If you are enrolled in my online course, it will first appear on your Blackboard screen when the class starts February 2nd. If you're nervous about whether you're really enrolled, check your MySite page. If the course shows in your class listing, everything is OK. We are online only, no face-to-face meetings are required. Here's what you can do now to get ready: (4) Make sure your computer meets Saddleback's and Blackboard's specifications.
aorrison@saddleback.edu
I'm Alannah Rosenberg, a Professor of Economics and Chair of the Honors Program.
In Spring 2009, I'm teaching four courses, one of which is online. Here's information for them:
Econ 4: Principles of Microeconomics (Internet)
(1) Do not buy the Krugman-Wells textbook, whether it's in the bookstore or not!
That is for my Honors class students only. Your book will be the e-text version, which is much cheaper.
(2) Buy "The Undercover Economist," by Tim Harford.
It's available in the Saddleback Bookstore and many other places for about $15.
(3) Have your Saddleback e-mail forwarded.
All class e-mails sent via MySite or Blackboard must use it. At MySite you can forward your Saddleback e-mail to an address you check regularly.
The Adobe PDF file with this is at http://www.saddleback.edu/itc/user/documents/BBInfoandFAQ.pdf
(5) Make sure your computer meets Aplia's specifications.
The site on which you'll be doing most of your work is http://www.aplia.com. Go there to take its "System Configuration Test," which checks Java and Flash levels and tells you how to get any necessary upgrades.
(6) Visit Blackboard and Aplia on the first day of class.
You may start using Aplia, and the e-text, for free. You don't have to pay for it for a few weeks; there is no financial excuse for a late start.
(7) Especially if you're new, learn about Blackboard.
Saddleback and IVC have made some very brief but very helpful movies:
