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World Regional
Geography
GEG 101 ONLINE!
ORIENTATION - SUMMER
2008
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On-Campus Orientation
- On-campus orientation for the Online! section (059) is
Wednesday, May 28, 5:00-6:15 p.m. in room J-164.
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
WEBPAGES
BLACKBOARD
- All students must log-in to our Blackboard website
- go to http://harper.blackboard.com
- follow the instructions to "log-in",
- go to "courses", and
- find "GEG 101 Online! - Summer 2008"
- click on ENROLL
- Blackboard help:
- CHANGE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS:
- Be sure to enter your e-mail address when you enroll in
Blackboard, or
- Click on "Course Tools", then "Personal Information",
then "Edit Personal Information", and enter your correct e-mail
address
MAP QUIZZES
- The Map quizzes will be taken, online, at the Harper Testing
Center
- For each chapter students will be required to name and locate
various countries and physical and cultural features on a blank
outline map of the region. All of these map quiz locations are
listed at http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geg101i/mapquizlocations.htm
and linked from the Blackboard "CHAPTER/REALM" webpage for each
chapter. A link to a blank outline map of each region can also be
found on the Blackboard "CHAPTER/REALM" webpage of each chapter.
- On all map quizzes, except the first one, there will be ten
locations labeled on a map with the numbers 1 through 10. You will
be required to name the labeled physical or political (country)
feature. As mentioned above, all of the required locations are
linked from the Blackboard "CHAPTER/REALM" webpage of each
chapter. For a sample map quiz see: Sample
Map Quiz .
- The first map quiz is different. You will be given a blank
outline map of the world and you will be asked to accurately
and neatly outline and label each of the twelve world REALMS as
indicated in figure G-2 on page 5 of the textbook or see:
wwrealmlabel.GIF
- Map quizzes can be taken individually OR at the time you take
the unit exam. All map quizzes for each unit should be completed
when you take the unit exam. I strongly recommend that you take
the first few map quizzes individually so that you can judge their
difficulty and time commitment. There will be 12 map quizzes (one
for each chapter) and only 11 will be counted (for 110 points).
EXAMS:
- Exams will be taken at the Harper Testing Center sometime
on, or before, the scheduled date (see SCHEDULE).
- The map quizzes and the multiple choice questions from each
exam will be taken online at the Harper Testing Center.
- Each unit exam is 100 points: 50 multiple choice questions and
50 points from short answer questions
- the COMPREHENSIVE final exam is 100 multiple choice problems
- BEFORE taking the exams, be sure to:
- go to the Blackboard "CHAPTER/REALM" web page where you
will find:
- "Studying the chapter"
- "Reviewing the Chapter"
- "Map Quiz Information"
- There are certain questions that will be on ALL three
unit exams:
- Know the difference between a "large scale" map and a
"small scale" map
- Know the DEFINITIONS and EXAMPLES of the words listed at
the beginning of each chapter or the italicized words
within the chapter
- Know the physical, cultural, economic, and historical
characteristics of each realm (chapter) and be able to
compare them with the neighboring realms (like assignment
#1)
SYLLABUS
ASSIGNMENTS
Blackboard
Discussion Board
OTHER
- GEG 101-059 does NOT meet at Harper once a week and
there is NO certain time that you must be online.
- Always put "GEG 101" and a message in the subject lines
of e-mail messages sent to the me. To avoid viruses, I delete
messages prior to reading them if I don't know who they are
from.
- STAPLE the assignment pages together before sending
them to the instructor
YOU ARE NOT ON YOUR OWN
- Your instructor is available to provide assistance and
answer questions:
- Blackboard Discussion
Forum (preferred so that all can see the answer)
- E-mail: mhealy@harpercollege.edu
- Call me:
- Harper: 847-925-6352
- Home: 815-728-1571
- Cell: 815-861-7265
MANY OF YOU WILL NOT COMPLETE THIS COURSE
- Distance learning courses tend to have a high drop rate. Many
of you will not complete this course. You will need to devote at
least as much time to this course as you do to regular
face-to-face college courses.
- College Counselors suggest that you should spend 2 hours
studying EACH WEEK for each course credit-hour. Since this is a 3
credit-hour online course you should spend around 9 hours EACH
WEEK preparing (3 hours that you would normally be in class and 6
additional hours).
- What should you study?
- map quiz locations
- vocabulary (definitions and examples)
- characteristics of realms (phys, cult, econ, hist)
- read chapters
- do exam review questions
- WHERE TO BEGIN: Begin your studies on the Blackboard
"Chapter/Realm" page !!!!!
ORIENTATION REVIEW
- Log in to BLACKBOARD
- Change your e-mail address
- Read the SYLLABUS,
pay close attention to the SCHEDULE
- Always BEGIN each assignment by clicking on the Blackboard
"CHAPTER/REALM" link.
- Begin Assignments EARLY - You may need help.
- Assignments MUST be completed and in the mail by the date
listed on the SCHEDULE
- Assignments must be stapled , sent in the proper size envelope
(10"x13"), with an enclosed a 9"x12" manilla envelope that is
self-addressed on a Harper address label.
- Before taking the exams be sure to do all of the REVIEWING
THE CHAPTER activities linked from our Blackboard
CHAPTER/REALM page and ask for HELP if you don't understand
them
- Use the Blackboard
Discussion Board if you have questions on the assignments
or for other course related questions
- Include "GEG 101" and a message in the SUBJECT line of all
e-mails sent to the instructor and include your name
GO TO INTRODUCTION (Blackboard
"Chapter/Realm")