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GCIP 152 Orientation / FAQ
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How do we get the assignments?
What are our reading assignments?
What if I don't have a computer or my computer crashes during the semester?
What are the important URLs we need to know in this course?
I think I may have too many obligations and won't be able to finish the course. What should I do?
What version of the software will we be using?
What are my passwords?
Tutorials are archived in the Canvas Learning Management System. You will also post your homework and project files in Canvas.
On the Internet, go to:
https://www2.palomar.edu/pages/atrc/lms-login/Select CANVAS. Your logon name is your 9-digit student ID#.
Your password is your e-Services password.
Your tutorials, discussion board, virtual classroom (chat), grades, etc. are there. Take time to explore this classroom. You can't break it, so click on all the buttons.
What books do we need?
By Brian Wood, Adobe Press ISBN -10: 0-13-650310-1
FREE REQUIRED TEXT: CALM (Comet affordable learning Materials)
TUTORIAL FILES - Download from your Canvas Virtual Classroom
Adobe Illustrator CC http://www.adobe.com is the software publisher
Other references are recommended in the syllabus. [TOP]
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What is the class site?
How do we get the assignments?
Go to the Canvas section by clicking on the "Tutorial" button on the class site, or type in your browser location field:
https://www2.palomar.edu/pages/atrc/lms-login/
OR another ways you can get into Canvas:
And click on the Canvas link at the top menu bar
Once in your GCIP 152 Canvas virtual classroom, access the tutorials in the "Modules" button in the navigation bar on the left.
When are assignments due?
See the syllabus. The assignment
is due on the date next to the assignment,
during our class presentations. The due date is also
stated within the tutorial itself.
(Online classes have "presentations", which are the posts in the Canvas Discussion Boards. Please post your assignment as a PDF to ensure that the formatting is transmitted. Please post by 11:59PM on the due date so that everyone has a chance to offer and receive feedback.)
What are our reading assignments?
Links to readings on the Internet are listed in the Resource section of each tutorial. Also, you might find useful readings in the corresponding topics of the suggested texts. The assignments are listed in the syllabus.
Go to syllabus button for the reading assignments, dates, point values of the assignments and all other administrative stuff. Or the tutorial button for exact assignments and projects and grade book, etc. It is password protected (Canvas virtual classroom).
What if we have a question?
Questions of a personal nature should be addressed to the instructor by phone or e-mail (or after class or make an appointment).
Questions about the class or course content outside of scheduled class meetings should be posted to the Troubleshooting Discussion Board in Canvas or asked during class. [TOP]
What is Canvas?
Canvas is the repository for all your class information: announcements, syllabus, instructor information (office hours, phone, e-mail, etc.), course files, assignments, grades, student lists. It is password protected and not open to the public. It is a "Course Management System" licensed by Palomar College.
In the Discussion Board section, please see the TROUBLESHOOTING FORUM, where you post your questions, and answers, about the class and course content.
Canvas is open 24/7. It is password protected and not open to the public.
If you miss a class, you can always go to Canvas to see the outline of what we did that day. (Connect with your class colleagues so you can contact them to get updates if you miss a class.)
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What if I don't have a computer or my computer crashes during the semester? and
When is open lab?
If you are enrolled in classes you may use the campus labs. Check the door to the labs for the latest schedules. There are open labs in the MD building. The art department lab and the library lower level lab have graphics software installed, also.
Note that due to Covid-19 restrictions, the campus is occasionally closed and there may be no open labs in classrooms or the Learning Center/Library. If you need to use a lab computer, arrangements may be made to give you virtual access to a lab.
For the latest information about going on to the campus, please go to the Palomar.edu site. The Covid page has the latest announcements.
What are the important URLs we need to know in this course?
GCIP 152 class site with links to the syllabus and Canvas tutorials (Virtual Classroom)
http://www2.palomar.edu/users/lpayn/152/
Syllabus http://www2.palomar.edu/users/lpayn/152/syllabus.pdf
Canvas Virtual Classroom, tutorials, etc. https://www2.palomar.edu/pages/atrc/lms-login/
(select Canvas, then also see on the Navigation Menu on the left there is a link "Students" with great references for Canvas)Adobe Illustrator CC http://www.adobe.com is the software publisher
I think I may have too many obligations and won't be able to finish the course. What should I do?
Since "Incompletes" are discouraged except in the most dire emergencies, you might consider changing your status to P/NP so you can relax and learn the materials, without the stress of a letter grade. Try this rather than dropping the course. Be sure to pay attention the exact last day that you are allowed to change your status or drop the course, since special paperwork is required for both of these. [TOP]
What version of the software will we be using?
Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud (this is the version installed in the campus labs)
Adobe Illustrator CC http://www.adobe.com is the software publisher