> -----Original Message-----
> From: Parrillo, Vince
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 4:16 PM
> To:   Buoye, Alex; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask];
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> Subject:      Conflict Resolution Course
>
> Hello, everyone.
>
> I'm delighted that all of you will be participating in the Spring 2000
> edition of our conflict resolution course.  I'd like to share with you
> some of the start-up information you'll need.  It's important that you
> feel comfortable with the various organizational tasks now, as I will be
> leaving on January 14th on my Fulbright assignment in the Czech Republic.
> I'll be participating with a class from Palacky University, but our term
> doesn't begin until February 7th.  So please check out the following and
> get back to me if you have any concerns, questions, or problems that I can
> address while I'm still at my own university.
>
> Web Site:
> The URL for the course has changed.  Please update your bookmark to
> http://www.wpunj.edu/cohss/sociology/soc399
> There you will find access to the links for readings and related sites.
>
> Course Syllabus:
> The outline for William Paterson University can be accessed at the above
> URL.  Of course, that's the outline for here.  You will be adapting
> perhaps only part of it as it suits the course you are teaching.  One key
> information all of us need to share is if our students will be working on
> the final project.  There the WPU timetable may prove helpful since
> beginning and ending semester dates vary from one institution to the
> other.
>
> Using TopClass:
> I think you will find this a better software package that Forum, and less
> subject to technical breakdowns.  You can access it from the link on the
> course web page, or directly (tigris.wpunj.edu).  To do so, you need to
> log in.  Please wait one more day until you try to do so, as I am awaiting
> word that your names have been added in.  To log in, type in your last
> name and first initial (no spaces).
> For password, enter "change".   Once you have accessed TopClass, you can
> change your password for future use, or keep it as "change".  Your choice.
> Once you have entered the site, click on the question mark icon at the
> bottom.  This will give you a quick guide to using TopClass (something you
> should also have your students read as well).  Almost all of the
> information provided under "Instructor Options" does not apply to this
> class, since this is a shared site.  Certainly, all of us should introduce
> ourselves, as should our students, but the other features are intended for
> one class/one professor only.
>
> Getting Students Into TopClass:
> Dr. Ming Jian will be the technical supervisor of the TopClass site.  Once
> you know who your students are, please send that list of last and first
> names to him at [log in to unmask]  As he does with you, Ming will give
> these students access to log in and also give them the password "change"
> which they should change to another after their first log-in.
>
> Components of TopClass
> Within the next two weeks, I will be adding several informational pages to
> TopClass and will inform you when they have been posted.   In the
> meantime, please check out the Web site and its links as well as TopClass
> and, as I said earlier, let me know if you have any questions, problems,
> or concerns.
>
> Regards to all,
> Vince Parrillo
>
> Vincent N. Parrillo, Chair
> Department of Sociology
> William Paterson University
> Wayne, NJ 07470
> Voice Phone:  973-720-2669
> Fax Phone:    973-720-3522
>