Frequently Asked Questions

1. How can I contact my instructor?
2. What is an online class?
3. Will I be successful in an online class?
4. Do I need my own computer and software?
5. What supplies do I need?
6. How do I enroll and how much does it cost?
7. Can I enroll in CAOT 84 Online after the class has started?
8. When are the add/drop deadline dates?
9. Will I need to come in person to the LACC campus to complete any part of this course?  
10. What should I do after I enroll?
11. How do I get started?
12. New to Etudes-NG?  Five-Minute Tours Now Available.
13. What are the rules of student conduct and the academic honor code?  

How can I contact my instructor? 

What is an online class? 

An online class is a course delivered to you electronically via the Internet. If you have your own computer and the MS Word 2010 program, you can complete your work at your convenience anytime, day or night. You will also be required to come on campus once for an orientation at the beginning of the semester and three other times during the semester for testing. Please read the rest of the FAQs on this page for details.

Will I be successful in an online class?

If you can answer "yes" to all of these questions, you have an excellent chance at being successful in an online class:

Do I need my own computer and software? 

Software: If you are working at home, you must have the software listed below installed on your computer.

If you do not have MS Office 2010 on your home computer, you may purchase this software by going to http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx (to purchase MS Office Professional Academic 2010, which includes Word 2010, for under $100), OR

Go to the Foundation for California Community Colleges at http://www.collegebuys.org OR http://www.journeyed.com/homeSelect.asp?SKW=FCCCHOME, where a variety of software packages are available at greatly discounted prices for students. College ID is required at the above sites.

Note: When you enroll in any class at LACC, you are automatically assigned an email account which you will need to order your software. Click here for information on your LACC academic email account.

You may also come to LACC to use the computers in DH 202, 203, 204, or 205; if you do so, please enroll in CAOT 64, which will give you one elective unit of credit upon attending a total of 32 hours (check the number of hours with the instructor) in our labs at the end of the semester.  To enroll, please enquire at the Business Department Office on the third floor of the Cesar Chavez Administration Building.  If you find that you are better suited for a traditional CAOT 84 class that meets on campus, click here to check the LACC Schedule of Classes for additional sections of CAOT 84 offered this semester.

Hardware: If you are working at home, the recommended minimum system requirements for MS Word 2010 is listed below.  Have an alternate plan ready in the event of computer or Internet access problems (which, by the way, are NOT acceptable excuses for not getting your work done and submitting on time).

What supplies do I need? 

Click on the "Course Outline" link at the top of this page for supplies and textbook.

How do I enroll and how much does it cost? 

LACC enrollment fees are now $36 per unit per semester (subject to change) for a student who is a California resident. Foreign students with F-1 visas or out-of-state students pay additional non-resident fees.

Can I enroll in CAOT 84 Online after the orientation meeting? 

In very limited circumstances, student with extensive online experience may be allowed to add as long as all activities completed to date are made up within one week's time. No special accommodations will be given to students adding late; please refrain from asking your instructor to extend the assignment due dates, as doing so would be unfair to the rest of the students.  Send me an email message at morimocs@lacitycollege.edu for details. 

Will I need to come in person to the LACC campus to complete any part of this course?  

Unless you have made other arrangements with me, yes.  You will be required to attend a mandatory orientation meeting (details are on the Home page for this course) in addition to coming to campus to take tests throughout the semester. Please email the instructor if this is a critical issue for you.

What should I do after I enroll? 

After you are registered in this course, email your instructor to confirm your attendance at the Orientation Meeting; include the words "CAOT 84 Online" in the subject line of your email.  During Week 1 you should download the Student Questionnaire on the RESOURCES page in our Etudes-NG course site and upload it at its link on the ASSIGNMENTS page. If you are a first-time user of Etude-NG and are unsure of how to do this, you may wait until the Orientation Meeting, where the procedure will be demonstrated.  You should also purchase the textbook (described in the Course Outline) and install the Word 2010 program on your computer if necessary. Because the orientation meeting is toward the end of Week 2 of the semester, you should read the preface and the Textbook Walk-Through pages as well as read and do pages OFF 2-OFF 51 and pages WD 2-WD 12 in Chapter 1. Bring your textbook as well as the saved Chapter 1 file (saved to a USB drive on page WD 12) to the orientation meeting.

