Course Requirements:

Attendance: You should attend all of the forum presentations. Attendance will be taken either at the beginning or the end of each forum. In addition, the attendance policy is subject to the honor code. Please arrive 10 minutes before the forum is to begin as tardiness is disrespectful to the speaker and your classmates. If you are late, you will not receive credit for attendance.

Please silence your cell phones and pagers upon entering the auditorium. No laptops allowed.

Assignment: A single 4-page paper critically analyzing three talks, one from Group A, one from Group B, and one from Group C is to be turned into to your advisor no later than Monday, April 16, 2007 by 5 p.m. After being graded, this paper will be placed in your Writing Portfolio.

Course Evaluation:

This course is graded S/U. You need a minimum of 70 points to pass the course with a grade of satisfactory. Attendance is 60% of the grade and the paper is 40% of the grade. You will receive 4.25 points for each of the 14 forum talks you attend and your paper will be graded on a scale of 0 to 40.5 points.

What is Blackboard?
Blackboard is an interactive online learning tool that allows you to receive course content, take tests and quizzes, participate in online dialog with your fellow students, and more.  As with any other computer program, there are a few things you must know prior to using the program to enhance your learning experience.  Please take a few moments to read the following instructions before trying to login to the course.

1. Blackboard user accounts are set up automatically for all students
2. Not all courses at FAU use Blackboard-- please check with your instructor
3. When you log into Blackboard you will only have access to the courses you are enrolled in that use Blackboard
4. Logging into Blackboard is done IN ADDITION to registering for your courses with the FAU Registrar.

Login Information
The universal URL to all Blackboard courses is: http://blackboard.fau.edu
After clicking on this URL you will be taken to the Blackboard (Bb) page on the FAU server where you can log into Blackboard.
Your username is your FAUNet ID.  If the you do not know your FAUNet ID.  You will need to enter your social security # and PIN in order to obtain your FAUNet ID.  Your initial password for Blackboard is your PIN (PINs are by default set to 2 zeros followed by the 2-digit DAY and 2-digit YEAR of birth). 
Your email address in Blackboard will be set as your FAU email address.  To forward email to another account you should go to MyFAU email and select "auto forward" under “options”.

NOTE: You will use the same username and password for all FAU Blackboard courses that you are enrolled in. 

Finding the course web site: The courses that you are enrolled in will be listed under the "My Courses" area.  Click on the course title in order to enter the course.  You may not see all of the courses that you are registered for listed here since not all courses at FAU use Blackboard-- please check with your instructor.

NOTE: Students who are having trouble logging into Blackboard should contact the IRM Helpdesk at 561-297-3999 or 399@fau.edu.