Welcome to the orientation module! In this course, lessons (we call them "modules") will be posted every week on Tuesday. This orientation module, which we've posted a few days early, is meant to familiarize you with the course syllabus, our course site, and some tools we will be using throughout the semester. We are asking you to do several activities using several different tools. We hope this is not too tedious! We do this so that you will be prepared to use these same tools in assignments later in the semester and won't face frustrating technical difficulties at that point. While the work in Module 1 shouldn't be too time consuming, please don't wait until the last minute to complete it: allow yourself some time to work out any technical problems you might encounter. Continue reading →

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