As mentioned above, students are expected to participate in the virtual classroom by being prepared for class, reading assigned chapters from the textbooks, articles on reserve, and turning in assignments at the required due date. Attendance and participation will be taken into account for the course grade that you receive. Class participation is defined by student observations, comments, or questions raised about the assigned readings, quizzes, lectures, or any outside readings or assignments you may have done. Class participation is worth a large percentage of your grade for the course. I want to emphasize once again that class participation plays an important role in your overall evaluation for a grade.
Success depends upon class participation.
The new WebTycho software that UMUC is using for all its DE courses has proven to be a major innovation and improvement over the previous listserve method. WebTycho provides the means to improve the quality of education online. Please be patient, if you are a new comer to WebTycho and distance education. After the first week or two of class you will become comfortable with it and will enjoy the features it provides. The weekly procedure in class will follow a general pattern.