Use the the Mth 132 web site and e-mail to increase communication. It-

• is a course information archive
  
• announces course events and assignments due
  
• contains a link to the Blackboard website
  
• a posting place for examples, exercise solutions, and support
  
• provides links to external resources
  

You will be accountable for assignments announced at this web site so it will be necessary to check here regularly. Checking once between each two consecutive class meetings should be your minimum. Daily assignments will be announced only on the page accessed through the Assignments button. I will attempt to use the NEWS page to announce significant new information so these two buttons are the crucial ones to examine regularly. I will also try to keep you informed through announcements in class and occasionally e-mail but the web page is the complete communication source. Plan to use regular visits to the web site as your main contact.

The course's Blackboard account can be accessed through the button labeled "Blackboard" on the web site or by directly using the URL, blackboard.cmich.edu. Required visits to Blackboard will be carefully announced but the Discussion List area of Blackboard is worthy of daily visits. If you are not successful in signing on to Blackboard, read the brief Logon Instructions.

On your first visits to the the course web site and to Blackboard, you should try all the buttons in order to become familiar with what material is found behind each one. Above all, read the FAQ page!

Remember that unread e-mail and unvisited web pages are no more effective than traditional postal mail would be if you did not regularly retrieve mail from your mailbox.

Warning! This web site will not serve as a substitute for class attendance.