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Complete Online Orientation. Details below
Students need to complete the online orientation from Oct 16 - Oct 18
Please drop class if orientation is not complete.

This is an online class. Are you ready for independent learning? Think: Is this delivery format for you? Please do not take a place in the class unless you are serious about completing this course

Faculty Introduction

Welcome to HLP 1081, Total Wellness, an online internet- based course. I will be your professor, Sharon Rifkin. I have been teaching at Broward Community College for over 20 years in the area of wellness education. And yes, I do exercise on a regular basis. Walking/jogging and strength training is something I enjoy in my leisure time.

Course Description

A course primarily designed and organized for students to optimize their wellness in each of the following six interrelated dimensions: Physical Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, Emotional Wellness, Spiritual Wellness, Interpersonal/Social Wellness and Environmental/Planetary Wellness. Students will identify how to apply this information to lead healthy lives that contribute to the welfare of the community and environment.

Methods of Instruction

This is a 2- credit hour course. Normally, a two-credit hour course would meet once or twice during the week (during a 16 week term) for a total of 3 hours per week or 48 hours per term. In this class, we will meet online. There is a mandatory online orientation that must be completed in the first three days of the semester. This includes an email to the instructor, posting to a welcome discussion, completing an online assignment and completing a 10-question online quiz based on the reading the syllabus. See the course schedule for a detailed description of learning activities online assignments. You have unlimited opportunities to complete the required syllabus quiz and must receive 100% to continue with this course. Students are responsible for regularly reviewing the course schedule and completing all required in and out of class assignments.

Learning Outcomes

1. The student shall be able to understand all aspects of physical wellness including assessment, interpretation, maintenance and implementation of a wellness plan.
2. The student shall discuss factors that may influence their emotional well-being.
3. The student shall discuss factors that may improve intellectual well-being.
4. The student shall discuss factors that affect spiritual wellness.
5. The student shall identify factors that affect interpersonal-social wellness.
6. The student shall identify how personal wellness affects the health of the planet and how they can help to create a more sustainable world.

• There are no course prerequisites for the HLP 1081 course.
• Students taking this class will need to be familiar with the following: File Management, Microsoft Word and the Internet.
• Students who are taking an online class for the first time should familiar themselves with the student resources including a video online introduction.
• Students must obtain a BC email to obtain login lookup and for emergency contact information. In the event that Blackboard goes down, students will be contacted in their BC email only. This information will be covered during the online orientation session.
• New to e-learning? Take the e-learning orientation before enrolling in any e-learning course.
• Before enrolling in an e-learning course review computer requirements.

• Computer Knowledge and Skills:
  • Students in this course should be familiar with the following computer skills.
    • File Management - You should be familiar with finding and saving files on your computer.
    • The Internet - You should be familiar with connecting to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider or Network Connection.
    • Web Browser Software - You should be familiar with using web browser software to navigate the Internet and locate information.
    • Email - You should be familiar with sending and receiving email messages.
    • Discussions - You should be familiar with posting and reading discussion messages in a threaded format.
    • Attachments - You should be familiar with sending email messages with attached files.
    • Word Processing - You should be familiar with creating, editing, saving, and printing documents using Microsoft Word or creating documents with Microsoft Works but saving them as Word documents or in rich text format.

Course Materials

Students: Required course materials are described below:

• Required Text: Fahey, Thomas D, Insel, Teague
  Total Wellness: Broward Community College Special Edition c.2007. 8 th edition, paperback. (South Campus bookstore) ISBN 0077292464
• Access to PowerPoint software to create group project relating to environmental wellness.
• Two exams are required
  • Midterm - take exam at home on any day, Nov 14, 15, or 16
  • Final - take exam on any day Dec 5, 6, or 7

How to Register for this Course

Please register at myBC website . Students must pay for the course before being able to log into the course. There may be a delay of up to 24 hours at the beginning of the term prior to login.

Information Contact

If you are interested in registering for HLP 1081 as an online class, please feel free to contact me at my office at 954.201.8816 or email srifkin@broward.edu

How to Access this Course once you are Enrolled in this Course

• Students will login to the course beginning the morning of Oct 16, 8:00 am (not before). Students do not have the ability to login until the class the first day of the semester. Please follow the directions below.
• Students need to obtain their BC email address in order to log on to the course. Follow directions for BC email
• You may login to the course from any computer http://www.broward.edu/blackboard/index.jsp
• Direct access to the Blackboard login page is http://broward6.collegis.com

Online Orientation

• Complete the online orientation once logged into the course
• Online orientation includes answering an email, participating in a welcome discussion, completing a welcome assignment and taking a short quiz.
• All communication to the instructor is within the course only.

Links to help students get connected to e-learning course(s) at BC

• BC Blackboard/e-Learning login page
• Student e-learning Resources
• Publisher access code help page
• Blackboard Helpdesk is available if you need any technical assistance using or logging into Blackboard..