To get your "1114 Course Packet" first read and follow these instructions. 

Then click on the correct course packet in the yellow box below:

        What is the course packet?  The beginning of it includes basic information necessary to starting the course and figuring out your assignments at a glance.  The rest of it is a series of forms that you must fill out and attach to your formal papers in this class.  You are required to print out these sheets and attach them to each formal paper.  You should do this printing right away.

1. Finding it: Click on the correct link--the correct semester and year--below.  You'll find an MS Word file.  Please use MS Word to print it.  Do NOT use MS Works--it may mess up the format/layout/margins.  
             

2. Saving it: If you are on your own computer or have a disk, save the file to a place you'll remember.  If you can't save the file, that's okay: go on to step "4."
             

3. Standard Warning: Don't stop at this point! If you save the file, go on to step 4 and print it right away!  Printing is required, and credit is given for printing it. Do NOT plan on saving it now and copying each sheet as you need it: trying to copy it into a paper you already have written may wreck the formatting/margins of these pages.  You also need to have printed copies with you in class for two reasons: (1) we will discuss or use many of them in class, and (2) having them in class will allow for faster turning in of your papers.  (Laptop users, do not just plan on bringing the papers to class on your laptop: you, too, need to print out and carry them physically.)  
             

4. Printing it: Print the entire course packet: Physically print it: don't just save it!
                  

   EASY WAY:	Print 2 complete copies.  Carry 1 to class each day.  Consider printing 1 original and then xeroxing 2 two-sided copies for less carrying weight.
   FORGETFUL WAY &      CONSTANT NOTE-TAKER WAY:	Print 3 copies if you tend to lose or you like to write a lot of notes on papers.  (That way, you can always turn in a clean copy with no notes on it to me.)  Carry 1 to class each day. Consider making 1 original and 3 two-sided copies for less weight.
   FUTURE-PLANNER WAY:	Print 1 more copy (4-5 copies total).  Save the extra as reference pages for future writing assignments in other classes and years.

                               

5. Questions/Problems?  See "FAQs--Troubleshooting Your Problems" below.

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6. Frequently Asked Questions--Troubleshooting Your Problems: 
                   
   (a) Confused?  Then just click on the link in larger letters in the yellow box above, and then print 4 copies of the whole "Course Packet" file.  Always bring at least one copy to school.
                        
   (b) Contents cut off?  Do your printed sheets have page numbers or other contents cut off at the top, bottom, or sides?  Simple solution: Find a different computer--for example, at school.  Complex solution: Have someone adjust your printer's software program (not the MS Word printing program) for narrower margins: no more than .15" on all four sides.  
                
   (c) Print faded?  Definitely change the ink or use a different printer so both you and I can read everything.  You'll be attaching many of these sheets to your formal papers!
                
   (d) Out of Time?  Do it tomorrow.  Usually when I assign something, it has to be in on time.  However, I really badly want you to do this one, so I'll give you extra time to show it to me.
                
   (e) Do you only want to print one or two pages and you don't know how?  Don't click on the printing icon.  Instead, in MS Word, go to "File" and "Print, " and then type in the page numbers you want to print (e.g., "5-7" or "5, 6, 7").  (And if needed, type in how many copies you want.) 
                        
   (f) Lost your Packet?  You may print out just the part you still need.  (See "e" above.)

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Most recent update of this page: 8-27-09

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