If you have emailed me about adding an online English 1B course, please note that students on the waitlist--in the order that WebSTRS lists them--will have first crack at any vacant seats/screens.  As you probably know, when the roster filled up during pre-registration an electronic waitlist was activated.  Maybe you are already on the waitlist. Maybe you've even been upgraded from the waitlist to the official roster. Please do not email me to give you priority status or to put you on that list; this can only be done  via WebSTRS during preregistration.

Course access will begin at the mandatory orientation on 1/21.  Do not ask me for early access or for a syllabus.  The magic will happen in Cyberia on 1/21.

The text will be Literature: A Portable Anthology (2nd ed), as well as a lot of online reading.  

If you miss the mandatory orientation, you will not be in the class because the orientation is, well, mandatory.  Keep "mandatory" in mind if you enroll in the course again next term.  For future info, refer again to this page, as directed by the CCSF class schedule and the CCSF Distance Ed page, which, like this page, you should have seen upon registering for the course.  Remember, CCSF has replaced WebCT with Moodle, an open source course management system.  See insight.ccsf.edu.

For future reference...

Here's how things will go down at the on-campus orientation.  If you are unable to register online for the course or the waitlist but attend the mandatory orientation and somebody on the roster or waitlist is absent, then you might luck out and take their seat. You will need to have English 1B eligibility proof in hand (CCSF documentation) or online (WebSTRS), though, in order to be added.  Please see the English Eligibility Coordinator to verify that you are indeed eligible for the course.  Showing me a transcript from SFSU or another school will not cut it.  You will need CCSF paperwork from the Eligibility Coordinator.  If you are added during the mandatory orientation, you will be given an add sticker, but your course access will not begin until the Banner, the school's registration, processes your enrollment the following work day.

NOTE--If you register for this course--or the waitlist--and also register for a face-to-face 1B, the system will bump you out of the online 1B roster or waitlist. 

Please also check www.cvc.edu for online 1B courses offered by other California colleges.  Or, try CCSF again next term.

This is an enjoyable class, but it is not an easy class.  The workload will be constant--but manageable and rewarding. Do not assume that this is easier than a face-to-face 1B. If you have never taken an online course, this one may be great for you . . . or it may be a disaster.  Every week you will have a quiz, a healthy amount of reading, a series of opportunities to exchange ideas in the discussion forum, and during the semester you'll produce a collaborative project--plus papers due every few weeks. If you have questions, email me at ckleinma@ccsf.edu. 

Dr. Kleinman

Oh, and if you're eligible for English 1B, you're also eligible for online English 1C.  For more about CCSF English courses, labs, and the English Major, jump to www.ccsf.edu/english.