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GSW Digital Classroom Manual General Studies Writing Bowling Green State University
Spring Semester 2013
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Table of Contents
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Accessing Your BGSU FalconMail Account
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Accessing and Using the Canvas Course Shell Using the Home Page of Our Canvas Course Shell Finding and Submitting Assignments on Canvas Finding Grades and Comments on Canvas
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Accessing and Using Your Electronic Textbook: St. Martin’s Guide to Writing
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Accessing and Using Your Electronic Handbook: Kirszner & Mandell’s The Brief Wadsworth Handbook
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Accessing and Using Online Jerome Library Resources
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Accessing and Using Online MLA Resources
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Getting Help with Technology Issues
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Accessing Your BGSU Falcon E-‐Mail Account
I will use email to contact you and update you about the course. Please use email to contact me outside of class if you need to. You can also use email to contact classmates for information and group work. You should check your Falcon Mail on a regular basis—at least once a day.
1 To open your Falcon Mail account, go to your my BGSU Home Page
4 Click “Sign In”
2 Click on “Falcon Mail (students/retirees)” in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
5 You can click the box for “Keep me signed in” so that the system remembers you when you access your email from your computer.
3 Enter your account information: your BGSU Falcon Mail address (for example, [email protected]) and your password.
This account information will have been assigned to you by the university.
6 You can check your mailbox for incoming email, and you can send an email to someone by clicking “New” near the top of the screen, above the list of your incoming emails.
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Accessing and Using the Canvas Course Shell
Canvas is our Course Management System. It is an electronic course shell where I will post all of our important information: contact information, course documents, assignments, links to other websites and resources, feedback on your written assignments, and grades.
1 On your MyBGSU page, click “Canvas” at the top.
2 Pull down “Courses” and click on the course number for our GSW class.
3 You will see the Home Page for our Canvas Course Shell.
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Using the Home Page of Our Canvas Course Shell
1 The Home Page of our Canvas Course Shell has a lot of important, basic information about our GSW class.
2 Click on any blue link on the home page to get more detailed information about my name and contact information, my office hours, our Achievement Requirements and our Syllabus.
3 Here is an example of one of the links that takes you to detailed information about contacting me.
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Finding and Submitting Assignments
on Canvas
Your writing assignments will all be posted on Canvas. You will be able to read your instructions for each assignment and see the due date for each assignment on Canvas. You will also submit your completed writing assignments to Canvas by uploading a file to the assignment link.
1 Click “Assignments” at the top of the Home Page of our Canvas Course Shell.
6 Save completed work as a file in your own computer.
2 Click the assignment that you want from the list of assignments that appears.
7 When you are ready to submit the assignment, click “Submit Assignment” in the left hand column on the screen.
3 A new screen will open with information about the assignment, and maybe a worksheet or file that you need to open.
8 You will be prompted to “Choose a file” from your computer, and then a screen will open so that you can search your computer for the file that you want to turn in. If it is the correct file, click “Submit.” If your assignment was properly submitted, you should see a message in the right hand column of the screen that reads, “Your submission was successful!”
4 Click on the worksheet or file to open it.
5 Read the document that opens, and complete any worksheets.
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Finding Grades and Comments on Canvas
After you have submitted a written assignment on Canvas, you will receive feedback from your instructor. This will be posted to Canvas for you to review. Grades will be noted in your assignment columns and comments will be noted on your paper (in Microsoft Word) or in the SpeedGrader screen.
1 Click “Grades” at the top of the Home Page of our Canvas Course Shell.
4 Click on the assignment name to open the screen.
2 When the Grades screen opens, you will see a list of your assignments.
5 To see your instructor’s comments, look to the right hand column. You should see either a comment there, and/or a file.
3 If there is a comment bubble to the right of your assignment, you will know that I have reviewed your assignment and given you comments.
6 If your instructor commented directly on your assignment, you can click on the file icon to open it and see the comments on Microsoft Word document.
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Accessing and Using Your Electronic
Textbook: St. Martin’s Guide to Writing
When you purchase your textbook from the bookstore, you will receive an access code for the electronic version of the textbook. This code will allow you to open the electronic version the first time so that you can enter a user name and password. From then on, you can open the electronic textbook from any computer using your user name and password.
