ENG201Y Reading poetry (Percy --
L5101)
1.
I
would like our discussions to continue through the week (and through the year),
and for a few reasons have decided to try “bulletin board” software rather than
email for these discussions.
·
Your
(informed, intelligent, reflective, articulate, courteous) postings will count
as “class participation”; they will not
be graded. This is a change from the process described in the course syllabus.
·
Discussion
should, of course, relate to the course readings (past, present, or future).
·
You
will post your thoughts on the “bulletin board” on the WebCT site. They will be
read by everybody in the course.
·
Quality,
not quantity, please.
2. As
explained in the course syllabus, another 5% of your grade will be derived from
the best 2 (2 x 2.5% = 5%) “directed
responses” to one of the week’s texts.
·
By
noon on the Tuesday before class, you’ll write a rich, coherent, 250-word
response to one of the upcoming
texts for discussion on Wednesday (i.e. before we have discussed it in class).
·
I’ll
announce the directions in class, the week before (and will post them on the
“Chass” web site a week beforehand). Typical directions may include “show how
several rhymes in an upcoming poem contribute to your interpretation of its
meaning”. You are welcome to write as many of these as you like.
·
You
will leave this assignment in the “assignment drop box” on the WebCT site. Only
I will read it.
·
The first “directed reading” will
be assigned on Wednesday October 2nd, for Tuesday
October 8th.
This week’s
challenges:
Registering
your presence on WebCT and contributing to the “bulletin board”
1. From the
“chass” web page, go to U of T’s “courseware” page:
http://new.courseware.utoronto.ca/webct/public/home.pl
Do you have a “WebCT” global ID from a previous
life? If “NO”, go to step 2. If “YES”, go to step 5.
2.
Since you do not have
a “WebCT” profile, you’ll need to create one. Click on “Create myWebCT”.
3.
Enter your personal
information. You will have to compose a “WebCT ID” and a password that goes
with it. You will use this frequently – don’t forget it.
4.
Click “continue”.
You’ll then be prompted for an ID and a password. Use the one that you’ve just created.
5.
You’ll then be on
“myWebCT”. It’s time to add a course:
click on that link, upper left.
6.
You have to find our
course among all the other English courses. Choose the left-hand column, Category, and click on English.
7.
Then choose our
course: ENG201Y1Y: Reading Poetry (Percy
2002).
8.
Now you’ll be asked
for the username and password that I’ve given you: your surname is your username and your student # is your password. This is, apparently, the only time that
you will use this username and ID.
9.
Almost there! Click
on Go to course.
10.
Please click on the Bulletin board icon and make a contribution.
11.
Keep an eye out for the “Assignment drop box”
– I’m still getting the hang of this.
This is the first time that I’ve taught “Reading
poetry” as a night class, and the first time that I’ve used WebCT and its
“Bulletin board” features.
Thank you in advance for your patience and courtesy
– and participation.