Follow these links to information on:

  Online Course Wait Lists
  What to do When Online Course Rosters Are Full
  Add Codes for Classes

Spring 2007 Sections
History 140 - 141 History of the Americas and
History 151 - History of Latin America Online

For Spring 2007 there are two online sections of History 141, one online section of History 140, and one online section of History 151.

Online Course Orientations
Those students who have taken several online courses using the Blackboard Course Management System (Bb), and are also familiar with the use of the Bb Discussion Board and Microsoft PowerPoint, are not required to attend the on-campus orientations, although attendance is recommended.

If you do not attend the online orientations, please read carefully the information below regarding the new Palomar Student Email address that has been entered for you in the course Blackboard site.  You may change this address if you wish.

Orientation Location 
All orientations are held in the Academic Technology Computer Classrooms - Room LL 109 - adjacent to the AT Computer Lab on the first floor of the Palomar College Library.

• Follow this link for maps and directions to the campus and the College Library.

Online Orientation
A new online orientation to my online courses will be available here at the start of the Summer Session, 2008.  Check back here for this new information by Tuesday, January 16.

Online Course Wait Lists
Those students on the Wait Lists for any of my online classes will be offered an add-code for these courses by the start of the each term, so please contact me at the orientations or by email no later than Tuesday of the first week of classes.

If you are enrolled on the course roster or wait list for my online courses, and if you have any questions for me regarding my online sections of History 140, History 141, and History 151 and in particular add codes, please send an Email to:  marguello@palomar.edu 

• Important  In the Subject line of your Email, please include the name of the course and the section number that you are enquiring about.  For example:  "History 140 Online - section 31674" 

For information on the course texts, click here.

What to do When Online Course Rosters Are Full
Despite the fact that all Rosters and Wait Lists for each term fill rapidly, over the weeks proceeding the start of each term, from 10-20% of enrolled students will drop these sections and space will open up on the Wait Lists. 

For those of you who still wish to add one or both of these courses, it will pay to check Palomar College eServices daily to see if it is possible to get on a Wait List.

Add Codes for Classes
I do not receive add codes for my online classes until approximately one week before the start of a term - Spring, Summer, or Fall.

Email Accounts - Important!

Your Palomar College Email Account
All Palomar students are assigned a free Palomar College Student Email address that will be used by the college for all correspondence with you.  Click here for further information on this free Email service. 

Please be advised that the Palomar Student Email system has limitations on usage, such as storage limits.  This is the case with all "free" Email services, so please be sure to check all of your mail and delete old junk mail, or your account may eventually be blocked due to a full inbox

Your Blackboard Email Account
The Email address for your Blackboard account at Palomar College will be that address selected as your Preferred Email account in Palomar eServices.

If this is the first time that you have used the Blackboard system at Palomar College, and you did not enter a personal Email address at registration, your new Palomar Student Email address has been entered into the Blackboard system for you.

Changing Your Blackboard Email Address
If you wish to change the Email address for your Blackboard account to another (Yahoo, Hotmail, Cox, etc.) you can do so through Palomar College eServices.  This tutorial instructs you on how to do this.

• Important  All of my course Email correspondence with you will be sent to the Email address you have entered in eServices as your Preferred account.

Online Site Access

All Enrolled Students should review the information on the following pages at this web site before the start of the Summer Session:

• Success As An Online Learner

• Course Access  Remember that access to the course Blackboard sites for the Fall Semester begins at Noon of the day for the scheduled course orientations.  Attendance at the course orientations is optional.

• Course Texts  All texts should be obtained immediately as there are assignments due by the end of the first week of classes.

Complete History Survey
Over the next academic year the History faculty at Palomar College will be evaluating the need for additional online courses.  There will be online sections of History 140/141 and History 151 during the Spring Semester 2007. 

If you would like to take these courses online during Spring 2007, please follow this link to an online survey and complete all of the questions. 

Please also check those history classes apart from History of the Americas that you would like to see offered online in the future at Palomar College.

Professor Michael Arguello