Week Fourteen Announcements:

Monday, December 11, 2006

Hello Everyone!!

The semester is drawing to a close.  Everyone should have their Final Exam taken by today.  If you had an off campus proctor, your Final Exam should be postmarked by Monday, December 11.  I will grade these exams as I get them and will post the grades by Tuesday, December 19, 2006.  I hope all of you have had a good semester.

Week Seven Announcements:

Monday, October 23, 2006

This week should find everyone taking the Midterm Exam. 

The Midterm Exam is quite thorough and will take the average student at least two hours to complete.  Be sure to allow yourself enough time to do the exam whether you are taking the exam in the Testing Lab at JCC or in another approved proctored environment.  Once you begin the exam, you may not stop and come back to it later.  It must be completed at one sitting. 

You may bring notes that have formulas, definitions, and how to processes (absolutely no sample problems) to the exam with you.  You may also bring your graphing calculator.

Be sure to do the exam in pencil, not ink pen.

It is so very important that you show all of your work.  I will give partial credit for work that is done partially correct, however, I give no credit to answers only. 

I have posted a Midterm Exam Review and a Final Exam Review to the Math 140-Distance Learning Homepage.  The Midterm Exam Review will be a good indicator as to the type of problems found on the exam and the level of difficulty. 

Good luck to all of you as you take this exam this week.

Week Six Announcements:

Monday, October 16, 2006

Hello to all.  Everyone seems to be doing extremely well with the CourseCompass.com  program for homework, quizzes, and unit exams. 

Note:

I have posted a Midterm Exam Review and a Final Exam Review to the Math 140-Distance Learning Homepage.

The main objectives of this week are as follows:

1.    At this time, everyone should be completing chapter 3 homework and quizzes and taking the

      Unit 2 Exam.  Later this week, you should be starting Chapter 4 homework. 

      (I will be posting Chapter 4 homework today.)

2.     I have placed the Midterm Exam in the the testing center in the LRC (library), which is located in

        Bert Walker Hall, Room 100-D, on main campus.

        The Midterm Exam is available to be taken from Monday, October 16, 2006 to

           Friday, November 3, 2006.

        You may take the Midterm Exam whenever the Testing Center is open.  The Testing Center hours are:

           Monday through Thursday....8am-9pm Friday....8am-noon  , and Sunday....1 – 5 pm .

        Simply walk in and request the test from the lab consultant; it is filed under my name, Mona Baarson,

           and our class number, MTH 140-Online. 

        You will be asked to verify your identity by showing a photo ID  with that identifies your full name

           (both first and last names). 

        The consultant will show you to the testing room, and you can return the test to the consultant when

           you are finished. 

        I will pick up completed tests from the lab at closing time on the due date.

3.     The proctors of the students who will be taking their exams in an off campus proctored environment will

        be receiving the Midterm Exam in the mail.  The Midterm Exam must be taken and postmarked on or before

        Monday, October 30, 2006.

Keep up the good work.  Let me know if you are having any problems with the course.  Remember, I am available to help you during my office hours, by email, or by phone. 

Week Five Announcements:

Monday, October 9, 2006

Keep on working on the homework, quizzes and unit exams in MyMathLab. 

There are no knew announcements at this time.

Week Four Announcements:

Monday, October 2, 2006

Keep on working on the homework, quizzes and unit exams in MyMathLab. 

There are no knew announcements at this time.

Week Three Announcements:

Monday, September 25, 2006

Hello to all.  Everyone should have the MyMathLab program up and running by now.  If you are experiencing difficulties with the program, please contact me and I can get you on the right track.  Since this format may be new to several of us, I am going to change the due date for the Chapter R Homework and Chapter R Quizzes to also be due on October 2, 2006 along with the Chapter 1 materials.  Hopefully, this will enable everyone to get caught up to speed.

The main objectives of this week are as follows:

1.    If you are not caught up on all of the homework, you need to be really busy this week and get most

      of the homework completed for chapters R and 1. 

      If you look at the Weekly Class Calendar  , week three should see everyone beginning the material

      from Chapter 2.

2.    Begin the process of learning the concepts of Chapter 2, so you will be able to begin the homework

        assignments in MyMathLab for Chapter 2.  Be sure to utilize all of your resources for learning

        the material and concepts in this chapter.  I have been told by some of the students already that

        the Video Tutor CDs are really helpful.  Also, remember that you have me as a resource also. 

        Please do not hesitate to contact me by phone or email with questions you might have on the

        concepts.  Also, feel free to stop by my office on campus during my office hours for individual

        help as well.

3.    Several of us have not completed the Discussion 1 - Self Introduction assignment. 

        This assignment involves the use of the Educator site. 

        Please look at the Class Calendar for Assignments and Due Dates for instructions on how to

        complete this assignment.  It was due by Tuesday, September 19, 2006.  I will give those who

        have not completed this assignment until Monday, October 2, 2006. 

        If the Discussion assignment is not completed by then, unfortunately I will have to assign a

        grade of 0 for that assignment.

4.    Please be sure that you have your Proctor Selection Form filled out, in the mail, and postmarked

        by Monday, September 25, 2006.  This lets me know where you will be taking your two proctored

        exams, the midterm and the final.

Note:  MyMathLab has some wonderful features.  Be sure to check out the STUDY PLAN button, the

            Multimedia Library button, and the Chapter Contents button. 

            Also remember, if you decided to do your homework, quizzes, or unit exams at a computer that

             you did not use to initially set up MyMathLab, you will need to go to the Installation Wizard

             button to install all of the plug-ins and players needed to run the software that lets you do the

             homework, quizzes, and exams.

Good luck to everyone this week!!  I will post more announcements throughout the week if and when more issues arise.  Again I stress, let me know immediately when you encounter any kind of problem, whether it is software or concept related.  The sooner you get help, the better it will be.  Enjoy!!