Viewing Your Course Website

The course home page is the first screen you will see in your course.  It holds the syllabus, announcements, course calendar, and your personal settings.

Below is a list of features that exist on your course website.  You can use the tool bars anywhere in the course.

• My Home - Returns you to the organizational home page. You find announcements from the Online Campus staff and the software company on this page.
• Course Home - Returns you to the course home page. The course syllabus should be posted in the announcements.
• Help - Takes you to brief help information about course tools.
• Logout - Logs you out of the online course system.

Course Navigation Bar - This bar is just under the Columbia College Online logo and is light grey with a blue font.

• Content - Summary of the weekly activities for the course.
• Checklist - Your instructor may use this to create a "to do" guide for the course.
• Classlist - Directory of your classmates, including names, emails and any groups. You can page your instructor or fellow class member by clicking on their name.
• Discussion - Here you can read and add to discussions among your fellow users. The discussion area is the primary mode of communication during the class. It is the heartbeat of the course. Through a variety of discussion topics, instructors can create forums for "class discussion" that can cover and review assignments. As a student, you can communicate with other students and with the instructor through this venue.
• Dropbox - This is a submission box for you to submit your assignments. You can send all of your assignments electronically to be evaluated by placing them in the dropbox.
• FAQ - Some instructors put frequently asked questions and answers related to their course in the FAQ section.
• Grades - You can access grades when you want to check how you are doing academically. Here you will be able to see your marks on the individual assignments that you submit. If your evaluator makes any comments about your assignments, you will be able to view them here as well.
• Quizzes - The Quizzing homepage lists the Past, Current, and Future Quizzes. You can quickly see the date and time the quiz starts and the attempts available.
• Links - Links is an interactive tool that allows you to browse through available links. Links are sorted by category for your convenience.
• Chat - This is an online interactive chat area. It is a synchronous area where you can talk to your classmates and participate in online discussions.