Welcome to
Government 2305 Web 
 Spring 2008

Announcements

• The first day of class is Tuesday, January 14, for the Spring 2008 semester.  Before starting the course please fill out BOTH the Student Information Bio, then fill out the Web Checklist (click the blue text to open the two questionnaires). 
  5 bonus points each

• Students  will not be able to login into the course until the first class day. Login instructions to Blackboard are located at http://www.odessa.edu/virtual/bblogin.htm.
  Your Blackboard user name/login is your first initial, last initial and your college ID without the leading zeros. (ex." bd350" if my OC ID# was 000350) and your password is oc+last 4 numbers of your social security number (ex.: "oc0138")

• NEW OC Email Policy: All OC students MUST use their OC student email address for all OC business and courses.  All emails the instructor sends out will be to students' OC student email addresses.  After Friday, January 18, only student emails using the OC email address will be answered.  To access your student email, go to the OC webpage at http://www.odessa.edu/ and in the upper right hand corner you will find "Quick Links" and beneath that the "Blackboard" and "Student Email" links.  

• Technical Contact Person
  Students having technical problems with Blackboard  should contact OC Webmaster April Vanecek at 335-6781 or at avanecek@odessa.edu or Derrick Conway at 335-6682 or dconway@odessa.edu 

• All students MUST attend one of the following Blackboard Training sessions in the LRC 302:
       1.   Monday, January 14  at  10 am, 2 pm, 5 pm          
       2.  Tuesday, January 15 at  10 am, 2 pm, 5 pm  
       3.   Wednesday, January 16 at 5:30 pm 
             
  --10 bonus points for attendance.  
  

• Go to the Blackboard Discussion Board (by clicking on "Communication" in Blackboard's menu) and post your personal bio and respond to another student's bio by 10 pm Mon. January 21-5 bonus points
  
  
• Send email to instructor by 1 pm Friday January 18--5 bonus points (those late registering email ASAP to get on email list)
  
  

• Instructor suggestion: click on all of buttons to left, read and print out information & put in 3-ring binder for future reference during the semester.

• Voter's Card: Students can earn bonus points by showing proof they are registered to vote.  Simply email a scanned copy of your voter's card to me or fax a copy to 335-6667.
  20 bonus points

• Here are some important links if you have questions or problems concerning Blackboard:

  Getting Started: http://www.odessa.edu/virtual/student/gettingstarted.htm

  Blackboard Login Instructions: http://www.odessa.edu/virtual/bblogin.htm

  Blackboard System Requirements: http://www.odessa.edu/virtual/blackboard/requirements.htm

  Blackboard Browser Configuration: http://www.odessa.edu/virtual/blackboard/browser.html  

   

• This web site was last updated on 12/18/07