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Note: This web site is not yet entirely ready for the spring 2010 Eng 2235-99 class. However, the schedule is accurate, and most of the assignments are, too. There still may be some updates on the most recent editions of some of the books (but if you can find old editions, you are welcome to buy those now--new or used).

Important: First class is in person physically! As the IHCC online and printed "Schedule" says,

"ENG 2235-99 is fully online--for independent learners only. It assumes you use email and the Web weekly and, for skills level, you have finished one other college-level writing or literature course. You also preferably will have Thurs. eves. free for 2 plays, 1 museum visit, and a first meeting at IHCC 6-8 pm on 1/14 in computer lab B-1xx (rm. not yet provided). Start on or before 1/14 at www.richard.jewell.net: click on '2235 Web.'"

Please be sure to attend this very first class, which is on campus! I'm expecting everyone to show up who lives within 100 miles of the IHCC campus. Attendance is required. Those who attend have a much higher pass rate in this course; those who do not attend have a much higher drop/fail rate:

Thurs., Jan. 14, 2009, 6-8 pm, B-1xx

(The room is a computer lab in the "Business" building. Click here to see a "Map of Campus.")

If you live more than 100 miles away, or if you have an impossible to change meeting that night, why don't you email me or call me beforehand to discuss the course with me.

If you do somehow miss the first night, please be sure to carefully look over this entire English 2235 web site and carefully read "Starting Online."

Week 1: Welcome to the class! I am glad to be working with you in this fully-online section of "English 2235-Mythology" for the spring semester. I expect the course to be interesting and fun. In addition to online activities, we'll be seeing two different mythic plays and making one trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to get a guided tour of mythic art. (If you're at a distance or must miss these, you may make them up by doing similar or related activities on your own wherever you live.) The course study materials include work with classic fairy tales, Greek myth, King Arthur, the Bible, C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien, and some independent study. I hope you'll enjoy the class!

In passing, I'd like to note to you that this course does not use D2L (except for the discussion boards). In addition, the Web site sometimes shows options for both a fully-online ("FOL") section and a face-to-face ("F2F"), on-campus section. Please ignore the on-campus section, as Inver Hills currently offers this course each year ONLY in the fully-online version. Please start by reading the web pages called "Starting Online" and, if you are a high school student, PSEO. Then quickly read (or carefully skim) all the web pages in this course web site.

It is also important to note that you should have Thursday nights relatively free, as the IHCC printed and online "Schedule" says. There will be several Thursday night physical class activities: a first in-person meeting on campus, a trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and a couple of Thursday night live plays.

IMPORTANT--PLEASE NOTE! (1) This class does not run on D2L (except for the discussion boards). (2) Please fill out and mail the "Student Information Sheet" (click here to go to it, or receive it from me by hand--in person--in the computer lab on the first night's physical meeting), and if you have received any emails, yet, from me or the Online Assistant, Davyann Lee, send me your email address right away. I will send a reply email for both, letting you know I got them. If you don't hear from me, contact me immediately: (612) 870-7024. (3) You also should be aware that I always return your emailed homework, marked to show I got it. And you can always check your records by clicking on "FOL Records" above. If you are not receiving your homework back and seeing credit for it appear by each Sunday evening on the "FOL Records," contact me immediately!

IMPORTANT NOTE #2: Please note that you must use "Word" to write and send the term paper, and to read my comments and make your revisions on the term paper! You may buy Word at about $66 (as of 4-09) if you are an IHCC student by going to www.inverhillsbookstore.com and, at the bottom of the page, clicking on "Microsoft Promo."

I'll look forward to seeing you the first night, when we'll review the Web assignments and discussion boards. If you have questions or concerns ahead of time, please feel free to email, call, or drop by during my on-campus office hours in the spring. Click here for information about my office hours and how to contact me.

Please also note!

If you are using an email system of your own (other than "Metnet.edu"--the school's system), please READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT MESSAGE:.

Your email system may reject email from people it does not recognize, or from people who send emails frequently. For this reason, you should add two of my email addresses to your "safe sender" or "trusted sender" list. The email addresses you should add are as follows:

richard at jeweLL dot net
and
jeweL001 ("jeweL zero zero one) at umn dot edu

But instead of "at," use "@"; and instead of "dot," use a period.
For example, if you were emailing john at smith dot net, you would write it as john@smith.net.
(Why am I using this unusual way of sharing an email addresses? It avoids my email addresses being captured by spammers' automated software programs that seek email addresses on web sites.)

If you do not know how to make me a "safe" or "trusted sender," then please use your email system's "help" function or, if there is none, then look in "tools," "options," "settings," or other places where you are allowed to control who sends you email and who doesn't.

UPDATES

The best way to check for updates is to

Check email twice weekly: check your email for messages from me: I use email to announce visits to plays/museums and other changes/additions. I also return - marked - all email homework you send to me. SAVE A COPY OF EVERY HOMEWORK EMAIL YOU SEND TO ME! Sometimes email gets lost. You may need proof that you sent it to me. The best way to do this is to email the homework not only to me but ALSO to yourself! Put your own email address in the CC or BCC line whenever you email me your homework.
If you are not receiving emails from me at least once per week, contact me immediately so that I can get your email address on my email list: richard.jewell@inverhills.edu.
Also check the "FOL Records" weekly: make sure you are getting credit for both email homework and for discussion-board attendance.
If there's a problem, check the FAQs first; if that doesn't help, email me at richard @ jewell dot net.

Please remember that the official "Schedule" of weekly assignments, though 98% accurate, may have additions and/or changes made on occasion. This is especially true for such events as plays or museum visits, which cannot be scheduled until just a few weeks beforehand and often are not even mentioned on the schedule itself, but rather in class time and/or by email. Other changes occasionally are made, too. Because of such changes, you should always check for updates. The best way to check for updates is to

Check email twice weekly: check your email for messages from me, where I announce visits to plays/museums and other changes/additions.

ARE YOU NEW TO IHCC EMAIL SYSTEMS?
If you are - and if you are using IHCC email ("metnet.edu") -
please activate your free school email address by completing the four steps at

Then check your IHCC email address (___@metnet.edu) at least once per week for messages from school.

Each consultation is worth two "X's" (two "V's") of attendance. If none of these times works for you, talk with me about a different time.

Days/Times/Dates

Wed., March 24, 2010 (10-15 min. each):

The consultations are about your term paper: you must have your Draft II done and bring it with you.

(PLEASE CHOOSE THE EARLIEST TIME YOU CAN ARRIVE.)

4:30--

4:45--

5:00--

5:15--

5:30--break

5:45--

6:00--

6:15--

Telephone Consultation March 24-30:

Call or email me if you absolutely cannot make any of these times but want to see me. Suggest other times/days. Or suggest a telephone consultation (which would require that you give me your D-II paper ahead of time - e.g., by email, email attachment, web, or hand delivery at school on a M. or W. - so that we can both look at a copy as we talk by phone).

Mon., March 29, 2010 (10-15 min. each)

The consultations are about your term paper: you must have your Draft II done and bring it with you.

( PLEASE CHOOSE THE EARLIEST TIME YOU CAN ARRIVE.)

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2:15--

2:30--

2:45--

3:00-4:20--class

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4:45--

5:00--

5:15--break

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5:45--

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The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author.
The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.