1. Skills: none Concepts: Our procedures and material This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. Class procedures and material What’s this?

2. Office Location & Office Hours: SBS D-328, after class and by appointment, at all times (including most evenings and weekends) via email Telephone Number: 310-243-3570, but I am hard to reach there. Email is almost always quicker. E-mail Address: lpress@csudh.edu Website: http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/ Google Plus profile: http://bit.ly/viXqr4http://bit.ly/viXqr4 Dr. Press

3. Our modular e-text Topic modules are like sections in a textbook chapter

4. A sample topic module

5. A sample assignment

6. Topic modules and assignments link to each other

7. Presentation format The presentation slides …

8. Slide format

9. Assignments40% Weekly quizzes 10% Midterm exam 15% Final exam 35% Grades Contributions to the class – asking good questions and thoughtful participation in discussions will be considered in borderline cases.

10. http://cis275quizzes.blogspot.com/ Quiz question blog

11. On time, correctfull credit Late, correcthalf credit Incorrectno credit Assignments are due at the start of class on the due date. Assignment grading

12. Assignments must be typed or printed -- no hand writing. Type your name (s) on the front page. Type the assignment number and title on the front page. Staple each assignment separately. Don’t bother making a separate cover page unless you want to. Assignment ground rules

13. Exams Midterm – a little after the middle of the term Final – cumulative Cover everything – class presentations and discussions, assignments, class blog and Twitter posts

14. # 1 Grade curve relative to the top student

15. To teach is to learn twice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Joubert Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824

16. Let’s look at the class Web site.

17. Summary We’ve looked at the class materials and procedures. You saw my profile and contact information, how our electronic text is organized, and how grading works.

18. Self-study questions What are some advantages and disadvantages of our electronic text compared to a standard print textbook? What are some advantages and disadvantages of our electronic text compared to a standard electronic textbook?

19. Resources More on our electronic text: http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/about-our-electronic- text.html http://cis275topics.blogspot.com/2010/09/about-our-electronic- text.html A short paper on the evolution and content of the digital literacy course: http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/presentations/DLpaper.docxhttp://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/presentations/DLpaper.docx Class syllabus: http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/275/Syllabusf2012.docx http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/275/Syllabusf2012.docx