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Melinda S. Klein - History Instructor

 


Welcome

Welcome to my faculty website. As an enrolled student in my class(es), your syllabi is posted on Blackboard. After the first day of class, log into Blackboard to enter your class and see/print/watch course materials, take your tests, post your assignments, and see your grades and more...

·         Username: Obtained from your WebConnect/WebAdvisor account. To locate it, login to WebConnect and click on the Update Personal Profile link. Your Blackboard login name is listed under Network Log On Account.

·         Password: Your 6 digit birth date (for example: 071585). This password can be changed after you login.

·         Having trouble logging in? Please go to the GCCCD Online Help page located at: http://www.gcccd.edu/online

Blackboard Help Desk Phone # 619-644-7547

For Fall 2008 enrolled students (and students wishing to add), it is required/mandatory to attend the class orientation otherwise you will be dropped from the course.

Note for students wishing to add: students wishing to add will be enrolled in Blackboard following the orientation. The student then must enroll officially with Admissions and Records with the add code provided at the orientation. I do not email add codes. Sorry. 

Dates and times:
Come prepared to take notes

When/Where:          August 22, Friday
         Both sections of History 108:   #4854 & #4855   
         Grossmont campus, room 325A 10-11:20 am

A printed syllabus will be provided at the orientation and posted (from the first day of class) in your Blackboard virtual classroom within the 'Syllabus' link. Syllabi posted in this website are for information purposes only. 

Your Blackboard online virtual classroom opens starting the first day of the semester (no access to online class(es) before this time). You will find the class you are enrolled in through the blue hyperlink listed with the class name & section #.  

If you are not an enrolled student see the class links or email me for further information; however, if you would like an add code to register for either of these classes I am providing add codes only at the orientation. If presently open, I encourage you to enroll early as my classes fill early and I do not have a history of student drops after the course has begun to add students after the orientation. Sorry...

As demonstrated at the orientation that you will attend August 22nd you are asked to begin your work the first day of class with the following:

  • log in on a reliable computer with internet connection

  • read the announcement page

  • follow the instructions regarding assignments as listed on the course syllabi (a printed copy is provided at orientation and located in Blackboard in the 'Syllabus' link once logged in) which parallels the information posted on the announcement page (with additional suggestions that will benefit you in this course) and GO!

It is not necessary to email me before the orientation; roll will be taken at the orientation. However, I will gladly answer your questions if you email me with questions or comments. Getting logged into Blackboard is the first step. Contact the Online Help Desk if you have problems. I cannot help you with log-in issues.

 A new feature in my classes consists of streamed-media Video Lectures (10 minute overviews) to be watched in conjunction with reading the lecture notes and participating in the class in a variety of activities.
Hosting provided by You Tube.

Watch a History 108 class VL here

American Revolution and the Pattern of War (10 minutes)

If you are interested in my classes, but have other questions please email. However, no syllabi will be emailed to students prior to the orientation.


Keep in mind...
Assignments are time and date sensitive!

So getting into the class after the orientation is the key to your success!

Your books are located at the campus bookstore or purchased from www.amazon.com (all paperback and required)

For Fall 2008:
Books required for History 108, class sections 4854 & 4855

Thomson Advantage Books: Liberty, Equality, Power, a history of the American people, volume I to 1877. Compact 5th edition. May 2007 by John Murrin, et al. 650 pages ISBN: 0495411027 (now Cengage Publishing)

The Infortunate: The Voyage And Adventures Of William Moraley, An Indentured Servant
by Susan E. Klepp. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. ISBN:  0271026766


Please note:
If you are not an enrolled student, please feel free to browse the course information provided for you in the class links (see left). Information is posted with course topic descriptions for History 100, Early World Civilizations and History 108, Early US History. Your syllabi for the course you are enrolled in will be provided at the orientation and is posted for additional copies in your Blackboard classroom.

Thank you for interest in my classes! See you in class! Melinda  

If you have any questions, email me at melinda.klein@gcccd.edu  .    

 

 


Snapshot of Melinda Courtney

 

Contact info:

Melinda S. Klein
(formerly Courtney)
History Instructor
Grossmont College
 

email address: melinda.klein@gcccd.edu

 

 

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