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Welcome to ESL37 Novice-High Integrated Reading & Writing!

Meet Your Instructor: Elena Nedovodeeva Ortiz
Email: nedovoe@losrios.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30 - 3:30 pm

COMMUNICATION

How We Will Communicate

Please contact me via email or Canvas messaging tool. You can also talk to me in Zoom after class and during my office hours. To use my office hours, please message/email me and/or schedule a one-on-one appointment in Zoom with me during the times indicated above. You can ask me any questions about this class, your grade etc.

Please expect emails and announcements from me to your college email address and the Canvas Inbox. I usually respond within 24 hours, except on weekends and holidays where I may not get back to you until the following business day. If you want to send a message to me or to your classmates, select the Canvas Inbox Canvas inbox button from the navigation menu on the left side of your window.

What to Expect from Your Instructor

As your instructor, I will also monitor all discussions and provide feedback to the entire class where needed at least weekly. I will provide individual feedback on assignments/papers/projects/assessments and work with you, so you will have a successful learning experience in this course.

How to Communicate with Your Classmates

There are different ways you can communicate with your peers.

1) Canvas Inbox - This tool is used to create, send, and manage email messages within Canvas system. You can access Inbox in the main menu.

2) Canvas Chat - This tool allows you to send instant messages to any students who are actively online. Canvas chat can be found in your course menu.

3) Discussion Boards - This tool is used to create dialogue and simulate a face to face conversation. Discussions are also part of your participation in this class. You get points for posting your replies to my questions as well as your classmates' posts.

CLASS AND TEXTBOOK INFORMATION

This is a partially synchronous class which means that we WILL have scheduled class meeting times online, via Zoom. First class is on Wednesday, August 25th at 7:30am. To join it, click on TechConnect Zoom in the main menu. You will see Zoom class schedule for the whole semester. Press "JOIN" button for the class that shows at the top. Please note we have Zoom sessions on Wednesdays only. The rest of the week you'll be completing and submitting online assignments.

Please find our syllabus below. It contains important information about this class. You're welcome to study the syllabus before our first class. We will go through it together on Wednesday. Also please review class rules at the bottom of the page before our Zoom class.

ESL37_Syllabus_Ortiz_FA21.pdf

You need the following textbook for this class:

Pathways: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Foundations: Blass, Laurie, Vargo, Mari: 9781337407755: Amazon.com: Books

Pathways: Reading, Writing, & Critical Thinking Foundations

2nd Edition (2018)

Publisher: National Geographic Learning

Author: Blass & Vargo

ISBN: 9781337407755

BOOKSTORE & COMPUTER HELP

College Bookstore

If you haven’t purchased your copy of the textbook yet, please visit https://www.bkstr.com/losriosstore/home. You can either enter the ISBN number of the textbook at the top of the page or follow the directions on the page (enter college name, program, term, department, course, and section information). After that click on “Find Materials”. You will see textbook information appear on the screen. Check “New” or “Used” and then click on “Add 1 item to your bag”. After you click on the button that says “View Bag & Checkout”, follow the directions to enter your delivery, payment, and contact information. After you complete your purchase, read the email you will receive from the bookstore with instructions to pick your textbook.

Need Help with Technology?

Go to the Student Technology Center in LRC room 117!In collaboration with the ITC, the Learning Resource Center has a Student Tech Center in LRC room 117. Staff are assist students with log-in problems: Canvas/D2L - online courses, logging into campus computers, Wi-fi connection to LRCCD, Gmail, and password help. It will also assist in recognizing potential technical issues and connecting your own devices to the LRCCD wireless system. Please note, assistance is NOT available for: hardware repair or software installs. Visit: https://arc.losrios.edu/student-resources/learning-resource-center/student-tech-center (Links to an external site.)

CLASS RULES

▪ Please use English during class.

▪ Respectful behavior and collaboration are an expectation for the college classroom.

▪ Cell phones on silent/turned off and put away.

▪ No talking to other students or looking at other students’ work during tests, quizzes, and exams.

▪ No copying from others’ work including from the Internet (see the “Academic Honesty” section below).

▪ You may talk to the instructor outside of class to discuss any class concerns or issues.

CANVAS GUIDES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - Click Here!Links to an external site.

Let's have a great semester together!