Getting Started With This Course
Orientation(s) |
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Accessing Your Course |
Canvas (by Instructure)
Your course is using Canvas. If you are new to Canvas, please visit the
Canvas Basics course space
to become familiar with Canvas prior to the start of your course. No login is required to
access this space.
You will be able to login to Canvas about two weeks prior to the start of your class.
However, your course becomes available as of 1 AM on the official course
start date.
Logging In
Log in to your Canvas course space at
bucks.instructure.com
- Username: Your username is the same for every system at Bucks.
- Password: your Bucks Network password (used to log into any Bucks campus computer or to access any Bucks Library online database from off campus.)
If you do not know your Bucks Username, you can retrieve it by using the Find Your Username Form. Enter your Name, Birthday (mm/dd/yyyy) and either your 7 digit student ID number OR your social security number, then click Submit. Your Bucks username will display on the screen.
Note: Students are uploaded to Canvas several times a day. If you registered late, you won't be
able to access Canvas until the next upload takes place.
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Purchasing Your Books and Other Course Materials |
While you may purchase your books and other course materials from the provider of your choice (using the
ISBN number available through the course's academic department
where applicable to ensure the correct version), both the campus bookstore
and our online bookstore,
guarantee that they stock the correct version for your course.
Approximately 3 weeks prior to the start of the session you can use the link
below to see the list of books that have been selected by your instructor. If you have
any questions about the course materials listed, please contact your instructor or the academic
department directly.
Click
this link to see the book list for your course.
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Other Information about the Course |
There are five essays (written assignments) based upon reading assignments in the textbook, James L. Stokesbury, A Short History of World War II. In addition, there is a book report due at the end of the semester. A book list for this purpose is included in the course syllabus which appears on Canvas and which may be obtained at www.bucks.edu/welcome or directly from me (suttonm@bucks.edu)some weeks before the start of the semester. The final grade is determined by the grades received for papers, online discussion posts, and the book report. Film and website suggestions are made, but viewing film is not a course requirement. More detailed information about the course may be found in the course syllabus available from the instructor (suttonm@bucks.edu) or in the course space on Canvas once the course is published on the first day of the session.
While tentative at this early date, the book for the course will be: James L. Stokesbury, A Short History of World War II. It will be available in the college bookstore. The book is the heart of the course, and the expectation is that all students will read and study it in its entirety. Supplementing your reading are the Canvas "Announcements," about fifty in number, which serve to "fill in the blanks" left by Stokesbury. All student work will be read and reviewed by me with "Comments" included along with the grades for the these weekly assignments. |
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