Procedures

I will expect you to read, study, and complete all assignments of each chapter of Latin Via Ovid. This means that you will study the Dialogue, Vocabulary, Structure, Exercises, Culture, History, and Etymology sections of the text, and then translate the story. You will also see that I have set up reading assignments in Edith Hamilton's Mythology, and that most chapters also have an Internet assignment. These are the minimum requirements for the course. They, I hope, will be fun as well as informative and will lead you to explore Latin and Roman sources on the Internet as well as to learn to read Latin.

Check your e-mail regularly

Every time you check into this course, check your e-mail for new announcements, etc. To do this, go to My Tools and click the E-Mail link. You'll need to type in your user name and your password (you can later change your password by selecting the key symbol at the bottom of the e-mail page).

Review the Checklist for each chapter

To help you get organized, I have a checklist at the beginning of each chapter that sets up what you need to do. I will also be available through the Contact page for questions and help.

Turn in your work

You will be writing papers and doing some of the exercises in "long hand," and sending them to me for review, grading, and credit. The best way to do this is to use a word-processing program like MS Word, save your documents in rich text format (RTF), and then upload the file or copy and paste the text using the links in the lessons.

1. First, set up a separate folder for this class on your computer.
   
2. Save all your files to this folder so that you can easily find them. Be sure to save a copy of all of your work.
   Name your files so that you can identify them, for example, chap1_exercises.rtf, chap2_finaldraft.rtf.
3. When you're ready to turn in your work, click the assessment link in the lesson ("Click here to upload ..." or "Click here to submit ..."). You'll receive a pop-up inviting you to log in with your username and password. This takes you to the right place to upload your file or copy and paste the text, and identifies your work with you when you click the Submit button.
   
   To upload a file—scroll to Optional File Upload in the pop-up window and click the Browse button to find and upload your file. Add comments if you want, check the Submit For Grading checkbox, and then click Submit.
   
   To copy and paste your work—select and copy the text that you want to submit and paste it into the text box in the pop-up window. Select "I am finished. Grade my entire worksheet," or "Save my current work. Do not grade," and then click Submit. If you choose "save my current work," you can click the assessment link in the lesson again later to finish up where you left off.

Remember! Save a copy of all your work on your local computer.

For more help, see How to Submit Assessments from the Student Orientation to COOLSchool in the COOLSchool Student Center.