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Simple Instructions for Submitting your Assignments

You can save documents in Word, and submit the Word documents by uploading.  Often, you may use .jpg files for images if you are sending those.  As an option, you can also share photos and images of your garden, the people, and other relevant aspects of your program, such as maps and drawings.  This will enliven the course if you have this capability. 

For sending images such as drawings and maps, you may use either a scanner or a digital camera; a scanner is preferable for drawings since it will preserve the original format of your artwork much better than a camera will. We do understand that size can be an issue with a scanner, so if you have a piece of artwork larger than your scanner, you may take a digital photo of it and indicate the scale to the instructor via an email.

The instructions for scanning documents vary depending on the type of scanner you're using, but some generic instructions are given below:

1. Make sure your scanner is turned on and is properly installed into your computer using the software that came with it.
2. Find and click on the program on your computer desktop that you use for scanning. This might be HP PrecisionScan Pro, Epson Scan, or Adobe Photoshop, depending on which program you usually use. Make sure that a window opens so you're ready to scan.
3. Load your materials, such as a garden map, face down on the scanner bed so that it is aligned with the arrows corresponding to a document of its size.
4. After closing the scanner door, you will scan your document. You may see an icon that you can click to scan simply, or you may have to select File>Import>Twain (or whatever the name of your scanner is) if you are using Adobe Photoshop.
5. If you have an option such as Scan To, you want to select an image file. Please scan all images as either .jpg files so that the instructor will be able to open them. You'll also want to use the Save As option to give your file a name. Please name the file with your initials, followed by the Unit number, followed by the number of the exercise. For example, if Jane Doe were submitting Exercise 2 from Unit 4, she would save the image file as jd-4-2.jpg or jd-4-2.tiff. Please save your own copy of each, in a folder labelled with this course on your computer, as well as sending a copy via the Upload functiom of Moodle under that exercise to the instructor.

The other option is to take a digital photo and simply upload the .jpg file.

Suggestions:

- You may want to scan your images as grayscale rather than color or black and white, since grayscale is better at picking up mid tones from your pencil, and the other two options might overlook some of your important pencil marks in a search for bolder lines or color.

- You may also want to resize your document so it takes less time to upload. Ideally, it is best if the instructor doesn't have to scroll through your document to see the whole thing at once. Try to save it in dimensions that can be printed on a single side of standard 8.5 x 11 computer paper so the instructor can print and view it on a page, rather than only on the computer screen.

Your next step is to Practice Uploading a Journal Entry here....