Criminal Justice Technology
A couple of things you need to know about online courses;
 
 
1.  Online courses are for those who can motivate themselves.  Remember that you need to keep up
     with the reading on your own.  If a chapter is in the "course contents" then it is expected that you have
     read that chapter by the time you do your first discussion posting.
 
2.  You must login to your course once a week.  Each instructor has the authority to withdraw you from
     the course if you do not login every week.  If you must be away from a computer for more than a week
     then it is your responsibility to contact the instructor, in advance.
 
3.   Discussions posted by the instructor for each week must be answered in the week they are assigned and
      no later than Thursday of that week.  You must post and respond to another student's post in order to get full credit
      for the posting.  Some instructors will grade each post and some will grade overall participation.  Either
      way you are graded on your participation, and should put sufficient time and effort into the discussion
      post. 
 
4.   Testing will be announced by the instructor.  Remember that you will ordinarily have at least four tests
      so if you have not seen a test announcement by week four then you need to let the instructor know because
      you may have missed a test.
 
5.    Since you are going to be taking an online course you must do the following to be considered on the roll.  If you
       fail to do any of the following, you will be withdrawn from the course within the drop/add period. 
   
        You must login to WebCT no later than the second official class day.
        You must email the Instructor of the course (within WebCT) that you have read the course syllabus and
          requirements of the course, and that you are ready to begin.  
        You must introduce yourself in the Week One Discussion area.
        You must go through the Criminal Justice Online Orientation (below).
 
6.    If you decide to withdraw from the course at any point, you must email the Instructor, and then withdraw
       via Campus Pipeline.  Failure to do this will result in an F for the course, and will affect your cumulative GPA.
 
7.    Remember that the only official email communication allowed is via your Tri-County Technical College email. 
       You have one by virtue of being a student, and are responsible for checking it at least twice a week.
 
Please make this an enjoyable experience for yourself by getting off to the right foot.  We are glad you are a student

in our program, and we are here to help in any way possible.