Frequently Asked Questions for Online Classes
What materials do I need to complete assignments for this course?
When I try to open a course document in my internet browser I don't see anything?
I still can't open a course document even though I saved it to my hard drive?
In order for me to get an "A" on my term paper what should it look like?
In order to take online courses with me you need the following:
- access to a MS Windows based computer with either MS Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher; Netscape Navigator or Communicator version 4.0 to 4.79 or Netscape 7.0 or higher
- An active e-mail account. For information regarding a John Jay E-mail Account go to http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/email/student/
- Adobe Acrobat Reader, version 5.0 or higher. [ It is available at www.adobe.com as a free download.]
- A word processing program. [MS Word, Corel Wordperfect] or any text program that is capable of saving a document as one of the following formats - MS Word [ .doc ]; Corel Wordperfect [ .wpd ]; Rich Text Format [ .rtf ]
YES YOU CAN, BUT, ANY ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SAVED AS A MS WORD FILE [.DOC]
SAVING MS WORKS [ .WPS] FILE AS A MS WORD FILE [.DOC]
OPTION A
- CREATE THE DOCUMENT IN MS WORKS
EITHER CLICK ON THE "SAVE AS" ICON ON THE TOOL BAR OR CLICK ON "FILE" FROM THE MENU BAR AND SCROLL DOWN TO "SAVE AS..."
WHEN THE "SAVE AS" DIALOG BOX APPEARS DO THE FOLLOWING
SELECT THE FOLDER WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO SAVE THE FILE TO [EXAMPLE: MY DOCUMENTS]
CLICK THE ARROW ON THE RIGHT OF THE "SAVE AS TYPE" BOX AND SCROLL TILL YOU SEE MS WORD 6.0 [.DOC] AND CLICK ON IT
NEXT TYPE THE FILE NAME [EXAMPLE: MYFILE] IN THE "FILE NAME" BOX
CLICK ON THE SAVE BUTTON ON YOUR RIGHT
OPTION B
SAVE A DOCUMENT WITH A DIFFERENT FILE NAME EXTENSION
CREATE THE FILE
ON THE FILE MENU, CLICK SAVE AS.
IN THE FILE NAME BOX, TYPE A NAME FOR THE DOCUMENT AND A EXTENSION. ENCLOSE THE FILE NAME IN QUOTATION MARKS, FOR EXAMPLE, "BUDGET.DOC"
CLICK SAVE.
Instead of opening the document in your web browser, right click on the document with your mouse. When the menu appears clic on "save target as.." for Internet Explorer or "save file as.." for Netscape Navigator. When the save dialog box appears select the folder where you want the file to be saved in and click on the "save" button
If you are opening it in the browser, this may be the problem. Try saving it to disk by right clicking on the document and when the menu appears click on "Save Target As.." for Internet Explorer or "Save Link As.." for Netscape. When the save file as dialog box appears choose the folder to save it in and click the "save" button.
If you still can't open the document with Adobe Acrobat Reader I suggent that you uninstall Acrobat Reader and then reinstall it. To do this click on "Start", go to "Settings", go to "Control Panel". When the Control panel window opens, double click on "Add/Remove Programs". Look for Adobe Acrobat Reader and click on it. Then click on the button that says "Add/Remove" and follow the prompts. Once the program is uninstalled, you then need to reinstall it. To do this go to the following website - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html and follow the directions on screen and download the current version of Acrobat Reader that will work with your version of Windows. Once you have downloaded the file to your hard drive, in the appropiate folder, double click on the icon and follow the prompts to install Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer.
You can try the following: try each one and isee if it works. If one doesn't work try the next until you are successful Instead of trying to print from the web browser print out the document from Acrobat Reader after you have downloaded the document to a folder on your computer. Uninstall and Reinstall Adobe Acrobat Reader. Uninstall and Reinstall your printer drivers.
DO NOT SEND DISCUSSION BOARD QUESTIONS TO THE INSTRUCTOR VIA E-MAIL!
Go to the course page and click on the "Discussion Board" button.
Click on the discussion board question.
When you at the question look in the upper left hand corner of the question page and look for a button or words that say "Add New Thread". Click on this, then create your response
Click on the "submit" button in the lower right hand corner of the page to post your response
All assignments will be sent to my college e-mail account - tflanner@jjay.cuny.edu. Do not use the "Digital Drop Box" found at the course website!
Information regarding assignments will be found at the "Assignments Section" of the course website. Under this section there will be folders for each section of the course or each week of the course. Under each of these folders will be a set of sub-folders. One will refer to reading assignments, one will refer to written assignments, and one will refer to "Discussion Board Questions"
Reading assignment - This will give you what documents or pages in the textbook will be required. It may also refer you to a particular website for reading material
Written assignments - This will provide you with the written assignments for that section or week. All questions will be answered and submitted to the instructor in typed format as mentioned above.
Discussion Board Questions - Under this folder it will tell you whether there is a discussion board question for that week. It will refer you to the "Discussion Board Section" of the course website. Once there you will look for the question for that particular week; example - for week 2 look for Week # 2 Discussion Question
Every several weeks I will post a quiz. When the quiz is made available an announcement will be automatically posted in the "Announcement Section" of the course website. A copy of the quiz will also be made available in the "Course Documents Section" of the course website.
When you log into the system and access the particular course you are taking [FIS 101; FIS 104; FIS 106, etc.] the first thing uou will see is the "Announcements Section". Look for any newly posted announcenments, and read them.
If you have a question that can not be answered via e-mail you can call me at 212-237-8850 and I will return your call.
{If you need to personally see me I will notify you of when I will be at the college during the summer session.}
For fall and spring semester I am usually at the college on Tuesday from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. It is usually best to call ahead and make an appointment.
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