Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Welcome Back Students!

West Valley classes are underway and, in an unusual turn of events, still have class openings. I can add anyone to that class, at this point. Both the West Valley and Cabrillo classes have the same CSU and UC articulation agreements and work for the same nursing school programs, to the best of my knowledge. If you are a student at another college who really wants to take nutrition online this semester, I encourage you to contact me about an add code at West Valley. There is plenty of time to complete the assigned work and you can just send your transcripts to your other school and it will be counted towards your graduation and/or GE requirements.

Cabrillo returns to school on Tuesday, after the holiday and all students should have received an email from me in regards to getting started. If you are not enrolled or waitlisted and are interested in adding, use my college based email to contact me and I can further direct you.

Eat well, play fit,
Denise C. Russo, MS RD CGEI

Wednesday, August 21, 2013



Welcome Back to School!

Online Learners: There is still room in the West Valley online classes, including the Late Start class (8 weeks).

West Valley Students:

NS15 Online (2 sections). Classes start August 26th. (Late start class starts October 14th with more information published then.) There is no face-to-face orientation scheduled, however you must read the entire syllabus to better understand how to navigate the class. In addition, there is an online orientation, posted on youtube, see below. All enrolled students must email between 8/24 and 8/26, to confirm their spot in the class. Students who do not make contact with me during that time may 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 by August 19th.

West Valley Online Orientation (Please note that there may be some subtle changes to orientation information and that update information is available in the syllabus and within the class.)

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/watchv=h5C3HJLH700&feature=related

Orientation, Part 4, Assignments: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=lKuS9VDddcI&feature=related

Orientation, Part 5, Communication: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=kH0B2zn1V6M&feature=related


Cabrillo Students 

CAHM 20 (3 sections): All classes (online and face-to-face) begin on Tuesday, September 3rd. Students enrolled in the online section must attend the mandatory orientation/first class meeting on 9/4 from 7-9 pm in room 454. Any student who cannot attend the orientation on 9/4 will need to email between 8/31 and 9/4 (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 September 3rd, after 5 pm. 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 28th. In addition to attending orientation, students must have positive participation in class within the first week to prevent being dropped from the class.

Face-to-face students (T/Th mornings) need to attend class on February to confirm class participation or will be dropped from the class to allow another student to add. Class meets in room 405. The syllabus will be posted in Blackboard so you may download it from there, before class, if you would like a hard copy.

Online Orientation for Cabrillo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Zjqk-fsrE

ADDS
Please note that I am required to add all waitlisted students prior to other adds. It is highly advised that any student interested in adding the class keep trying to get on the waitlist, up until the day class starts. (Once classes begin, you can no longer register for the class without an add code.) The process is such that if a student drops from the roster, before the first day of school, the person 1st on the waitlist will be offered that spot (via email, so check email daily). Whether that person accepts the position or not, they will move off of the waitlist, making a new position open on the waitlist. Because of this, spots open up on the waitlist frequently, so it is important to keep checking. Once classes begin and the first day is complete, I can then assess if I have room for students NOT on the waitlist. If a waitlisted student does not attend class/orientation (Cabrillo) or email me (West Valley) on the first day, they no longer have priority. I will assign add codes based on availability.

Explanation: Although it does seem that an online class should have "room" for all students, every class has a capacity based on state funding. Over-enrolling in a class can cause the college to go over on its total student capacity. Since the college doesn't get reimbursed for students who are enrolled over the allowed capacity, there is then a limit on the amount of "room" available in all classes, online or face-to-face.

Textbook: Please see the sidebar for information about the textbook.