LWA’s Classrooms Offer

LWA’s Classrooms Offer:

— A Forum for Introductions —  Posting you picture is optional, but encouraged. Pictures make cyber connecting more personal. 

A note about uploading pictures:  After you have written your intro, scroll down and click on Add (just below the content box).

In the new screen, you’ll click on Upload a file (on the left). 

Click on Browse, select your photo, and click on Upload this file. 

Last step: Scroll down and click on: Post to Forum. Taa Daa!  You uploaded your picture.

— A Forum for Each Assignment — Drop by the forum and click through classmates’ responses for that assignment. Instructors provide feedback on each  assignment.

To post your assignment or comment, scroll down and click on  Add a new discussion topic.  

  1. your assignment or comment in the new comment box.

If you want to paste something, click on the little  T  in the middle row of the editor (the three rows of symbols). Just click once. It allows you to paste as plain text which honors your formatting. It’s a toggle switch. If you click twice, you turn it off.

Click on Reply (below all posts) to share your input and encouragement.

— Q & A Forum for Lectures — Post a question, the instructor will answer.

— Print Link for Lectures — Click to access a well-formatted copy of the lecture to save in your files and print.

— Daily Digest —  Emailed to each student with all posts to class for the last 24 hours. 

— Latest News — Instructors update class members on lectures, assignments, etc. You’ll see a block on the right labeled: LATEST NEWS.

— Camaraderie! If you enjoy meeting other writers, our cyber classrooms offer lots of opportunities to rub cyber shoulders and exchange cyber smiles.

— Ongoing Access to Lectures and Class Posts — Nothing is in real time. You can visit the classroom 24/7. Students work the course around their schedules.

— Class Participation —  Class members may ask questions, post assignments, and discuss class topics in forums.

— Optional:  Lurk and Learn —  No one has to post their assignments. You may lurk and learn. You’ll find lots of learning opportunities in the assignment forums. 

— Slipping Behind and Catching Up — If life interferes and you slip behind on the lectures, you can download the lectures anytime during the class and read them later.

— Classroom Is Open Two Weeks Longer — Your classroom will remain available to you through May 15th.

— Questions? —  If you have questions about the course, ask Lisa Miller. If you have questions about anything related to Lawson Writer’s Academy, please contact Margie Lawson.