Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 1 Welcome to your KU161 Orientation Seminar! TECH CHECK: You should be hearing my voice as I welcome you. Check your speakers. Are they turned on? Make sure the volume is turned up. Please click on the picture to your left to test your audio and experience your very first web field trip. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) WELCOME TO THE ORIENTATION SEMINAR A part of your GRADUATE KAPLAN UNIVERSITY ORIENTATION cl

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 2 Having trouble seeing the chat window? Make sure your window is maximized. If you see these icons in the upper right hand corner of your screen/window, click on the square in the middle : You should now see the chat window below this slide. You can select F11 to provide a full screen option. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) TECH CHECK: CHAT WINDOW

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 3 Familiarize yourself with the features and functionality of the seminar platform. Engage in an Academic dialogue with Colleagues. Answer your questions. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) ORIENTATION SEMINAR: OBJECTIVES

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 4 Students Instructor chat Audio (Voice), Whiteboard & PowerPoint Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) COMMUNICATION IN THE SEMINAR

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 5 Information Technology Graduate students may have weekly seminars. Business and Management Graduate students may have supplemental, non-graded seminars as an additional learning opportunity Type your questions and comments into the chat window. If I am unable to get to all of your questions during the orientation, we may have a Q & A session after to address your questions. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) ENGAGING IN YOUR SEMINAR

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 6 Synchronous part of your courses Meet with instructor and classmates online. Purpose: Review week’s assignments. Discuss important points. Ask instructor questions. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) SEMINAR BASICS

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 7 In the event that you are unable to attend a seminar don’t PANIC! Here is what you should do: -Contact your instructor to inform them of the situation. -Ask your instructor for the alternate (Option 2) assignment. -Complete the alternate assignment in the specified time period. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MISS A SEMINAR?

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 8 All seminar sessions are recorded for playback. The archives are available 4 hours after the scheduled seminar concludes. Transcripts of chat threads are available to print. Audio seminars have playback feature. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) RECORDED (PAST) SEMINARS

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 9 My Seminars Page Search tools and calendar view of all of your scheduled seminars Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) ACCESSING ARCHIVED SEMINARS

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 10 Instructor asks a multiple choice question and students respond. - Students answer anonymously. - Only the total number of each choice given as an answer shows. - Quick way to see students’ opinions about a topic. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) SEMINAR TOOLS: POLLING

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 11 Familiarize yourself with the features and functionality of the seminar platform. Engage in a Academic dialogue with Colleagues Answer your questions. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) SEMINAR TOOLS: WHITEBOARD Seminar screen becomes a whiteboard. The instructor can: - Write and draw - Display files Let’s practice…

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) Self-paced, non graded course called: KU 161: Graduate Kaplan University Orientation Access through My Classes/Academic Enrichment in KU Campus: Content familiarizes you with your classroom environment. Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) DON’T FORGET: CLASSROOM PART OF KUO!

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) ORIENTATION CONTENT Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free)

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) CLASSROOM CONTENTS Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free)

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 15 Students must achieve a 75% or higher by the end of week 5 Must have your official transcript of Bachelor’s degree on file by the end of week 5 Kaplan University Prior Learning Assessment Center 550 West Van Buren, 7th Floor Chicago, IL Must have all Financial Aid documents in and approved by the end of week 5 Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) GRADUATE KAPLAN COMMITMENT

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 16 Textbooks are not included in your Kaplan tuition You are responsible for ordering your textbooks every term You may request a book voucher account (financial aid) to cover textbook costs or pay out of pocket Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) GRADUATE TEXTBOOKS

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 17 Fill out the Book Voucher Request Form and return it to the Financial Aid Department The Financial Aid Office will create an account with MBS Direct (textbook vendor) and send you a student ID# and book voucher code by Using the student ID# and book voucher code provided you may order your textbooks online through the Kaplan Student Store or by calling MBS Direct at Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) GETTING YOUR BOOK VOUCHER

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 18 Any questions about what we’ve covered? Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) CHECK POINT

Your Orientation Seminar Facilitator: JANE DOE First Term Support Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) 19 Have a great start to your program! Don’t forget to explore the KUO Classroom under: My Classes/Academic Enrichment Questions/Comments: Academic Advising (Toll Free) Your Orientation Facilitator: Cindy Stromberg Academic Advising Having technical issues? Contact TECHNICAL SUPPORT: (Toll Free) THANK YOU!