Course Updates:

Instructor's "Office Hours"

During the school year, I teach this course outside my duty day with the local school district, I typically respond to course e-mail correspondence early in the morning and again in the late afternoon and evening hours.

I will acknowledge the receipt of assignments that you have sent within 24 hours. You do not need to wait for my response before moving on to the next assignments.

I will make every effort to review the logbooks and projects that have arrived in the afternoon mail on a day-to-day basis. I will sign off and submit the grade forms to the Center for Professional Development at Fresno Pacific University within 24 hours of receipt.

I will notify you via e-mail when your grade has been submitted and will mail the pink copy of the grade forms back to you for your records.

How Soon Can I Get My Grade?

The University processes grades on a daily basis and you can expect to receive your official grade report within 5-10 working days after I have submitted the grade.

If that is not quick enough to meet a looming deadline, it is possible to request a rush transcript as soon as the grade has been entered into the University computer system.

If you are requesting a rush transcript, it is always a good idea to call the office at 1-800-372-5505 to confirm that your grade has been entered into the computer system before contacting the registrar's office.

http://fresno.edu/registrar/transcripts/

University privacy policies do not permit instructors to issue "verification of course completion" letters to your school district. You will need to contact the Center for Professional Development office directly if you need that service. Call the office at 1-800-372-5505.

July 2008

• The INT 925 web discussion board has been updated. A Username and Password is now required to post messages to the web board. Click here for details.
  
• Using the INT 925 Course Listserve is now an optional activity. Click here for details.

Junk Mail Filtering

Most of us now have some form of junk mail filtering on our e-mail accounts. Often this filtering is provided by our internet service providers with little or no imput from us.

While this has in most cases dramatically reduced the volume of junk mail that has been appearing in our inboxes, sometimes legitimate e-mail is incorrectly identified as junk mail and deleted before it reaches us.

As those of you who have been working with me realize, I routinely respond to incoming e-mail within 24 hours (usually much quicker...). If you have not received a response to messages that you have sent within 24 hours, please notify me using my regular online course e-mail address <bjost@cotwcourses.net> with a CC (carbon copy) to my backup e-mail address which is <rwj@fpu.edu>.

If you still do not receive a response, please call and leave a message on my answering machine <559.495.1919>.

It is strongly suggested that you use the exact message titles indicated in the assignment prompts. Junk mail filters are often set to delete messages sent without a message title or with a generic message title (Hi, Hey, Hello, Re: Fwd: etc.)

It is also most helpful if you include your name somewhere in the body of the e-mail message, especially if your e-mail address does not include elements of your name.