Course Module
Description
The Learning
Modules listed on the Modules page are
Flash presentations designed to work with the
textbook to help you master the concepts of the course. Most of the modules
contain more than one sub module. They are organized in this way to keep the
files relatively small to facilitate downloading. They are intended to be
viewed consecutively, 1.1 before 1.2 for example. You haven’t completed the
entire module until you have gone through all of the sub modules.Whether you read the textbook
before working through the module or after is a matter of personal
preference but to be successful in the course, you should carefully
work through each of them at least once. One of the advantages of a
web course like this is that you can review the material at your
convenience, at your pace, and multiple times.
We’ll be working through the Modules one by one as
the semester progresses. Feel free to look ahead and see what’s
coming up!
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How to Start Your
Assignment
- Log into
Blackboard
and go to the Envs541 course.
- Go to the Assignments area
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- Choose the appropriate problem
set or exam.
- Select the assignment or exam file
and click Download.
- Refer to this course's
Help Pages for additional
assistance.
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How to
Prepare Your Assignment
 | You will be expected to prepare your answers as a
well-organized report in Microsoft Word. This report, as with all
materials submitted in this class, should be formatted as though it was
being submitted by an Environmental professional as a work product.
Assume your audience is your management staff or an outside client who
is familiar with the problem to be solved and who is somewhat familiar
with statistical techniques. Your task is to lay out the problem,
the assumptions, the results, and the conclusions of your analysis in a
way that any reasonably educated environmental professional or manager
could understand. |
| If you need to include work done in another program
such as Excel, cut-and-paste that information into Word and format it
appropriately. This includes using only the appropriate number of
significant digits, including units, labeling each value, labeling
graphs and graph axes, and so forth. |
| Do not submit your Excel spreadsheet. You must
excerpt the appropriate information, tables, and/or graphs and include
them in your report. |
| Your conclusions must be stated in language that is
meaningful to the audience. That is, don't just give the statistical
conclusion (Reject the null hypothesis for example). You must clearly
state what the conclusion means to an environmental manager in language
understandable to them. |
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How to Submit Your
Assignment
- Log into
Blackboard
and go to the Envs541 course
- Go to the Assignments area
- Choose the appropriate problem
set or exam
- Between the two text boxes:
 | Select the Add Attachments button |
| Select My Computer |
| Select Browse to locate
assignment |
| Press OK to upload
the assignment |
Choose the Submit
button to submit your assignment
Refer to this course's
Help Pages for additional
assistance
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Activities To Do |
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Communication |
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Threaded
Discussion
Post at least
one comment to each topic, more is better. Also post your own
questions to the
Threaded Discussion
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