Email #2 to class during introduction week

Dear Class,

I have achieved a minor miracle--as of 10 minutes ago, I have read everything everyone has posted in their journals, on the discussion board, and in the Course Questions folder. It has been wonderful getting to know you and working to serve you. I feel like Superwoman! Here are a few things to keep in mind as the Introduction Lesson comes to a close:

 

1) The Introduction Lesson Work: Remember to get everything completed by Saturday night at midnight (your time). The list of assignments is posted on the Introduction Lesson main page, and I'm pasting it here:

(the list didn't paste--darn!--just look on the Introduction Lesson Main Page)

(Remember that the material in the "Notes" row is incorrect. Your Introduction lesson work is all due by Saturday night at midnight, based on your time zone.)

 

2) Late Work: Because we are at the start of a new semester, my late work policy will be more lenient during the Introduction Lesson and Lesson 1 than it ever will be again. If you can get everything completed for this Introduction lesson by Saturday, I won't deduct any points from your Introduction Lesson work--even if you posted your Wednesday assignments late. If you submit Introduction work next week, I'll dock a letter grade for everything submitted late. After Lesson 1, I won't accept late work except in the most extreme circumstances (like hospitalization). I ask that everything be submitted on time except in the rarest emergencies.

Our syllabus says: "Late Work Policy: Assignments are due on the day indicated. No late work will be accepted without permission from the instructor. Work that is late hampers your ability to fully participate in the course and will be accepted only at your instructor's discretion. Inform your instructor before the assignment is due. Any late work that is accepted is subject to a penalty as determined by your instructor." Please work to get all of your work in on time. Plan ahead so you can meet the deadlines.

 

3) Open House: I have had so much fun getting to meet you in our Open Houses! Today at 6 pm, MT, I will host the last Open House here. Just click on the link, click that you are a guest, type your full name, and click "Enter Room." I look forward to meeting with you! If you are unable to come to this last meeting, and you have not yet come to an Open House, I have good news. Rather than schedule myriad alternative meetings, I invite you to go to my virtual office on your own time and complete the assignments I will post there. That will "count" as having attended an Open House. To get to my office, click the link above, or go to the "My Instructor" folder and click on the virtual office link right by my school picture.

***One more thing about these open houses--many students have written in their class journals about dreading meeting online with other students. They worry that they will have to make time for these meetings, and worry that they will be graded according to group work. That is not the case. I am only hosting Open Houses this week so we can get to know each other, and so you know where to go if you want to use my office to meet with me, or interact with other classmates. I will be in the virtual office every Wednesday night at 8 pm, MT, and you are always welcome to come visit me there and ask questions. But you will never again be required to come to a meeting in my office. Do you feel better?

 

I hope I have answered some questions for you, and I hope this Introduction Lesson week has gone well for you. Keep up the great work, and let me know if you have further questions (on the Course Questions board, or via email or text: 208-241-2889). I am praying for you!

 

Sincerely,

Sister Bowen