Orientation Week: Course Communication

Please read this important information about email and other course communication procedures:

Check your OU email REGULARLY. You need to check your OU email regularly, preferably once a day. You can either check your OU email directly at Exchange.OU.edu, or you can have your OU email forwarded to another address. In order to forward your OU email to another address, log on to Account.OU.edu and follow the instructions there.

Save your email for this course in a FOLDER. Your "Sent Items" folder will automatically contain copies of the email that you send me, which is great: that way, in case an email gets lost you can easily send it to me again (email is definitely not 100% reliable at OU). In addition, you should create another folder in your email where you can save the emails I send you. In particular, you need to save all the emails I send to you about your Storybook project. Not sure how to make email folders? There's a Technology Tip where you can get extra credit for creating an email folder specifically for this class.

When you send me an email, make sure the Subject Line contains the COURSE NAME. Whenever you send me an email, it is essential that you include the name of the course in the Subject Line of the email - either Myth-Folklore or World Lit or Indian Epics, depending on which course you are enrolled in. In addition, whenever you are submitting an assignment by email, check the assignment to find out what specific information you need to include in the Subject Line. Also, if you are using an email alias that does not make it clear what your name is, make sure to include your name somewhere in the email, too - especially the beginning of the semester, when I am not familiar yet with everybody's email aliases.

Read the Class Announcements EVERY DAY. Every morning, Monday through Friday, there are new daily announcements for this class. You can also find the class announcements in Desire2Learn and at the course Ning site. It is very important that you read these daily announcements. If for some reason you miss the announcements one day, you can find announcements for the previous five days in Desire2Learn. You can also sign on to an email list so you will receive the Announcements in the form of a daily email if you want - and, since it's a Tech Tip, you can get extra credit for that, too.

Since we do not have regular class meetings, it is very important that you use email and the course announcements to stay in touch. If you have a question about any aspect of the course, please ASK. So, if you have read the class announcements for the day and you have a question that is not answered there, let me know! If you write to me during the week (Monday-Friday), I should be able to answer your email promptly - often I can answer immediately, and I will definitely get you an answer by the end of the day. I check email less frequently over the weekend, so if you send me an email on Saturday or Sunday I may be less slow in responding, but I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Here is the Gradebook Declaration to complete when you are done reading the information on this page: