Janey Skinner

Classes I Teach:

• In Spring 2024, I will teach HLTH 54, Intro to Public Health fully online -- section (931) runs for 16-weeks and section (932) runs for 8 weeks.

• Important Dates for registration, drops, graduation, etc.

Fall 2024-Spring 2025:

• I will be on sabbatical and not teaching any classes.

• I expect to return in Fall 2025, teaching HLTH 54 and HLTH 97.

Additional Work:

• I also work with the collegewide assessment of learning outcomes as part of the SLO Coordination Team, and serve as chair of the SLO Committee.  We always need more students on the SLO Committee -- if you are interested in joining, let me know!

About Me:

I teach in the Health Education Department at City College of San Francisco (http://www.ccsf.edu/healthed). The chair of Health Education is Beth Freedman . While I am no longer the coordinator of the Trauma Prevention & Recovery Certificate, I do still provide some assistance to that program and can answer questions about it.

I have been teaching at CCSF since 2004, and have over 25 years of experience in adult education and community health.  My work (in and out of the classroom) has touched on issues of human rights, violence, gender, workforce development and community mobilization. I love CCSF because of the diversity of students, the commitment of the faculty and the opportunity to make a difference. I received my Masters in Public Health (Community Health Education) from U.C. Berkeley in 1998.  

I have a particular interest in teaching about the social determinants of health. I created a website with materials for faculty and students interested in this topic during my last sabbatical.

More Info on Courses:

HLTH 54, Intro to Public Health - 100% ONLINE

• This course is on a compressed semester -- either 16-weeks or 8-weeks.   

• This course uses CANVAS.

• The midterm and final exams are also ONLINE.

• If this class is full, put yourself on the electronic waitlist in Web4/myRAM (usually open until the weekend before the first day of instruction). Check your CCSF email address daily to see if you are offered a space in the class.  

• If you don't get into the class before the 1st day of the course, then go back to  Web4/myRAM and request an add authorization.  I will grant it if I have space. After you get the authorization to add, you still have to enroll. It's not automatic. 

• REQUIRED TEXTBOOK (in addition to online readings in Canvas) is Introduction to Community & Public Health, 10th Edition, by Seabert, McKenzie and Pinger. It is available (new or used) from the CCSF Bookstore and many online booksellers; it is also available to rent from Amazon, Chegg, etc.  You can get by the 9th edition, but some of the information in it is out of date. Both versions are on reserve in the CCSF Rosenberg Library.  Here's how to look up what books are required for a course at CCSF. 

• This is NOT a self-paced class.  You must keep up with weekly assignments.

• Online courses are neither easier nor harder than in-person classes, just by the fact of being online. 

• Plan to spend approximately 10 hours a week on this course with the 16-week version and up to 20 hours a week with the 8-week semester.

• This class is open to all students - and it meets a requirement for the A.S. degree in Health Education. It also meets areas D and G1 for an Associates Degree and it transfers to UC/CSU.

• Sample syllabus from a past semester: Syllabus: FALL 2019

Using Canvas:

Go to MyCCSF and look for the links under "Distance Learning" in the  "Students" column on the right to find a link to log in to Canvas directly, to get your RAM ID, and to get support with how to use Canvas.

The basics for logging in to Canvas:

• Go to http://ramid.ccsf.edu

• Sign in with your User ID (probably your ID) and your RAM ID password.

• RAM ID instructions for students (Google Doc)

• You'll see CANVAS there on your RAM ID menu.

Chosen Name or Preferred Name:

Do you want to change the name that appears in Canvas to identify you?  See this FAQ on Chosen Names.