American River College

Online First Eight Weeks- Spring Semester

Online Orientation Requirements

In order to prepare yourself for this course and to maintain your enrollment, you MUST complete each of the following orientation tasks.  Please take note that all of these items must be completed and submitted by January 18.  If you fail to complete any of these items by the stated due date, you may be dropped from the course.

1. Review the Syllabus for Nutrition 300.  Make sure that you read the Syllabus carefully and that you understand all of the information contained within this document.
    
2. Review the information regarding Courtesy and Academic Conduct.  Click on the following link to view content: Academic Conduct
    
3. Review information regarding Netiquette.  Click on the following link to access "The Ten Core Rules of Netiquette", and access and read the information contained in the links for the  Introduction and Rules 1-5: Netiquette
    
4. Review information regarding e-mail etiquette.  From the Yale University website, read each item from the "General" all the way through to "Sources."  Click on the following link to read about e-mail etiquette: Yale E-mail Etiquette
    

5. You must have an enabled e-mail account for this course.  You may use any e-mail address that you wish, but it must be an account that you check on a daily basis.  Also, please use only one e-mail account from which you will correspond for this course.  If you do no already have one, you can use the following link to activate your ARC iMail account: https://imail.losrios.edu/newstudent/
    

6. After reading all of the above documents, links, and information, send an e-mail to Professor Giusti using your chosen e-mail account and include the following:
   
     A) Subject Line- throughout the entire semester, the subject line for all e-mails to Professor Giusti should read exactly as follows: NUTRITION 300 ONLINE.  If you do not use the correct subject line, then your message will be filtered out, and I will not receive your e-mail.
   
     B) Body of the e-mail message: Include the following:
                i.    Your full name
                ii.   Your student ID#
                iii.   Your enrollment status ("Enrolled", "Waitlist", "Not on wait list but want to add")
                iv.   The Nutrition 300 section # for which you are enrolled or trying to add
                v.  Acknowledgement that you have read, understand, and agree to abide by all of the  information and policies contained in the Online Orientation.
   
    
7. If you have access, go to Desire2Learn (D2L) and begin reviewing the content and information.  Typically, students will not have access until approximately January 15, however Desire2Learn (D2L) access may be earlier dependent upon the ARC Desire2Learn (D2L) administrators.
   
    

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