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On-Line CLasses

Students must have Internet access and valid email accounts to take an on-line section. Please, please ensure that the school has your desired email address as part of your official record so that your professor may contact you.

There may be mandatory on-campus orientations (see below).

Also, please check the official Schedule of Classes for information. Sometimes professors' email addresses can be found here: http://directory.lacitycollege.edu/

SPRING 2013 ON-LINE ORIENTATION INFORMATION

Course	Instructor	Start Date	End Date	Orientation	Trying to Add?
English 101 Section 142	M. Boretz	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	Course entirely online via https://myetudes.org/portal after February 3	Contact Professor Boretz via mboretz@msn.com
English 101 Section 143	J. Lynch	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	Mandatory Orientation in Library Room 329 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on February 6, 2013.	Professor Lynch will only add students at the orientation.
English 101 Section 3226	E. O’Connell	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	Students should attend at least one orientation. They have the following two options: Tuesday, 2/5 at 4:30 in LIB 329 (online orientation only) Saturday, 2/9 at 11:00 in FH 302 (joint session with classroom students)	Note to registered students: Registered students who do not attend one of the orientation options risk being dropped. Students who do not complete weeks 1—2 research and journal activity risk being dropped.
English 102 Section 145	G. G. Patthey	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	Mandatory orientation in JH 310 on Wednesday, February 6 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Consult profggp.wordpress.com for more information.	Prof GGP will not add any students to English 102 until the orientation.
English 102 Section 149	F. Tamayo	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	Mandatory orientation in JH 314 on Tuesday, February 5 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm.	Prof Tamayo will not add any students to English 102 until the orientation. Priority for adding will be given to students who are on her waiting list.
English 102 Section 3068	M. Boretz	April 8, 2013	June 3, 2013	Course entirely online via https://myetudes.org/portal after April 8.	Contact Professor Boretz via mboretz@msn.com
English 103 Section 243	D. Ruiz	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	Students are encouraged to attend one of two orientations: Tuesday, February 5 or Thursday, February 7 from 12:15 to 1:30 pm in JH 316.	Contact Professor Ruiz via ruizdj@lacitycollege.edu
English 103 Section 485	E. Kendall	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	No mandatory orientation. Enrolled students should have received an email.	The class is full. Contact Professor Kendall via kendalew@lacitycollege.edu.
English 103 Section 3242	D. Muller	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	No mandatory orientation for Professor Muller's English 103 on-line class. All students have been contacted by email.	The class is full; however, students who would like to attempt to add should send an email to mullerdn@lacitycollege.edu during the first week of class.
English 219 Section 156	D. Ruiz	Feb 4, 2013	June 3, 2013	Students are encouraged to attend one of two orientations: Tuesday, February 5 or Thursday, February 7 from 12:15 to 1:30 pm in JH 316.	Contact Professor Ruiz via ruizdj@lacitycollege.edu

Orientation for English 28 (0418) will take place Monday, August 30th, and Wednesday September 1st from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. You must attend BOTH orientation sessions. If you do not attend both sessions, you will be dropped from the class. If you wish to add the class you must attend both sessions. Do not be late for the first session. Arrive early. The session will start promptly. Light refreshments will be provided.

Meet at CCW (Wilshire Center ESL Learning Center Computer Lab, 2nd floor) CCW is at 3020 Wilshire Blvd. Take the subway to the Vermont/Wilshire station and then walk East a short distance to Wilshire/Westmoreland. 3020 is on the Southeast Corner. Underground parking is available with a student permit and should not be a problem between 4:30 and 5:00 p.m. Street parking can be tight. Do not park in the building's courtyard.

Please bring evidence that you are eligible to enroll in English 28. I will need to see a grade transcript that shows a passing grade for English 21/97. Or you can show me your placement test result. If you have met the course prerequisites at another college, please bring that evidence and proof of equivalency from an LA City College Counselor. I reserve the right to drop anyone, or not add anyone, who does not bring the above requested evidence.

In order to take this online class you will also need to demonstrate that you can type at 30+ WPM. You will be tested at your first orientation session. Use these two links below to help you brush up on your typing skills (You cannot be successful in an online course if you cannot type with accuracy and speed):

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/ Index.html

http://www.typingtest.com/

Pre-Class Reading Assignment: Read Bless Me Ultima by Rudolpho Anaya. Read this book once through as quickly as you can. Read it for your own personal enjoyment. During the orientation session, you will be asked to take an online quiz that will ask you questions about the novel's setting, characters, time frame, and plot. If you have read the book once, you should do well on this quiz. I will ask questions regarding information not normally found in such study guide helps as Cliff's Notes, Wikipedia, or other online study guides. It will be a multiple choice quiz. Do not obsess over the quiz. Just read the book and you will be fine.

The two session orientation will teach you to navigate the class website and introduce you to all of the kinds of assignments and tasks that you will need to be able to complete while in an online environment.

In order to be successful in this class, you should have 24/7 access to a computer that is online. It is possible, though more difficult for you, to take this class by using only the computers on campus in the labs or at the LACC library during the week and the LA CIty Public Libraries on the week-ends.

I look forward to meeting you at our first orientation.

Ron Lapp