Good Day, and welcome to your Soc110 – Introduction to Sociology course!

My name is Andrew Teedale and I will be your instructor for the course. I am looking forward to working together and getting the semester started of strong. I want to welcome everyone, and I would encourage you to post a short informal hello message in the "Personal Introductions" discussion forum just to let me know you received my welcome message, and to briefly introduce yourself to your fellow classmates.

You now have access to the Hawkeye Community College course site, so feel free to start exploring a little bit of your online learning environment—All details of the course can be found within the online course site, syllabus and lesson files. I also wanted to take a moment to post a couple of points as we get started.

The flow of our online course uses a mix of asynchronous (not live/own time), and synchronous learning activities. This course will have regular weekly assignments due, lectures, as well as readings and course materials that each of student is required to keep on top of each week. This is not a self-paced course. Each student must manage their own time each week, to know when assignments are due, and any other weekly course obligations, and all students move through the course together each week. This will involve regularly logging into the online learning systems to check forums, communications, monitor your Hawkeye email address, and virtually interact with classmates, team members, instructors, and course materials.

At this point, I suggest the following actions:

Begin to familiarize yourself with the Hawkeye Canvas learning management system and the EPD378 course site, which can be accessed here: https://canvas.hawkeyecollege.edu/courses/21141
Make sure to look at the course calendar in our online course site for the scheduled, as well as assignment due dates, so you can plan your semester accordingly and get those dates in your professional calendar over the duration of the course
Read through the Syllabus so you know the rhythm of course, and what is expected. This can be found https://canvas.hawkeyecollege.edu/courses/21141 under the Start Here modular

As you get started, I'll answer any questions as they arise, or point you to our tech support forum for more technical questions. Please post your specific questions about the course and any general questions about Sociology or comments to the "Open Discussion Forum".I will be posting additional information and course modular during the length of the course.

I look forward to working with you this semester and getting off to a strong start!

Best,
~ Andy