I extended the deadlines of the quizzes from 10-19-09 to the present. They’re now due Monday November 16 before 5pm.
I don’t want to encourage you to procrastinate! But I know there’s a lot to get done and I want you to do as many quizzes as you can. Take them twice!
Two types of downloading problems have caused headaches for students trying to get these files.
Because of this, I’ve pushed the quiz deadline back to Friday at 5pm.
Both problems have easy solutions:
1. When you are offered a choice between “open the file” and “save the file”, chose “save”. [This is almost always a better choice; running a file directly as a download is a good way to get a computer virus]. Once the file is saved, then you can click on it and run it.
2. Your browser may try to download these files as a “zip” folder. You need to over-ride that by changing the last part of the file name.
Make it “.doc” if it is a Word document.
Make it “.kmz” if it is a GoogleEarth file.
Instead of our usual set of four on-line lectures, this week I’m asking you to do the second Google Earth tour of the road from Veracruz to Mexico City. Just like last time, you’ll find the two files [one a Word doc; the other a kmz file to load in Google Earth] under “Class Materials” on our WebCT site.
You can run Google Earth in the library or in the University Hall computer lab. Also, it’s a free program to download at home, but it works best with a fast internet connection.
Later on Monday, there’ll be 4 short quizzes on WebCT over this assignment.
I have posted the usual four quizzes on the four 9/21 on-line lectures. I didn’t put them up until Tuesday because I knew you were busy with the test/paper. You can take them any time up to noon on Friday, 9/26.
