Important Information: Fall 2006 is the first quarter students will be using First Class software to perform course discussions. Some discussion pages may still contain directions using the old class discussion website. Thank you in advance for your patience while the HEA150 web pages are slowly updated during this transition. 

Students will need to use First Class software to participate in the discussions. Students have already paid for the technology upon enrollment and subsequently need to download the software to their computers. Any student not having his or her own compute will most likely need to use the web version of First Class, which does not have as many features as the actual software. In the past some First Class users with certain firewall protection have experienced difficulties with the software. If this is the case for you, please consider using the web version. Before attempting to download the First Class software to your computer or accessing the web version of First Class, please read the tutorial at the North Seattle Community College Distance Learning website, which walks the learner through installing the software, becoming familiar with what the First Class 'desktop' looks like, creating and replying to email messages.

Discussion grading: As with each discussion, five points are awarded for answering all discussion questions by the due date, and five points are awarded for posting the requested number of responses to others by the due date. Weekly answers to all discussion questions are due by the end of each Friday, while two replies to other students are due by the end of each Monday.

NOTE: With the exception of the first week, all discussion sessions require outside reading, as described on the weekly "discussion" links on the Lesson page. 

Directions for posting answers: Once the First Class software is available on the desktop, double-click on the "First Class" icon. The student should see a few icons upon opening the software, such as "mail" and the conference "HEA150 A672," or simply "A672." Double click on the A672 icon. You should then view three threads, "HEA150 Week 1 Group A, " "HEA150 Week 1 Group B," "HEA150 Week 1 Group C." Each student will be assigned to a group, Group A, B, or C via an instructor email. Click on the appropriate group. Click on all each of the three threads, "Week 1, Question #1," "Week 1, Question #2," "Week 1, Question #3" to read and reply to the respective questions for this week. The questions are written below for your information.

Last Revised: 9-25-06