Attention Astronomy 122 Distance Education Students:

Instructions for this Course:  Read all of this document!

The course material can be access through the blackboard
system at the University of Oregon.  Point your browser at
blackboard.uoregon.edu and log in with your UO email address
and password.  You should then be able to see the link
to this course as well as all other relevant assignments,
etc.

If your having any trouble connecting to blackboard.uoregon.edu
contact zbiggs@darkwing.uoregon.edu right away.

Course requirements are as follows:



1. Completion of 5 homework assignments; all 5 are linked
from the home page and the due dates are indicated.  
Please pay attention to the suggested due dates and don't fall behind. 
In addition, failure to turn in an assignment results in an
automatic -10 points recorded for that assignment (that's worse
than a zero).   

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*                 astr122@gmail.com                            *
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2. Completion of 1 midterm and 1 final exam.  The midterm will
cover the first 3 modulues, The final is comprehensive but also
optional.  Please read the grading box on the main course page carefully.

Both exams will be linked from the home page during the indicated 
range of dates.  You are required to take the exams during these time periods.

The exam format consists of a series of short answer or multiple choice
questions and will be taken using a Web form.   The exam is an open notes
exam and you will have four hours to complete the exam from the time
you first access the exam to the time you submit it.  Note:  in practice
you can finish the exam in an hour, but sometimes there are network
difficulties, etc.  More instructions on how to take the exams will come
later.


3.  There is a class discussion/forum  page available within Blackboard
Use this to ask questions, discuss ideas, etc.
This is an asynchronous discussion page and not a real time
chat room.  I will responded to posted questions here usually
within 24 hours of their post, if not sooner.

4.  Note that on a few of the lecture pages are links to various
"self-study" quizzes or exercises.  You should definitely engage
in those.


Points of contact in this class are as follows:

For content related questions about the course material please 
contact:

nuts@bigmoo.uoregon.edu  (the Professor)

For registration or procedural questions please contact

sgladney@continue.uoregon.edu (The Orchestrater)


For questions of a technical nature related to the performance
of your browsers or operating system with respect to accessing
the course material

zbiggs@oregon.uoregon.edu (The Wizard)

That's it - I hope this class delivered in this way will be
a productive learning opportunity for you.