Technology Requirements
Jet Net is the system we use to support online courses. You must login using your user ID (first seven letters of your last name followed by the first seven letters of your first name and your middle initial). Your password is your Social Security number, no spaces or dashes (it is recommended that you change this and record your new password so you do not forget). You will see a screen with your classes. MTH140 is Math 140 Precalculus Online. The Jet Net course site holds some of the class material for Math 140 Precalculus Online. I will be using my personal website for most of the class material for this course. Your first assignment is to simply become familiar with the Jet Net environment and begin your reading and assignments as outlined in the syllabus. All questions and technical problems related to Jet Net can be solved by visiting the Distance Learning web site (www.jccmi.edu/Distance Learning/ ) or calling the campus office (796-8604). Be sure to monitor the “Announcements” on a regular basis.
In order to take this course, you are responsible for providing me, the instructor, with a working email account. It is through email that most of our conversations will take place.
This course requires that you use your JCC Student Email Account. I will send emails to you via your JCC Student Email Account and I will respond to emails from you that were sent from your JCC Student Email Account.
By using your JCC Student Email Accounts and my JCC Faculty Email Account, we should encounter fewer problems with sending and receiving emails.
Due to security screening measures taken by the college, often emails from invalidated sources are not accepted. If they are accepted, when I sometimes try to send an email to an outside address, the system won’t allow it to be sent. Also, when network issues arise, emails from outside addresses are often lost. I have also tried in the past to send emails to students using a different email address source and it could not be delivered because the students email box was full.
So, to bypass all of these issues, I only send email to your JCC Student Email Account and will only respond to emails from your JCC Student Email Account.
To get in touch with me through email, use the following email address: baarsonmonag@jccmi.edu
Note about e-mail:
You can e-mail me a question any time.
I try to return e-mail within 48 hours, with the exception of weekends; if you e-mail after 3 pm on a Friday, you may not hear back from me until the following Monday.
If you have a personal question, e-mail me directly at baarsonmonag@jccmi.edu
When you e-mail, put MTH140 Online in the subject line followed by your name.
So, the e-mail will come to me as: Subject: MTH140 Online Your Name.
If you need an immediate answer put: Subject: MTH140 Online Your Name URGENT
MyMathLab:
We will be using MyMathLab/CourseCompass for all of our homework assignments, all of
our quizzes, and all of our unit exams. (We will only do a Midterm Exam, a Final Exam, and
two writing assignments in a paper and pencil format.)
It is extremely important that you get registered with MyMathLab/CourseCompass as soon
as possible so that you can begin to do the homework and take the quizzes and the unit exams.
The instructions for registering for the course in MyMathLab are as follows:
1. After getting on the internet, type in the address: www.mymathlab.com
2. Click on Register.
3. On the next page, in the student section, click on "Go to www.coursecompass.com"
4. On the next page, you will see what you need before you start the registration process.
You will need the following three items of information:
1. A Valid Email Address
2. Course ID #: look in Course Materials in Jet Net under Getting Started
or on this website under Getting Started to find the Course ID #
3. Student Access Card:
Your textbook, if purchased at the Jackson Community College Bookstore,
was bundled with several resources, including MyMathLab.
In the MyMathLab package, you will find a Student Access Card.
Please Note: If you did not purchase your textbook at the Jackson Community
College Bookstore, you will need to purchase MyMathLab separately. You can do this
online using a credit card or the bookstore will order it for you.
5. Follow the online registration instructions. There are four steps to registering for
MyMathLab/CourseCompass.
1. Access Information
2. Course ID
3. Account Information
4. Confirmation and Summary