How do I get started?

On the first day of the semester, go to the Etudes-NG Gateway at http://myetudes.org (or simply go back to the Home Page of this Web site and click on the "Etudes-NG" link near the top of the page). 

1. In the Navigation Bar at the left side of your screen, first click on "System Requirements" to verify that your computer meets the configuration requirements for Etudes-NG.  If not, make the needed changes in your Windows settings.

2. Next click on "Login Help" in the Navigation Bar.  Under #2, find and click on "Los Angeles City College Login" and read the student login information for our campus.  Write down your "username" and "password;" both items will be needed to login to our course site in Etudes-NG.  (Note:  The Etudes-NG site for this course becomes available for student access the first day of the semester if you are an enrolled student.  If you just enrolled by add permit, you must wait two days before your name is added to Etudes-NG.)  Close the LACC Login site (by clicking the button at the bottom of the page OR using the Windows close box--upper right corner of your screen).  Doing so will return you to the Etudes-NG portal.

3. At the Etudes-NG portal (gateway), key in your username and password in the upper right corner of the window.  Click on the "Login" button.  Notice that when you first enter Etudes-NG, you are in your own "Workspace" area.  To the right of the Workspace tab, there should be a tab for each of the other online classes you are enrolled in using Etudes-NG as the course management software.  To enter our CAOT 84 class, you must click on the appropriate tab--similar to "LACC CAO 84, 1039 CM F11" tab.  Peruse our Etudes-NG classroom by clicking on each of the Navigation buttons at the left side of the window, beginning with "Announcements" and ending with "Site Info."

4. Click on MODULES in the Navigation Bar and begin at the top.  READ EVERY "OPEN" PAGE CAREFULLY.  After reading my Chapter 1 notes, minimize Etudes-NG and your browser. 

5. Launch MS Word on your computer and open your textbook to Chapter 1.  Begin reading and following the instructions in the textbook to complete the chapter project.  Save your project (and all others during the semester) to a USB drive.   

6. After the project for Chapter 1 has been completed, log into Etudes-NG, click on MODULES  to check for which of the end-of-chapter Student Assignments your instructor has assigned.  Click on the ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS, AND SURVEYS link in the Navigation Bar and scroll through the list to find the Chapter 1 assignment link.  Click on the link to read the specific directions for this assignment and note the due date and time.  Exit Etudes-NG and open Word to complete these assignments in Word and save them to your USB drive.

7. The next step is to click on the ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS, AND SURVEYS link in the Navigation Bar in Etudes-NG and to submit each file individually, at its own link, "as an attachment" before the due date.  View Etudes-NG Tour 4 (in the section below) if you have questions on how to submit your assignments.

8. After the Chapter 1 project and assignments have been submitted, return to MODULES and read your instructor's notes for Chapter 2 before beginning Chapter 2 in the textbook.  Follow the procedures above for each chapter in the textbook.

During the mandatory orientation meeting at the beginning of the semester (check the Home page for the date, time, and place), we will discuss the Etudes-NG CAOT 84 "classroom" in further detail (where to locate the assignments, determine their due dates, how to submit them, how to do the "required" discussion postings, how the Etudes-NG "chat room" will serve as your instructor's "virtual office," course testing procedures, how your final grade is calculated, etc.)

New to Etudes-NG?  Five-Minute Tours Now Available!

If you are new to the Etudes-NG online "classroom," seven short tours are now available.  Click here to view these five-minute tours (this link is also available on the Home Page):

Tour 1:  Logging In
Tour 2:  Reading Modules and Participating in Discussions
Tour 3:  Taking a Test
Tour 4:  Submitting an Assignment
Tour 5:  Sending a Private Message
Tour 6:  Discussion  Forums Overview
Tour 7:  Test Center Overview

What are the rules of student conduct and the academic honor code? 

It is expected that students will pursue their studies here at LACC with honesty and integrity; therefore, students are expected to complete their own assignments and tests.  Anyone caught cheating (not submitting his/her OWN work) or plagiarizing will undergo a process that could result in severe and undesirable consequences. Click here to see the LACC rules of student conduct.  It is your responsibility to know the rules and abide by them.

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