BIOL 235: General Nutrition; Dale Larson

Getting started

If this is your first Blackboard class, please consider attending one of the general online orientation sessions offered on campus at the start of the semester.

Log onto Blackboard (at online.jccc.edu), click on the Syllabus folder for course specific information. You should read each document in that folder carefully and refer to it often during the semester.

On-Campus Class Meetings

No.

Tests

There are deadlines for the quizzes and exams. Quizzes will be taken online through Blackboard. A total of 4 exams will need to be taken on-campus at the testing center during specified weeks of the semester.

Self-paced or deadlines

This course is set up as a structured course with targeted weeks and deadlines established for assignments, quizzes and exams.

Frequency of course access

Every couple of days is ideal.

Basic online format

Online discussion will be provided in addition to assignments, quizzes and exams.

Textbooks

Required textbook: Perspectives in Nutrition, 7th edition, by Wardlaw and Hampl. You will also need the online code for NutritionCalc Plus 2.0. Textbook information is available online at the JCCC Bookstore.

Computer skills required

Know how to attach documents, Use of Blackboard software. Basic computing skills.