creating a webpage
I was so worried about creating my own webpage. During my first class in this course, the professor was throwing out names like KompoZer and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and I got really nervous because I did not know any of those words, how to use them, or how they would help me create a webpage. Nevertheless, I took the assignment head-on and downloaded KompoZer and SimpleCSS. The professor said there was information on how to link these two programs together to create a webpage, but I could not find anything on their sites. That was when I got even more worried. So, I stored up my questions and was all ready to ask the professor at our second (and last) face-to-face meeting. Before class started, I was looking around on Blackboard and realized that the professor had posted KompoZer and SimpleCSS tutorials on our Blackboard Course Documents. I did not know the professor meant that he had created the tutorials for us to use. I thought they were provided by the program. Now, in creating my own page, it is really easy to follow my professor's tutorial and I am having no problem. It is great because the professors of online courses are more experienced at this than I am and they anticipate the questions that the students have because they have taught these courses before. Another thing that I thought was important was that my professor of this class told us the best way to get ahold of him. He specifically told us which way would get the quicker answer and which way would take him a while to answer. It is nice to know that the professor cares enough to be concerned about the students being able to get ahold of him. With online/hybrid courses, being able to contact the professor is essential. I have had really good experiences with the CMU professors of online classes. They really know what the students need.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:02:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00) 
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