The procedure for summer is simply to email the tutor with your questions weekly. If there are questions that appear many times in a single week in emails, I will post the answers on the website. Just go to the Mailbag link and check for new entries. If your questions is not one of general interest to the class I will email the answer within 8 hours. I try to email all answers by the end of each day.
Weekends are the exception.
Confirm that with your instructor if you like. Many students who take an introductory class in astronomy, think that what they will study are the names of stars and how to find their location in the sky. Or,perhaps they are interested in getting to know the constellations and a myriad of other objects in the universe available through the lens of a telescope. Explore the resources built into these pages by clicking the links above. The beginning of your course is an excellent time to go through these links and those on the Extra Credit resources page.