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Welcome to our FCST 342 wiki for **FAMILY SOCIOLOGY**. This will mostly replace Blackboard.

=== Your groups have been created for the group project. See links on side panel. Please find your name by alphabetical order of your last name. So if your name starts with a or B you are in group 1 or to and so on. Please add your contact information underneath your name. ===

= CLICK the JOIN tab above right. =

** FOLLOW directions. **

** Don't forget to click REQUEST MEMBERSHIP tab at the end ** =** Wait for approval -- **** This may take several hours **=

** Then you can access the wiki ** ** Joining prevents spam **

A wiki is an editable document.

Throughout the class, I will ask you to go to this wiki, complete an assignment, which will involve writing in your blogs.

To get more familiar with wikis and how they are used click : [|Wiki Video]
As you can see in the Wiki video, you can edit this page just by clicking on the **edit** tab above this entry. After you edit, you are able to save your entry by clicking **Save buttons on the top right of the page**.
 * You can also e-mail me any time to ask questions unless you have general questions that should be posted on the Course Cafe. **

Don't be nervous, I promise that many students have come to love this format and think it is superior to Blackboard. I remember when Blackboard first came out, it was a great tool compared to doing things on paper, BUT my analogy of Blackboard and WIKIs is that Blackboard is a toaster but Wikis are microwaves. Wikis are just more democratic and powerful, and seldom are slow or go down for maintenance.

And NO e-mailing me and saying "I am just not good with technology," is not a valid excuse! In fact YOU are being called the "net" generation as you have grown up with an on-line world available 24-7. If you can use e-mail and Facebook -- you can learn to use a wiki!

On the left green panel are links to almost everything you will need to successfully complete this course. The top link is the "home link." To return to the home page from any other page on the wiki, simply click the "Wiki Home" link at the top right of the green panel or you can use the back arrow in your browser.

The rest of the links are in alphabetical order. When you click on each one, you will be taken to a new page.

"A Blog Links" takes you to a page where you will attach your blog to the wiki. See Assignment 1 for directions.

Next click on ASyllabus for the COURSE SYLLABUS. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. (95% of your questions are answered by the syllabus. PLEASE look for an answer to any question you may have by first re-reading the syllabus.

== Readings that are NOT in your textbook (NON TEXTBOOK READINGS) are attached on the syllabus under the class description for that day. Readings are due for the class they are attached to on the syllabus. So KEEP UP on the syllabus. ==

LINKS to Assignments 1 - 6 are listed first. See the course syllabus for due dates. **When completing blog assignments reference the authors and refer to page numbers to insure I know you completed all the reading.**

Next is the BLOG LINKS page where you will link your blogs to the wiki. Directions on how to do this are under Assignment 1.

The next link is to the "Course Cafe" page where you can post questions of general content and where I or other students can answer them. Once you have completed Assignment 1, you will know how to edit and save posts to the wiki Course Cafe page. Also on the Course Cafe page is a section on Course Announcements and a section for Interesting links. I WELCOME all of you to post interesting websites, ideas, related to this class. Some examples are already there.

The next link is "PowerPoint lecture slides" where you will find all the lectures in Powerpoint for each class. You will note on the syllbus that some days, there will be two lectures.


 * Last is the "readings" link where a few course reading can be found. Most importantly the first reading: Cherlin, chap 1. This chapter is a BUILDING BLOCK for understanding this class, read it and read it again!! **

Take time now to click on each of the links click on all links on the left hand panel to familiarize yourself with the wiki.

Again, we will use this wiki to:
 * Access the course syllabus see link on left, green panel "A Syllabus"
 * Access Lecture slides under "PowerPoint Lecture Slides" link
 * Ask general course questions of general interest on the "Course Cafe" link, rather than e-mailing me directly
 * Receive course announcements or post interesting links related to the course on the Course cafe page
 * Create links to your blogs where you complete assignment 1 - 6 on the "A BLOGS LINK" page

Blackboard will be used to take the on-line midterm exam and final test.

I have created a Course Cafe Link FCST 342. Please post questions, comments, related websites of interest to this page. That way, you can ask and I will answer general questions and the whole class can benefit.

When you are adding your comments, please sign them with your first name and last initial. i.e. Madonna C.

Also, because we are all working on the same living document, do not delete other student's entries.

In Assignment 1 you will follow directions to create a blog. Blogging comes from the words web log. It is like an on-line journal. Feel I will ask you to blog on. Here's the link. Click on it and follow directions to set up your own blog. [|blogger]

After you set up your blog, MAKE SURE TO COPY THE URL ADDRESS AND TO REMEMBER YOUR LOGIN AND PASSWORD. NO ONE ELSE CAN HELP YOU IF YOU FORGET THIS INFORMATION!!!! Then return to the wiki and click: BLOG LINK to attach your blog to the blog link page. All the directions on how to do this are in Assignment 1.

If I am not available to help you, please go to the ADP Center for Teaching and Learning on the first floor of University Hall.

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