Things to note about the Online Lab & Workbook Assignments

Once you are ready to start your exercises in the Online Lab and Workbook, please keep these facts in mind:

  • In the Laboratory there are several listening exercises in which you click on numbers or images, listen to a phrase and then repeat the phrase or vocabulary word aloud. Once you have listened to all of the cues, click on "I have completed this activity." You will receive a grade for this exercise based on the amount of time that you log. I will review these to determine that you have the minimum amount of time necessary to complete the exercise.
  • When doing your exercises, you are able to repeat any exercise until you achieve a 100% grade. Keep in mind that the LAST time you submit the work for a grade will be your final score. Previous attempts will have an *asterisk. If you start an exercise, finish it!
  • Accents and Spanish characters & letters count. Use the keyboard provided on your screen.
  • The due dates are enforced by the settings in the software. Once the due date is past, your work will not be submitted to me, although you can complete it and get the feedback to test yourself for the exam.
  • On the lists of assignments, only exercises marked with a circle (bull's eye) on the left are assigned for grading.
  • Assignments with yellow or red dots next to them require my review for grading. You will not see a completed grade until I enter one.
  • You can see your grades by clicking on "results" at your Student Workstation.
  • You must use the computers on Ohlone campus if you are unable to complete the exercises from home or work. The Spanish 101 & 102 series actually calls for 1 hour a week extra on-campus : doing the work from home or work is only a bonus if you can make it work.
      • You can check out headphones on the second floor of Hyman Hall at the Information Desk.
  • The online homework functions best when you use Internet Explorer. If you are unable to do the exercises at home, you must do them at Ohlone. Do not wait until the night they are due to complete them: that is a bad time to discover your home computer is not working.
Why are the audio files in my book opening in the same browser window?
If you are using QuickTime to play the audio files in your book, a setting defines whether audio files open in the same or different browser window. QuickTime 4.0 is permanently set to open in the same browser window. However, QuickTime 5.0 allows you to change this setting by following these steps:

1. Go to the Apple menu.

2. Select Control Panels.

3. Select QuickTime settings. A separate window will open.

4. Select Browser Plug-in.

5. Click the MIME Settings button.

6. Click Audio to expand its menu.

7. In WAV audio file, select Use QuickTime.

To download or to upgrade to QuickTime 5.0, go to the Apple Web site at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download. QuickTime 5.0 is free.