Beginning Letter

Please use the Browser Google chrome and make sure it is updated in the course. This course will be using Brightspace/D2L. Please read through the following information about the Online Learning at Oakton.

https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/bpQGKgyLFhVxCU/html

The textbook we will be using (and that you need to purchase beforehand by AugJune 2nd (if possible) is:

• Nutrition : An Applied Approach, 5th Edition
  • Publisher: Pearson; 5 edition (January 15, 2017)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0134516230
  • ISBN-13: 978-0134516233

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Please listen to and read over the following attached files and watch the intro video that explains the syllabus and other key elements to the course.

1. Introduction Video on the syllabus. Note the video is from a previous year, but most of everything is largely the same.

2. Course Introduction video

3. Quizzes and Test video

4. Project Assembly video

5. Syllabus ( is tentative and listed below- all finalized deadlines will be posted under D2L for the course once it opens)

6. Test are all online. Testing Information is found in the syllabus as well. The test will be online and proctored through HonorLock.

3. How to log into My Mastering (Pearson)? There will be a direct link established under D2L course homepage for MyMastering Website, please use this link, it has been set up for a reason.

Make sure to print, read and re-read all that you need to do, such as order the book from the Oakton Bookstore or a digital copy through the D2L link.

The course will open under D2L on the first day of the class, so make sure to log in then.

All the best,

Dr. Urbi Ghosh