Increase his or her computer skills in a number of ways, including word processing, navigating the course, participating in online class discussions, e-mails, and Web searches. Increase his or her awareness of the World Wide Web as an educational and informational resource. Have the opportunity to develop a sense of class membership, using the Internet to communicate with the instructor and his or her classmates. Within each unit, students are required to participate in one discussion group. The questions asked in each discussion group are about an issue relating to the content of the unit.
Discussion groups enable students to learn from other students.
At the conclusion of each unit, students will need to complete a unit assignment. Upon completion, the unit assignment will be sent to the instructor for grading and feedback. Students will be given one opportunity to take the evaluation and submit it for computer automated grading. To complete the evaluation students will need to answer 20 objective questions over the material they just covered in the unit. Students will receive instant feedback regarding their grade on each evaluation.