Welcome to Spring 2020 BIOL 12

Due to the unusual circumstances that we all find ourselves in, we have re-structured Bio12. Professors Bezanilla and He will be co-teaching the course. While there are still two sections, there is one Canvas page that provides all the course material and assignments.

All course content will be available asynchronously via recorded lectures accessible on the Canvas page. As soon as you are enrolled in the class, you should log onto the Canvas site and begin working on the course content posted there.

Using Zoom, we will meet synchronously on Thursdays and Fridays each week in the normal meeting times for the 9L and 10 timeslots. Thursday we are using the X-hour period and Friday we are using the normal time slot. You may attend either the 9L or 10 time slots, whatever fits your schedule. All synchronous Zoom sessions will be recorded and posted on Canvas. Be sure to read the “Consent to Record” document available on Canvas, since you are agreeing to this by enrolling in the class.

ONLY for the first week of classes, we ask that you attend an introductory Zoom session on WEDNESDAY APRIL 1st.  You may attend either the 9L (https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/299098447) or 10 time (https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/682456337) slots. During this Zoom meeting, we will introduce you to the teaching staff and we will practice Zoom break out groups and annotation, which are the methods that we will use to do the Zoom Activities.

On Thursdays, we will break out into groups in Zoom to work on Zoom Activities posted on Canvas. The professors and the science teaching fellow will all be present and will visit the Zoom break out rooms. After each problem, the professors will discuss the answer key for that particular problem in the main Zoom meeting room. It is critical that you listen to all lecture recordings posted for that week BEFORE the Zoom activity sessions.

On Fridays, we will have a Zoom Q&A meeting. We encourage you to come prepared to ask questions about the material covered that week.

All class Zoom meetings will be recorded and posted on Canvas.

The professors, the teaching science fellow and the TA will all hold Zoom office hours. The times are posted on Canvas.

Zoom office hours will not be recorded.

All Zoom meeting IDs will be clearly posted on Canvas.

Assessment: Each week (including the first week), a quiz on Canvas will be available to take starting at 12:00PM EST on Friday. The quiz is timed and you will have 40 minutes to complete it. The quiz must be completed by Monday at 11:59PM EST.

Lab: The lab this term is a virtual experience. You will watch videos, receive data, and analyze these data in the assignments.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Professors Bezanilla and He if you have any questions or concerns.

Looking forward to a great term!