This document provides an overview of an online physical science class, including: 1) An introduction to the Elluminate tools for participation and interaction. 2) Details on course structure, expectations, and policies - such as multiple choice quizzes each unit, written assignments, group projects, and a redo policy for low scores. 3) A scavenger hunt activity for students to familiarize themselves with the course navigation and materials.

1. Walk to class Physical Science Mrs. Harris

2. Welcome Elluminate tools Practice activities Course basics Scavenger hunt

3. Elluminate tools

4. Practice Raise your hand if this is not your first year at ISWI

5. Checking in Give me a check mark if you feel confident about starting classes next week

6. Elluminate tools

7. Chat rules Type properly to the best of your ability Keep vocabulary school appropriate All chat is visible by the teacher Some chat lingo is acceptable LOL or ROFL BRB or AFK Emotes ^_^)/

8. Elluminate tools

9. Mic Check Pick a question to answer on the mic What is your favorite restaurant to eat at and why? What is a topic in physical science you hope to learn more about? What’s the best thing you did all summer? Do you do any impressions of famous people? Do share!

10. Elluminate tools

11. Use the tool to write your name on the board then use the highlighter to highlight your name. A

14. Chat window

15. Mic check

16. Whiteboard toolsCourse Basics Navigating Course responsibilities Now is a good time to ask some questions!

17. Course basics How to work through the course in Angel Units Quizzes Assignments Group projects Textbook Class time and responsibilities Academic honesty Live lessons Office hours

18. Digging in! Navigating Angel

19. Physical science

20. Physical science

21. Physical science

22. Let’s take a look! Tour time

23. To-do’s Student responsibilities

24. Things to do Unit tasks Weekly tasks Unit quizzes Multiple choice, 1-3 quizzes per unit Unit assignments Written assignments or multiple choice unit tests Group project participation Requires your participation There will be scheduled time for you to work on these Read the online textbook pages Read through the Angel content and explore the links provided Attend live Elluminate lessons Call, email, IM, come to open office for help and to touch base

25. Redo policy If you get less than a 60% grade on an assignment (or if I feel you could add more or misunderstood something) you’ll get the assignment back to modify/redo. If you get a low score on a quiz or test you can call or email me to request a booster document.

26. Academic honesty Your work should be written by you. Plagiarism is when you copy without giving credit to the original author. Citing sources at the end of a paper is not the same as giving credit. Let’s look at a site together: http://science.widener.edu/svb/essay/plagiar.html

27. On average you will spend 5-8 hours on this course every week

28. Good times! Live elluminate lesson Open office hours (e-live) Wednesday 2:00-3:00 Friday 2:00-3:00 Links will be posted under “Course Resources” on the class homepage. Monday 9:00-12:00 Tuesday 1:00-4:00 Wednesday 9:00-11:00 Friday 8:00-10:00 & 3:00-6:00

29. Scavenger hunt There are 10 questions to answer. You will have to search through Angel and remember a few things from our presentation today. Share the work, ask questions, use the mics. We’ll take about 5-10 minutes to work on this activity. 

30. How many units are there this semester? 1.

31. How many assignment options are there for unit 2? 2.

32. When is the first group project due? 3.

33. 4. What is the title of unit 7?

34. Where do I look if I want to know what my current grade is? 5.

35. How much time, on average, will you spend on this course every week? 6.

36. When are the physical science live lessons? 7.

37. 8. What are open office hours for?

38. 9. What is my phone number?

39. 10. What item is due on December 1st?

41. Navigating in Angel

42. Your responsibilitiesMore to come A document with video links and “how-to” demonstrations This Powerpoint available for download/viewing. Recording posted in “Course Resources” Class next week! XD

43. Before our first class you should have the text pages read and come ready to take a few notes! See you on Wednesday! I have pictures of my kiddos to share!  No school on monday