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PREVIOUSLY in my online class. If you previously took an online class with me, here is what you need to know:

Storybook File names. Make sure you use DIFFERENT file names this semester than you did in the previous semester. For example, if you had a page named "storybook.html" last time, you will want to name your pages "indiastorybook.html" or or "worldstorybook.html" or something like that, to separate it from last semester's webpages. You can come up with whatever system you want - just make sure you use a definite system for this semester's work.

Technology Tips. You are free to re-do a Technology Tip this semester that you already completed in a previous semester. So, for example, if you already created a customized OU Library Homepage, you can send me a screenshot of the page and take credit for it again this semester. Just make sure you follow the instructions for the Tip, completing each aspect of the assignment as stated in the instructions.

Enrolled in multiple classes during the SAME semester.

If you are taking more than one of these online courses (Myth-Folklore, World Literature, Indian Epics) in the same semester, please read the notes below:

Orientation Week. There are a number of assignments that are the same for all the classes during Week 1, Orientation Week. Here are a list to help you sort that out:

• Technology Declaration : Log in and make sure you can find both classes in Desire2Learn; then do the Declaration in both classes.
• Email and Communication Declaration: You just need to send one reply to me; then do the Declaration in both classes.
• Ning accountcreation: You will have just one Ning account, and you will post about both of your classes in the same blog. This may get a little confusing, so MAKE SURE you are very clear in your blog post titles which class you are posting about. You need to make sure you give the blog post a title reflecting that: for example, Week 2 Indian Epics: Story Retelling. It is ESSENTIAL that you include the class name in your blog posts. If you are using a post for two classes, make that clear also: Week 2 India / Myth: Famous Last Words.
• OU Webspace Activation: You only have to do the Activation once; make sure you do the Declaration in both classes.
• Browser Screenshot: You only need to send me one screenshot; make sure you do the Declaration in both classes.
• Image Information Quiz: Please take the quiz in both classes (the questions are randomly generated, so you may or may not get the same questions in both quizzes)
• Ning Introduction Blog Post: You only have to do one post, but make sure you include the names of BOTH classes in the title for the post - and remember that you need to do the Declaration for both classes!
• Plagiarism Quiz: Please take the quiz in both classes (the questions are randomly generated, so you may or may not get the same questions in both quizzes)
• Ning Storytelling Blog Post: You only have to do one post, but make sure you include the names of BOTH classes in the title for the post - and remember that you need to do the Declaration for both classes!
• Storybook Favorites: Please do this assignment twice, following the separate instructions for each class you are in. Make sure you give each blog post a separate title: for example, Week 1 Indian Epics: Storybook Favorites.
• Read and Respond - Ning Blog Comments: Please do this assignment twice, following the separate instructions for each class you are in; you will be assigned different people to respond to for each class.
• Storybook Bibliography: If you are in Myth-Folklore and World Literature, you only need to do this assignment once, not twice. You can just send me one email, and it will count for both classes - but make sure you include BOTH classes in the subject line of the email so that I will remember to record the grade in both classes for you.
• Composer Setup: You only need to install the Mozilla Seamonkey Composer Composer program once; make sure you do the Declaration in both classes.
• Course Contract: You will need to do the Declaration for this assignment in both classes.

Internet Assignment - Week 2 and Week 3. You can use the work you do for the Week 2 Internet and Week 3 Internet assignments for both classes; you do not have to make two sets of webpages, but make sure you do the Declaration in both classes.

Storybook page names. When you start creating Storybook webpages in Week 4, make sure you use different names for the pages in each class so you don't accidentally overwrite your own work. For example, instead of having a page named "storybook.html" (as suggested in the instructions), you will want to name your pages "mythstorybook.html" or "indiastorybook.html" or "worldstorybook.html" (you can come up with whatever system you want - just make sure you use a definite system for each class).

Technology Tips. As you will see starting in Week 2, there are extra credit "Technology Tips" each week. You can take credit in both classes for the same tip assignment; you do not have to do the assignment twice - just remember to do the Declaration in each class. The only exception is the Desire2Learn Image tip - for that tip, you need to create a Discussion Post for each class you are enrolled in (but the contents of the post can be identical).

Last Words. You only have to do one post, and you don't need to give it a special title since it is the same post for both classes since it is the same assignment - but remember that you need to do the Declaration for both classes!