On-line Research Writing:  English 102 
Professor Gary Parks (gparks@shoreline.edu)
Shoreline Community College 
Shoreline, WA, USA 

Contact Information
Professor Gary Parks
summer 2008

Using the Help forum or contacting the instructor when you have questions will improve your success in the course. (Always make sure you have tried to read and understand assignment descriptions and assigned chapters before submitting questions--the focus on reading is your responsibility.) You may also need to call or send a course message to arrange a deadline extension before an assignment's due date. You are required to write down the contact phone # and store it somewhere accessible (purse, wallet, phone, bulletin board) so that you don't have to get online to call. This way you can still make contact and re-arrange deadlines before the work is due if you are having access problems.

Course messages. In this class we do not use e-mail for class correspondence. Instead, we use the Blackboard Course Messages function (a menu item at Blackboard site). The course messages are only found at the Blackboard site. They do not connect in any way to your personal or SCC e-mail. You do not receive e-mail notification when a new message appears in your Course Message inbox at the course site.

Help forum. There is a Help Forum under the Discussion Board button. If you have a question about the course or readings, the Help forum should be your first option for posting. Unlike normal discussion forums, you can be anonymous in the Help forum if needed. (Look for the checkbox under the message composition box.)

Telephone: 206-546-4785 (takes timed/dated messages). Keep this number available somewhere besides your computer--it's required! If you are going to be late with an assignment, and you cannot access the Internet, you must call and leave a message at this number. See the syllabus policy on late work for more information.

Office: 5313 in the Foss Building. Top floor on the side toward the library.      

Office Hours: Summer office hours are by appointment only. Please give 48 hours notice. (Sometimes less notice will work if needed.) Most appointment requests made within 48 hrs (in the M-Th period) can be honored.

The above lists plenty of opportunities for interaction with the instructor to help you succeed. The responsibility is yours to use these opportunities and seek the help you need.

Assignments //  Syllabus  //   Blackboard site