Orientation for College Algebra

This page contains links to Orientation Tasks and other Information for getting started.

Watch the Fall, 2025 Orientation Video
- Grab the Orientation Handout.
E-Mail Settings on D2L
- I want you to use your D2L e-mail and my D2L e-mail for course-related correspondence. Using Classlist in D2L tells me what course your are in, so I will know what you're talking about and where to save your messages on the server. Warning: Make sure you hit the SAVE button. The video shows the Save button, but I don't think I showed that last step, properly.
- Using your D2L e-mail tool for course-related communication with me is a key to better service and higher grades.

Homework Extensions for Late Work on WebAssign.
- If you're in a hurry, use the Automatic Extension Request. If you have some time, put in a Manual Extension Request, because I'm a lot nicer than WebAssign, especially in Chapter 1, where I rarely deduct any points for late work, to help people get started.
LockDown Browser for Quizzes on WebAssign
- You will need to enable this feature on your web browser to take WebAssign Quizzes. I think Cengage (WebAssign) people walk you through it. You might have to install it when you go in to take Quiz 1 over Chapter 1. From then on, it will work in the background.
  QUIZZES ARE OPTIONAL!!
  IF YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE THEM, BUT GIVE IT UP AS A BAD USE OF YOUR TIME, I WILL MAKE THE WRITTEN TESTS WEIGH MORE AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO PUT HOURS INTO PREPPING AND TAKING THOSE QUIZZES!