ONLINE ORIENTATION
GETTING STARTED
After you are registered in the course, you
need to send me an
e-mail with the following information:
Your name
Full mailing address
Regular E-mail address
Phone number (s)
Course name and number
Name and address of a family member or friend that will always know how to
contact you.
My e-mail address is:
dspencer@tvcc.edu
Learn
how to use all the tools of your Blackboard site that you will be using for this
course at the following link:
http://www.tvcc.edu/depts/dist.learning/orientationver1/index.html
TEXTBOOKS
VCT
students: Usually the bookstore of your home college can get your textbook for
you.
If not, the TVCC Bookstore will
order it for you, with your credit card.
Call: 903-675-6223.
1. Business Math - ISBN:
0-07-732793-4
PRACTICAL
BUSINESS MATH PROCEDURES, Brief 10th, by Jeffrey Slater, McGraw-Hill/Irvin
Publishers, 2011.
2. Advanced Word Processing - ISBN:
978-0-76384-295-6
MICROSOFT WORD 2010 - Signature Series, by Nita Rutkosky, EMCParadigm,
2011.
3. Desktop Publishing - ISBN: 978-0-76383-890-4
ADVANCED MICROSOFT WORD 2010: DESKTOP PUBLISHING,
Signature Series, by Arford and
Brunside, EMCParadiagm, 2011.
4. Introduction to Keyboarding -
ISBN: 978-0-538-49539-4
KEYBOARDING COURSE, Lessons 1-25, 18th Edition /2011, by VanHuss, Forde, and
Woo; South-Western, Cengage Learning.
5. Word Processing 1 - ISBN:
978-0-76384-295-6
MICROSOFT WORD 2010 - Signature Series, by Nita Rutkosky, EMCParadigm,
2011.
HOW TO LOG IN TO TVCC E-COURSES
Click this link:
How to log in to Tvcc E-Courses
During
the first week of classes, your name will be entered into the system and you will have
access to your Blackboard class site.
How to Activate your TVCC Cardinal ID and Password –
MUST be done BEFORE you can
access e-Courses for the first time, but NOT before the 1st
day of class!
Access https://mail.tvcc.edu
If you are uncertain of what your Cardinal ID is, access the link on the left
tool bar " What is my Cardinal ID?"
After you know what your Cardinal ID is, access the link, " Activate
Cardinal ID" and follow the
directions given.
How to log in to TVCC e-Courses
Access https://ecourses.tvcc.edu
User name: Cardinal ID
*You MUST have already activated your Cardinal ID before logging in to TVCC
e-Courses. TO activate your
Cardinal ID, visit https://mail.tvcc.edu. See below for more detailed
assistance.
Password: Cardinal ID Password
*You MUST have already activated your cardinal ID before logging in to TVCC
e-Courses. TO activate your
Cardinal ID, visit https://mail.tvcc.edu. See below for more detailed
assistance.
After logging in for the first
time, use the Bookmark or Favorites function of your browser to save the page
for easy access.
Most importantly, send an e-mail to
your instructor with the information listed above and to inform him that you
were successful in setting up your Blackboard page.
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Which ever course you are enrolled
in, ENJOY THE COURSE!
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