are not enough) you will need to chat AND post on the message board to get full credit if you choose to chat.
Let me say this again everyone always panics, chats are OPTIONAL message board is REQUIRED. You may not be able to get to chats but you CAN and you MUST post every week. To get full credit you need 100 points that means posting 25 times, if it is a 16 week semester that means at least 2 times per week if it is an 8 week semester that means at least 3 times per week.
How you are graded:
- All students receive four points per message board interaction eight points per chat interaction, one hundred participation points are required for full credit. Students who do not earn 100 points in participation will be severely affected in their final grades. Without full participation a grade can go down an entire letter, i.e. an A to a B.
- Students will NOT be graded on postings that says things like "I agree" or "I disagree", it must be discussion
- Students will not receive points for unrelated topics it must somehow be related to anthropology. This is however a very broad area and can apply to many things
- Students will also not receive points for distasteful or offensive subject matter. If distasteful matter is brought up, the student will be warned in private by the professor. If it continues, the student will be removed from the message board and all previously earned participation points will be taken away. This includes being RESPECTFUL. We are going to be discussing some things that not everyone will agree on. Remember that everyone is entitled to their opinion and you are not entitled to oppress them about it.
- Students will not receive credit if all discussion is lumped together at the end. All participations must be spread over the semester
What to talk about:
- Students may discuss anything as it pertains to anthropology but in general there are some guidelines to follow
- Discuss concepts that appear in the chapters and how they relate to everyday life
- Attempt to draw conclusions between the chapter terms and the assigned articles
- Ask other students or the professor questions about material that the student does not fully understand
- Research and look up related web sites and present them to the class
- Discuss topical material from everyday life (newspapers, tv, school, work etc.) as it relates to anthropology
- In the beginning, the professor will throw out questions to answer, or topics to discuss, but it is ultimately up to the students to maintain discussion
BONUS POINTS!!
Students are required to earn 100 points for full credit. Any postings or chats over 100 points will be counted as bonus points. Students may earn up to 20 bonus points pre semester. Bonus points can be earned through either message board or chats.
Potential problems and solutions:
- I cannot log onto the message board:
Make sure that you are using the correct log on and password
Make sure that you are properly enrolled in the class, if you signed up late or didn't pay contact the prof immediately.
- I got on the message board but I don't know how to post
Read the instructions on the "getting started" portion of the Citrus College website
Email your professor with specific question
Go to the learning center computer lab in the EDC building or the distance education office for computer help
PLEASE NOTE:
All student interaction e-mail is public to all students please do not discuss things on the student interaction message boards or in chat room you do not want your fellow students to know
If you wish to turn in homework, papers, or communicate strictly with the professor, use mcunningham@citruscollege.edu