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Spanish 120, 110, and 111, Elementary Spanish I. Online Orientation Professor : Mar ía L . Villagómez Contact Information: Office: BLDG. 1000 (1031U) Telephone#: 707-253-3178 E-mail: mvillagomez@napavalley.edu Instructor Web site: http://www.napavalley.edu/people/mvillagomez/Pages/welcome.aspx.
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Spanish 120, 110, and 111, Elementary Spanish I Online OrientationProfessor:María L. VillagómezContact Information:Office: BLDG. 1000 (1031U)Telephone#: 707-253-3178E-mail:mvillagomez@napavalley.eduInstructor Web site:http://www.napavalley.edu/people/mvillagomez/Pages/welcome.aspx
REQUIRED Texts and materials: • *VISTAS: Introducción a la lengua española, FourthEditionby Blanco-Donley • You will also need: A combination head-set and microphone. You can find this at Target.
REQUIRED Texts and materials: • You will need 1 passcode: • It is in a manila envelope and comes with your purchase. • If you purchased the text online, the code should have been emailed to you. • This code will grant you access to the site that we will use this semester as our course platform which gives you access to homework, announcements, activities, exams, etc… • We will NOT be using blackboard.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • Engage in basic, two-way oral and written exchanges • Read, comprehend, and write basic Spanish • Begin to recognize the various Hispanic Cultures
DAILY PREPAREDNESS and PARTICIPATION Sample image from the Vistas Student Supersite • This course requires at least 4-6 hours per week in assignments. • You will be assigned to read, study or work on some exercises as part of your regular homework. • Visit the Vistas Supersite frequently and read/do the assigned material by the deadline. • Make sure to read the instructor’s emails, announcements.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITES • Participants enrolled in this course should continually monitor their learning, evaluating their own efforts, and actively seek help when needed in a timely manner. • You will need to assume an active role in the learning process; ask questions, view all power points, and complete ALL assignments.
HOMEWORK • Check your “Tentative Schedule” daily and complete the appropriate exercises in your WEB-SAM as they are an essential component of the program. • It is your responsibility –and extremely advisable - to complete the exercises concurrently with daily class preparation instead of “cramming” it all the night before they are due. • Full credit will be awarded only if you have completed all the assigned exercises.Check the tentative schedule and the vistas site for homework due dates. • No late work will be accepted. • Please note that homework is due by 9:00 p.m. No late work will be accepted. Please see attachment for instructions on how to set up your super-site account.
E-MAIL POLICY Sample image from the Vistas Student Supersite • Each student MUST have an active e-mail account. This will be the e-mail address that is used for any communication between you and your instructor. • When you send an email, please put the title of this course and the topic you are writing about in the "Subject" line. • Please start all email messages with your full name and phone number for easy identification and communication. • It is highly recommended that you copy yourself (CC) when sending an email in the rare event that your message gets lost in Cyberspace.
CHEATING STATEMENT • Honesty and integrity are very important in higher education. • To claim to have written something that is not entirely your own work is a violation of academic and personal integrity. • Each homework assignment, written activity, and test should be your own work. • Any violation of the items mentioned will cause you to be terminated from the course with a grade of F. • Also, you will be referred to the Dean of Students Services for further disciplinary action.
COURSE DISCLAIMER • Every attempt is made to provide a syllabus that is complete and that provides an accurate overview of the course. • However, circumstances and events may make it necessary for the instructor to modify the syllabus during the course. • This may depend, in part, on the progress, needs, and experiences of the participants.
Final Exam • The final exam is mandatory. Should you miss it, you will receive an automatic “F” for the course. • No one will be allowed to take the final exam early or late.
Setting up your VISTAS Supersite account and enrolling in your Instructor's course Overview • You will need to set up an account on the VISTAS Supersite, and then enroll as a registered student in your Instructor's Supersite Course. • If you don’t register at the Vistas Site, you will not be able to receive any communication from your Instructor nor will you be able to access your homework. • Please see Instructions attached to your syllabus.
Again, we will NOT be using Blackboard. We will ONLY use www.vhlcentral.com Please email me with any questions. ¡Hasta la vista!