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Welcome to the world of amphibians--online!!
On this page you will find all the information
needed to begin the course. You should always come here first before
going off to read lessons or access other course materials.
This page contains information on
Being Able to Hop Around!
The Syllabus--Three Modules
(click here to go to the syllabus)
The Lessons Online
Conferencing (The Center @
Hamline) (If this is the first time you have used the Conferencing Center
you should read the instructions for more information or do the tutorial
under the help button once you have entered the center.)
 1)
Being Able to Hop Around!
As a reminder, let me go over a few basic conventions
you will need to know when you use the course materials provided on the
web. When I want you to go to another web page, you need to click (i.e.
press the mouse button) where it says click here or on the specially marked
text (in blue and underlined) referring to that page. Anything that takes
you to another place (either another page or a different part of a page)
appears in blue and is underlined. For example, to use this link to take
you to a sample page click on sample
page or on click here.
Similarly, sometimes I will ask you to "jump"
to another part of the same lesson. Such requests mean that you need to
click on the specially marked word or phrase referring to that part of
the lesson.
Now we are ready to look at other pieces of information
you need to know to take this course.
Also remember if there is a link to return to
the previous page does not exist, you can click on the 'Back' button on
the top tool bar of the web page. Alternatively, you can click on the links
at the left of the page, although these links may not take you directly
to the previous page.
2)
The Syllabus--Three Modules
The next item I have on my agenda is the syllabus.
This has been outlined for you several times, click here for a more detailed
syllabus. But please let me know if there is additional information you
might like in the syllabus.
3)
The Lessons
This is a list of the lessons. From here you can
directly go to any of the lessons throughout the course as long as they
are active (that is, green and underlined).
Lesson 1a: Introductions, course format, course
goals
Lesson 1b: Anatomy of amphibians--frogs in particular,
click here to get to the assignments
Lesson 1c: Frogs as Bio-indicators, click here to
get to the assignments
Lesson 2: Environmental Factors and Amphibian Populations--frogs
in particular, click here to get to the assignments
Lesson 3: Global and local declines, frogs in particular,
click here to get to the assignments
Glossary: There is also a glossary of terms which
links to words in the text that you may not have used before this course.
References: There is a list of references used
in the course. You may be able to get some of these texts at school, local
or university libraries. These are also linked to the text.
4)
Online Conferencing (The Center @ Hamline)
In this course we don't have regular classroom meetings
and interactions as in a regular on-campus course. The conference center
is a place where we can "meet" to conduct group work, discuss topics,
or ask questions. Once you register for the course, instructions explaining
the Center will be mailed to you. However, if you have further questions
there is a tutorial which you can access once you have entered the center.
Take a few minutes to read over the online instructions.
Please note that once in the virtual Center for
the first time, you do not need to register. You have been pre-registered,
but you will need your userid and password to access the center at all
times. To link to the Center click here.
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The
H.Y.L.A (Helping Your Local Amphibians) Project