Lesson 00: Course and Program Orientation

Assignments

To get started with the course, please follow the required steps below. You may find it useful to print this page out first so that you can follow along with the directions.

Steps to Completing Lesson 00
Step
Activity
Access/Directions
1
Carefully review the course syllabus to learn about the course and its requirements. Link to Syllabus.
2
Read Lesson 00 online content. You are in the Lesson 00 online content now. Click on the "Next Page" link to continue.
3
Complete the "Initial Course Survey" to help us learn more about your expectations for this course. A link to the survey is located in the "Lesson 00" folder under the Lessons tab in ANGEL.
4
Familiarize yourself with our "classroom" by taking a look around at the other resources linked to the tabs in ANGEL. Part 4 of this lesson will introduce you to the ANGEL resources.
5
Complete the ANGEL Technial Preparations
  • Update your "Personal Information Settings"
  • Set up your course e-mail preferences.
  • Turn on the "My Announcements" and "New Mail" alerts.
  • Subscribe to your Discussion Forums.
Part 4 of this lesson will walk you through the ANGEL settings we suggest.
6
Introduce yourself to the instructor and your fellow classmates by posting a personal introduction to the Personal Introductions Discussion Forum. Instructions are provided at the bottom of part 5 of this lesson.
7
Read Critical Thinking: What it Is and Why it Counts, pp. 1-16. A full citation and a link to the reading is provided in part 7 of this lesson.
8
Time to begin the course! Click on the Next Page link in the lower right corner of the page to begin the lesson.