Course 5

Good Morning, Gentlemen,

Thanks for the good start. When we started doing these courses. We followed a modified version of the general posting requirements that are used for the courses in Rockbridge Seminary.

We have been "tweaking" the procedures each course. I would like to do that again for this one. Again, we will need to earn 12 points a week, and an additional four points at the end of the course.

This will be accomplished in a way very similar to how we first did the course.

You have three assignments each week
(1) Make at least two initial posts in your posting area. The first one will be name of the course, and the names (or numbers of the DVD's) of the chapters or lectures you will be covering during the week. The second one will be a comment on one of those chapters. You will receive one point for getting the first post in on Tuesday or Wednesday. You will also get a point for getting at least one more initial post in.

(2) Go to your fellow student's posting areas, and ask them a question or questions about their intial posts. You will recieve one point for completing this assignment before 6:00 a.m. on Friday morning.

(3) Answer the questions asked.

(4) On Fridays, I will also give directions for making remaining posts during the week. Be sure and read those, and take them into account when making at least one of your remaining posts.

(4) In all, we want to make at least nine posts during the week. You will receive points for that as follows:
9 or more posts - 12 points
6-8 posts - 10 points
3-5 posts - 6 points
1-2 posts - 3 points

You will have the extra points you had accumulated by getting things in on time. Those are bonus points that will be used only to move your grade closer to 100 if you need them. They will be awarded each week if needed to move your grade up to 12 for the week. If you do not need them for that week, they will be carried over to the next week(s). Remember the posts that count for points will be at least three sentences long.

In the past, I had been doing the instructor's job and participating as though I were a student--trying to get the nine three-sentence long posts in along with you. This term, I will not necessarily be commenting in your posting areas as much as you are required to do so. I will make a post on the main page that relates to your books, to ministry in general, and to the requirements of the course.

This week is an introduction week. You may make comments about yourself, perhaps telling us about yourself, giving us more information about your past, hobbies, or interests. All social comments will also count this week (if they are three sentences long).

The easiest way to keep is to log on each day and make one or two comments to get started.