LITR 4332 American Minority Literature 2008 Syllabus

Email and computer participation & support

Each student contributes to the course webpage to benefit the course’s present and future offerings.

If you want any or all of your contributions removed at the end of the semester, simply send the instructor an email with directions.

The address for our course webpage is http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/hsh/whitec/litr/4332. If convenient, install it as a “favorite” for easy access.

 

Required email contributions:

1. Presentation posting

2. Research report proposal

 

Optional email contributions:

1. Midterm selections (if taken by email)

2. Final exam (if taken by email)

 

Email address: Send all emails to whitec@uhcl.edu. Note the "c" at the end of "whitec." If you send the email to "white" only, it goes to the wrong professor.

 

Contents and attachments: Try both of the following

  • Paste the contents of the appropriate word processing file directly into the email message.

  • “Attach” your word processing file to an email message. (My computer and most of its programs work off of Microsoft Word 2007. The only word processing program my computer appears unable to translate is Microsoft Works, though Microsoft Word is fine, as are most others.  If in doubt, save your word processing file in "Rich Text Format" or a “text only” format.)

If you cannot reach me by email, save your file to a floppy disk and give it to me. If you put your name on the disk, I’ll eventually return it to you.

Student computer access: Every enrolled student at UHCL is assigned an email account on the university server. For information about receiving your account name and password, call the university help desk at 281 283 2828.

Reassurances: You are not graded on your expertise in electronic media but on your intelligence in reading, discussing, and writing about literature. I’ve tried similar email exercises for several semesters; a few students encounter a few problems, but if we don’t give up, these problems always work out. Your course grade will not suffer for mistakes with email and related issues as long as I see you making a fair effort.