Wiki Page, GOTT Clover II: Welcome to your Online Orientation

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2016-08-14T21:38:56-06:00

I'm so glad you decided to enroll in an online course at Cuesta College. I'm sure you will find it to be a rewarding experience.

This is an orientation for your course. Before you do anything else, please do the following:

1. Read through all of the orientation pages. This is the first page, but there are many more pages to read through. (NOTE: You may wish to print out these pages and keep them for easy reference.

2. Complete all of the exercises located in this orientation. To motivate you to complete these exercises promptly, you will see that there are extra credit points for finishing them by certain deadlines. But even if you don’t care about the points, be sure to go through each exercises in order (DON’T SKIP AROUND!) They are designed for you to be successful this semester, and in future classes.

Orientation Objectives

The goal of this orientation is to introduce you to the basics of online education and to familiarize you with your course requirements, as well as how to use the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) that your online courses are delivered in. The orientation includes a series of required exercises designed to ensure you know how to use all the course tools and resources.

If you have any questions or problems after you have read through this orientation information, please contact your instructor using the email in Canvas.

Upon completion of this orientation you should be able to:

1. Understand the differences between MyCuesta, and Canvas and walk you through the basic navigation of Canvas.

2. Understand enough online basics to begin this course.

3. Understand course requirements after reading the Syllabus.

4. Work within the structure of your course and understand how to use the tools each week to help you structure your time and meet all required course deadlines.

5. Understand how to communicate in your course through Email and Discussions.

6. Know how to submit assignments.

7. Be able to take a quiz or exam.

When you're finished reading this page, click on located in the bottom right hand corner of this page.