Field Epidemiology Certificate: To do list

Please complete the following tasks prior to the beginning of class. These steps are required for your complete participation in this program. It is important to register as soon as possible, so you can create your ONYEN (UNC user id) which is needed to log on to the courses via Blackboard and to order your books and course packs from the Health Affairs bookstore. It takes about 1-2 weeks to be able to create your ONYEN after you have confirmed your acceptance. Create an ONYEN (ATN User ID) Ready your computer system Aquaint yourself with Blackboard Order textbooks Review program FAQs and policies If you need help...   1. Create an ONYEN (ATN User ID)  *It takes approximately 1 week before you can create your ONYEN. Please continue trying until you are able to create this. The School of Public Health (SPH) online courses are delivered through a software program that requires that each student have an ATN User ID, also referred to as an ISIS login.  The campus registration database uses ATN User IDs (ONYENS) and inputs those students who have registered for a particular course into the course's database. The campus registration database doesn't track other email systems; therefore each of you must have an ATN User ID in order to access your courses. You may still use your preferred email account for all communication (including course listservs) but for the purposes of logging into the courses you must use your ATN User ID and password. ONYEN passwords will be on a 90-day expiration cycle. In other words, users will have to change their ONYEN passwords at least every 90 days. Users will be notified in advance, via email, when their passwords are about to expire. Please remember to change your login password before it expires. This is particularly important if you do not take a summer course. Failure to do so will result in difficulties logging in which will put you behind in your next course. Please remember that it is your responsibility to ensure that you are ready and able to login by the first day of classes. Click here with questions about how to change your password. Notes: If you don't create an ATN User ID, you will not be able to access your online course(s) by logging into Blackboard. Your courses will not show up on blackboard until the day classes begin. Please remember to write down your ATN User ID and keep it in a safe place and memorize your password (do not write your password down). It takes a few days for your account to become active, so you should request a User ID as soon as you receive your PID number. Thus you should register as soon as possible if you haven't yet. Forward your e-mail account to receive your e-mail messages from the instructors-Required The instructors have asked that the e-mail accounts not be forwarded to Yahoo accounts if possible. There have been problems with messages getting lost and in- boxes rejecting messages because the mail box is over quota. If you must use a Yahoo account, please make sure to always keep your in-box clean so that messages are not returned. The instructors and TAs cannot keep up with the returned messages and will not resend the message out. Back to top 2. Ready your computer system Be sure you have the required and recommended hardware and software programs for your computer system. Take this ten-minute Technical Skills Test to make sure that you have the required plug-ins and can access features of your online courses. You may also want to take this test if you are taking a distance learning course for the first time. Download Browser Note: If you are using a computer at work, you should check with your system's administrator before you download Mozilla. WebCT requires that you have a browser that supports Javascript-based applications. We recommend the following. DO NOT disable scripting or else you will not be able to take the courses Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher and/or Netscape Navigator 6.x or higher and/or Mozilla/Firefox (can be downloaded via UNC shareware)   Download Plug-ins Note: If you are using a computer at work, you should check with your system's administrator before you download any plug-ins. RealPlayer Basic (required) is used to play audio and video files. Download RealPlayer  Basic Adobe Acrobat Reader (required) is used to access PDF (print) documents in your courses. Download Acrobat Reader 7.0 via UNC shareware. (Be sure to select the Acrobat Reader appropriate for your operating system.) You may also want to download other shareware available to UNC students such as, WinZip 8.0, WS_FTP LE 5.08 and Norton Antivirus.  Back to top 3. Aquaint yourself with Blackboard  All course work will be done on Blackboard. We will host 2 conference calls prior to classes beginning to learn how to navigate through the system. PLEASE NOTE:  YOUR COURSES WILL NOT SHOW UP ON BLACKBOARD UNTIL THE DAY CLASSES BEGIN. http://help.unc.edu/?id=4735 Back to top 4. Order textbooks You can order your text books from the Health Affairs Bookstore either by phone at (919) 966-2208 or online. Of course, if you live close enough, you can come to campus to buy them. To order books online your ONYEN (User ID) will need to be active. The textbooks and course packs are usually not available to order online until the month that the course begins. All course materials for the Certificate program are under section number 960. You may also be able to find used textbooks at: Student Logic Half.com by Ebay Back to top 5. Review program FAQs and policies FAQs Program_Policies  For more information about the UNC Honor Code, visit Honor Carolina. Back to top If you need help... If you need technical support or have content or program-related questions, there are a number of places to request help. When reporting technical problems to the ATN Help Desk or course-specific email addresses, please be as specific as possible about the problem you are experiencing. Type of Problem Examples Contact Computer-related problems or technical support questions Computers, software, downloads, plug-ins, printers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) such as Mindspring, AOL, etc. Contact Academic Technologies and Networks (ATN Help Desk) by phone 919-962-HELP, email help@unc.edu or visit help.unc.edu. The ATN Help Desk provides technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to students. Server errors and server status Visit help.unc.edu Course-related technical problems  Broken links in course, pages not appearing, problems with audio or video, quizzes, etc. Email your course TA or instructor Program questions Email Meleata Pinto Registration questions Email Debbie Andrews Course content questions Email your course TA or instructor Back to top

Last updated June 23, 2008