Monday, August 29, 2011

Welcome to Week 1!

All face-to-face classes have started and are FULL. Online classes will be evalutaed for students to drop by Tuesday night. Add codes, if available, will be issued to waitlisted students who request one FIRST and then to other students who email, if there is room.

Please note that the location of my face-to-face office hour on M from 11-12 has been changed to 404A at Cabrillo.

Eat well, play fit,
Denise

Monday, August 22, 2011

Orientation Date Change!

Please note that the Cabrillo College Online Nutrition Class Orientation date has been changed. The orientation will take place on TUESDAY, 8/30 in room 454 from 6-9 pm (but we should be done by 7:30 or 8). The West Valley Online Nutrition Class Orientation is online at youtube. See links in an earlier post.
Eat well, play fit,
Denise

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Textbook Update

Please make sure that you read the previous Fall, 2011 post for more information about Fall classes.
This is important information about the textbook. I have arranged with the bookstores (West Valley and Cabrillo) to offer the textbook, new, bundled with the REQUIRED Diet Analysis Plus at a discounted price, between $120-130. That is the price for both items. Please make sure, if shopping for lower cost items, that you take into account the fact that you need BOTH the Understanding Nutrition, 12th edition and Diet Analysis Plus 10.0. Bundled together, these will cost you between $120-$130 at the school bookstore. Separately, the best price I have seen for Diet Analysis Plus, purchased separately, is ~$35. So, if you are purchasing Understanding Nutrition for a reduced price, PLEASE factor in that you will need to spend the extra money on the Diet Analysis Plus application. I encourage you to use any source available to save money on the book. If the bookstores run out of the bundled option, please let me know and the publisher will provide us with an alternative method for purchasing the bundle at a reduced price.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Fall, 2011

Update for Fall Classes, 2011
Cabrillo, CAHM 20: All classes begin on Mon, August 29th. Students enrolled in the online section must attend the mandatory orientation/first class meeting on 8/29 from 6-9 pm in room 450. Any student who cannot attend the orientation on 8/29 will need to email between 8/26 and 8/29 (before 5 pm) to prevent being dropped from the class and to make alternate arrangements. See Fall schedule for more information. All online students should log into class, via Blackboard, on August 29th. In addition, please make sure that your email address is up-to-date with the college as I will email all students on my class roster before August 26th.
Face-to-face students (MW mornings) need to attend class on August 29th to confirm class participation or will be dropped from the class to allow another student to add. Class meets in room 403.

West Valley:
NS15 Online (2 sections). Classes start August 29th. There is no face-to-face orientation scheduled, however you must read the entire syllabus to better understand how to navigate in the class. In addition, there is an online orientation, posted on youtube, see below. All enrolled students must email between 8/26 and 8/29, within Angel, to confirm their spot in the class. Students who do not make contact with me during that time will be dropped from the class to make room for those wishing to add. In addition, please make sure that your email address is up-to-date with the college as I will email all students on my class roster the weekend of August 26th. For information about the summer class, please see the main post.

West Valley Online Orientation
Orientation, Part 1, Introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwk60s0LqJM
Orientation, Part 2, Quizzes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6xZyAVikUY&feature=related
Orientation, Part 3, Discussion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5C3HJLH700&feature=related
Orientation, Part 4, Assignments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKuS9VDddcI&feature=related
Orientation, Part 5, Communication: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH0B2zn1V6M&feature=related