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, go to WebAdvisor.
Select Account information (upper right hand corner of the screen) then select What's My User ID? and follow
the prompts. You will need to provide your last name AND either your 7 digit student ID number OR your
social security #. 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 |
Students are required to log into the course space in the first three days of the course period and to read over all course material, which outlines course goals, set-up, requirements, and assignments. Students are expected to participate in class discussion and complete assignments beginning at the end of the first week.
Course texts:
1) Barnet, Burto, and Cain, An Introduction to Literature: Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 16th edition, Pearson Longman
2) Graff and Birkenstein, They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, 2nd edition, Norton
3) A writing handbook, preferably the small spiral-bound one by Maimon, Peritz, and Yancey that you probably already have from previous writing courses at Bucks
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