5 What You Need to Succeed: Essential course materials and other essential learning tools
Essential course materials
What you need |
Where you find it |
Book: $2.00 A DayEdin, K. J. and H.L. Shaefer. (2015). $2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. |
There are 2 different book covers, depending on the edition/format. Either version is fine.The book may be borrowed or purchased from various sources, see below. The cost ranges from free to $10-15.
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Open educational resource: COLL101 CollectionCascadia College COLL101 Team. (2021). COLL101 Collection. Cascadia College. |
This material will be linked in various lessons in Canvas. Occasionally, there may be links to another open educational resource. Open source materials are free and open to you. |
Online video: HappyBelic, Roko, Frances Reid, Eiji Han Shimizu (Producers) and Roko Belic (Director). (2011). The Happy Movie. United States: Wadi Rum Productions. Retrieved from http://www.thehappymovie.com/
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This video may be streamed to your device, for $3.00, and it will be viewed toward the end of the quarter. |
Newspaper: New York Times, via UW library portal |
A few news articles from the NYT will be assigned. As a Cascadia student you may access these using the campus library’s portal to the NYTimes. You will need to have your UWnetID activated. You may need to search for the appropriate article by title, author, or date. (Otherwise, you may use up the limited number of free article views that the newspaper provides viewers.) |
Other essential learning tools
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Online computing access
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In this online class, you will need regular, daily access to a computing device (desktop or laptop computer or tablet or smartphone*), and to reliable wifi, at your home or wherever you intend to complete this course. You are not expected to come on campus (nor may you without following the Covid protocols), but you may want to, in order to access wifi.
*Note: By itself, a smart mobile phone will not be sufficient for completing the course. Students read and think more deeply and write better when they are using a larger device. A smartphone also does not work well for submitting homework in Canvas. A smartphone may be useful, however, for taking images for some assignments, for checking in to prepare yourself for work online, and for other online applications that we are going to try out in this class. So, use your smartphone, but have a laptop or larger device too.
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You will be using Canvas, our learning management system To access Canvas effectively, you should use a browser that is compatible: we recommend either Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari. If you run into challenges with Canvas, at any time, you may seek technical help for Canvas: elhelp@cascada.edu and you can also ask for a Canvas tutorial. For attending Instructor/Student visiting hours on Zoom, you may use a laptop or mobile phone.
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You will be setting up your Cascadia network account, and a UW NetID account for the library. The Cascadia network account will help you get access to the computers on campus (and wifi!) to check email, get on Canvas, and complete work for this course, and you need it before you can set up the UW NetID. You can set up the Cascadia network account and UWNetID now: Go to the Cascadia College website, Student toolbox.
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Basic student tools
Most college students need the following tools to be successful:
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Bookmarked access to course syllabus
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Week’s readings, printed out or online
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Paper notebook (a spiral notebook with pockets is a good choice, or a composition book), and pen/pencil to take notes, or laptop/tablet/desktop computer to do so digitally.
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Agenda or planner (paper or electronic/smart phone)
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Access to the guidelines for APA citation format: UWB library’s citation guide or OWL Purdue Univ. Online Writing Lab