However, each student is expected to come to class fully prepared to discuss the readings assigned for that day. As an alternative to discussion in the physical classroom, students are also welcome to raise questions or make comments on the course's Class Forum . All students in the course are expected to have e-mail accounts to communicate with each other and with the instructor. These accounts are free of charge and relatively simple to operate, in addition to giving students experience in modern electronic communications. To set up your account, simply call 844-5800 from a touchtone phone and follow the automated directions.
Assistance is available in beginning to use e-mail .
Also, you can help your friends, instructors, and advisers better stay in touch with you by forwarding mail from your official A.U. address to your preferred address. This easy procedure is explained in a page provided by the AU Technology Hotline . The Class Forum is a center for course announcements and allows students to pose discussion issues, post comments, and raise questions outside of the physical classroom. In addition, a Virtual Classroom has been set up for posting course materials. Litman, Theodor and Leonard Robins, eds.