Site Use and Navigation

First of all, you need to understand that the material on this site is intended to help you learn the course content and to become a better student.

The site is designed to be easy to navigate. Longer pages can be scrolled using the scroll bar on the right of the page. Pages should have buttons at the bottom which will allow you to jump back to the top. There may also be links to pages including the home page, the syllabus, and a Site Map.

Over the next several years, more college classes will be including Internet materials, so this class may help you get comfortable with the idea of using the Internet as an educational tool. Don't worry if you feel overwhelmed at first. Think of the Internet as the world's largest library; use what you need.

You should realize that in college classes students are responsible for reading everything in the textbook unless the instructor indicates otherwise. If you read and understand the textbook and the online lectures and participate in the Discussion Forum, and take clear notes, you should be prepared. You may have heard it before, but I'll remind you cramming is a poor substitute for study. It is a choice that some students make, but it is often a mistake because college level courses require that students understand the material covered in the course.

Everything on the tests will be covered in either the lectures or the textbook.

Hyperlinks provide access to a variety of materials which can be quite useful. If the text does not explain a topic as clearly as you might like, you may find the Web pages helpful.

There are a variety of pages linked to this site, but you are not required to look at them all. If a topic interests you, go ahead and explore. If there are areas where you think you might need some more information, follow the links you think will be useful. More and more university courses require that students become active learners rather than passive recipients. It is the student's responsibility to acquire knowledge, to build a knowledge base upon which learning can expand.
Read  Role of the Student

Web pages can be read, printed, or saved. If you don't know how to save them, just click on the save button at the top of the page or click on the file button and a menu will drop down, click on save as. Make sure to save the file on a floppy in drive A. Give the file a name and click on save. Do not save any files on the hard drive / C drive on any of the school's computers.

     If you need help finding information on the Internet try
    Searching and Researching on the Web and
    Research Center