Week 1 - September  8 -14

What We’ll Cover In Class

TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
      

MAJOR CONCEPTS WE WILL COVER:

Week 1 slides

  • How to engage in class
  • Using clickers
  • Medical Privacy Act and Informed Consent
  • How do you get an A?
  • Attendance and ground rules
  • Assignments, due dates, and procedures to ensure credit
  • Quizzes and what they cover
  • Introduction of the professors and office assistants
  • Introduction of the final project and HEALTH ADVOCATES
  • Finding THE BOX and EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY LAB

Assignments for the Week

  1. Take first quiz in D2L (Open this week from Monday, Sept 8 @ 12:01 a.m. until Sunday, Sept 14 @ midnight).   The quiz will cover concepts from our first class session. 
  2. Go to the Testwell site by clicking on the button below. Enter your student i.d. number when asked to enter a PIN number, respond to all the questions, and click "finish" when you're finished and view your results.  You may want to print them. We will automatically receive a notice that you've completed Testwell and post your points within two weeks of the closing period.  Complete Testwell by Noon on Monday, Sept 15.
  3. Go to the Healthy American home page; Explore and learn how to navigate it.
  4. Complete the Fitness Medical Release Form. Follow any special instructions given to you on the results page.  Be sure to enter your full name and student ID number.  Print off a copy of the completed form and sign it.  Bring your form to class next week.  If you answer “Yes” to any question on the form, you MUST be cleared by Health Services staff in class.  If you forget to bring the form to class, you will have to make an appointment at the Health Center in Delzell Hall and take it to them to sign.
  5. Locate THE BOX in CPS (across the hall from CPS 210). 
  6. Bring crayons or markers to class next week!
  7. Start reading Chapter 1 (An Invitation to Healthy Change).