Please Read Carefully:
This course is being offered using Blackboard Vista as the Learning Management System. If you have never used Blackboard vista before, please visit the orientation site.  http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

You will access your CCA Blackboard Vista course at http://online.ccaurora.edu

Note:  You will not be able to access your course until the start date, June 16^th.

New this semester: A support desk is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you with setting up your computer and solving problems. http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/helpdesk/

Colorado History

HIS 225 (Online)

3 Credit Hours

(June 16 - Aug 9)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Presents the stories of the people, society, and culture of Colorado from the earliest Native Americans, through the Spanish influx, fur traders and mountain men, gold rush, railroad builders, cattlemen and farmers, silver boom, to tourists and the modern 21^st-century state.

COURSE WEBSITE:

http://online.ccaurora.edu

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Name

Ginny Steele

Phone

303.369.5664

E-mail

Ginny.Steele@ccaurora.edu

Fax

Mailbox Location

Other

Alternate e-mail: dcr01@earthlink.net

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS:

·        Send/receive mail

·        Download files to your computer and then open them

·        Basic word processing skills 

·        Experience with the Blackboard Vista tool or having read the orientation guide at http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK(S):

1. Abbott, Leonard, and Noel, Colorado: A History of the Centennial State, 4^th Edition, and
2.  Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, 5^th Edition.

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

Regular Internet access.

REQUIRED HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE:

·        Supported Web-browser

·        Supported version of Java

·        To confirm your software is supported, run the Browser Check at http://online.ccaurora.edu

HOW TO GET STARTED:

Online course materials are not available to students until the first day of class, June 16. Access the class by logging onto the Blackboard Vista portal located on the www.ccaurora.edu home page. You will be asked for your S# and password, then your online classes will appear for this semester. Click on Colorado History HIS 225-176. Open the Welcome Assignment for instructions on completing the first week’s material. Be sure to review the course syllabus. You are responsible for following this outline of course readings, assignments, tests, and expectations.

ORIENTATION SESSION/FIRST MEETING:

None.   

OTHER INFORMATION:

Submit ALL work in Microsoft Word files using the .doc extension. I cannot read .docx files. Alternatively, save and submit your work as a Richtext document.

NOTE: This is an 8-week course.