Garden Design II

• Be an active participant and contribute to our online learning community. Discussion forums and activities serve to enhance and advance the content we are learning. If you find yourself needing support or guidance, please keep in touch- do not fade into the background. You invested in this course, and I am here to help you succeed!
  
• We have 6 weeks of study and 7 Modules (units) of study, all which build upon each other. Modules are not viewable at once, they are sequential and each weekly topic opens on Monday. We all have busy lives in addition to taking this course, however I encourage you to try to stay on track with the weekly readings and assignments. 
• Plan to submit assignments as you complete them so I can provide timely feedback that will be helpful for the next phase of your garden plan. Please don't wait until the end of the course to submit everything all at once! Remember, we have a break between weeks 2 and 3, and this will give you extra time to catch up on assignments if needed.
• Please do not email assignments, as it will disrupt the integrity of the course. All work takes place in Moodle and all assignments are uploaded into the Moodle interface. If you haven’t taken an online course before, no worries!  I was new at it once, myself, and I hope you will find my guidance to be supportive and warm.  To help make your experience with the Moodle course an easy one, I advise:

• A recent version of an Internet browser, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
• A current version of Acrobat reader, or other pdf reader. 
• You may need to turn off your pop-up blocker while in the course.

• When uploading designs or photos, you can use your phone to take a photo, then upload it to Moodle as a jpg. If you have a scanner, you can scan your work and save it as a pdf. If you get a message that says ‘invalid json string’ it means that you are trying to upload a file too large for Moodle.

• Enjoy the flexibility of this course and all that we have to offer each other….and have fun! I hope you will leave this course with new friends and a bundle of wonderful resources that will help enhance the beauty and function of your garden areas.

Here is a quick tutorial on submitting photos and documents in assignments and journals: Uploading Photos and Documents

• If you have an issue with Moodle (not related to the content itself), please fill out this form.