1 Open a new screen in your internet browser (Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome, for example). Enter this web address: http://ebooks.bfwpub.com/theguide.php.
4 Click “Log In.”
2 Enter your user name (your BGSU Falcon Mail address in full: for example, [email protected]), and a password.
The first time you access the book, you will be asked to set a password. Save the password somewhere that you can easily access in case you forget it.
5 You will be taken to a screen where you can enter the page number or chapter that you are looking for from your homework assignment.
3 You can also click the box next to “Remember Me,” so that when you enter the website from your computer, it will automatically fill in your user name and password.
6 You can also use the “Search” option in the left hand column of the page to search for topics within the book.
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Accessing and Using Your Electronic
Handbook: Kirszner & Mandell’s The Brief Wadsworth Handbook
When you purchase your textbook from the bookstore, you will receive an access code for the electronic version of the textbook. This code will allow you to open the electronic version the first time so that you can enter a user name and password. From then on, you can open the electronic textbook from any computer using your user name and password.
1 Open a new screen in your internet browser (Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome, for example). Enter this web address: http://login.cengagebrain.com/cb/register.htm?method=loadRegistrationForm&nr=y.
3 Go to “My Dashboard,” where you will find access to the electronic version of the handbook, and custom on-‐line resources for BGSU GSW students.
2 Enter your access code, and then follow the instructions to set up your account with a username and password.
The first time you access the book, you will be asked to set a password. Save the password somewhere that you can easily access in case you forget it!
4 Click on “Multimedia ebook for Kirszner/Mandell’s The Brief Wadworth Handbook” to access the electronic version of the book.
You will be taken to the main screen for the handbook where you can use the table of contents or the search screen to find the information that you need.
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Accessing and Using Online Jerome
Library Resources
Jerome Library has created resources specifically for GSW use. They offer helpful guides to research, generating topic ideas for papers, and how to properly cite sources in MLA style, among other helpful links and hints.
1 You can access the library’s website at http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/ (or from the MyBGSU login page).
4 The orange tabs across the screen identify the different resources available here.
2 Once you are on the library’s main page, click on “LibGuides” in the left hand column of the screen. It is the first link under “Tutorials & Tools.”
5 Click on one of the tabs to get the information that you need: Search Strategies Finding Articles Evaluating Sources Academic Honesty MLA Within each tab, you will find very helpful suggestions and ideas for researching and writing college essays.
3 In the next screen, you can access the GSW LibGuide by scrolling down the menu called “Class Guides” on the left hand side of the screen, until you get to the “G’s”.
6 On the library website home page, you can also use Summon, the search engine for the library’s resources. If you type search terms into the Summon screen, you will be able to access most of the library’s online and paper holdings.
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Accessing and Using Online MLA
Resources
GSW courses use MLA style for citation of sources. There are a few resources that you can access online for information on how to cite to sources properly in MLA format.
1 Open the ebook according the instructions at Accessing and Using Your Electronic Handbook: The Brief Wadsworth Handbook (Kirszner & Mandell) in this manual.
4 Click on “21 MLA Documentation Style” to open the electronic book to the pages that you need for details on how to cite to different kinds of sources.
2 Go to page 95 of the handbook to find
a sample paper that illustrates proper MLA formatting for the types of papers that you will write in GSW.
5 The library also has a page in your GSW LibGuide for 1100/1110 that provides information on how to cite to sources properly in MLA style. See instructions on page x of this Manual for instructions on how to access it or you can go to http://www.libguides.bgsu.edu/MLA.
3 Scroll through the Table of Contents in the left hand screen until you reach PART 5.
6 Most internet sites that offer to create your citations for you do not use http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ proper MLA format, so do not use them. One internet site that does offer good advice on MLA and that you can use for reference in GSW is the Purdue Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/.
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Getting Help with Technology Issues
BGSU’s Information Technology Services (ITS) can help you with technology support for your computer, your wireless internet connection, your FalconMail, your MyBGSU account, and your software.
1 You can find ITS and an explanation of its services at http://www.bgsu.edu/its/students/index.html.
2 You can call the ITS office at 419-‐372-‐0999 and ask for assistance, or you can email them at [email protected].
3 You can also go to the ITS office located at 110 Hayes Hall and ask for assistance from a technician there.
