Diana Cason, ProfessorOffice: SS 204Phone: 661-395-4589Email: diana.cason@bakersfieldcollege.edu

ACDV B201a PilotFall Semester 2015

Reading Series

Fall 2015ACDV B201a(1 unit)

Retake assessment

test.

Spring 2016ACDV B62(3 units)

Summer/Fall 2016ACDV B50(3 units)

Fall 2015ACDV B201a

(1 unit)

Retake assessment

test.

Spring 2016ACDV B61(4 units)

Option 1

Option 2

What are the current requirements for ACDV B201a?•Take a pre-test• Independently complete 54 hours of

computer lab assignments using Plato•Receive group email notifications

regarding progress•Take post-test•Retake assessment test and place into

ACDV B62 (or higher) or retake ACDV B201a

•Ungraded

How is the pilot program different?• Enroll in ACDV B201a• Take pre-test• Independently complete 44 hours of computer lab

assignments using Plato• Complete 6 offline activities and meet with Tutoring

Center tutor• Attend 6 face-to-face meetings with professor to

discuss progress• Take post-test and receive passing score• Automatic eligibility for ACDV B62 or B61 (No need

to retake assessment test.)• Ungraded

Pre-Test

•Over a hundred questions•Takes a couple hours•Don’t rush! Your answers will determine

which modules you will complete.

Modules• 4 hours per week• 10 modules per week• 3 parts for each module

▫Tutorial▫Application▫Mastery Test(s)

• Must score at least 80% on mastery tests (green bar with gold star)

• Skip modules with blue bar (exempt)• If you get locked out of mastery test, reenter tutorial.• Not completing required hours and modules may

result in being excluded from the pilot.

Offline Activities• Take approximately one hour to complete• Go to my website to view PowerPoints:

www.dcasonbc.weebly.com• Must review with a tutor in the Tutoring Center• Must be complete in order to meet with tutor• Tutoring Center Hours

▫ Monday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.▫ Tuesday 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.▫ Wednesday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.▫ Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.▫ Friday 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

• Not completing an activity by the deadline may result in being excluded from the pilot.

Face-to-Face Meetings

•Every other week during my office hours▫Monday 9:30-10:30 & 1:00-2:00▫Wednesday 9:30-10:30 & 1:00-2:00▫Thursday 1:00-2:00

•Or by appointment•Missing a meeting may result in being

excluded from the pilot.

Post-test

•Must score at least 800•May retake as many times as necessary

before end of semester•May retake assessment test

Pilot ProgramAgreement

Plato Basics

Log-on Information•Go to

ple.platoweb.com.•Account Login: BC01•Plato Name: Student

ID without initial zeros•Password: Your birth

date in mmddyy format (without initial zero for months Jan.-Sept.)

To Check Your Progress—Step 1• Click on “All My Work.”

To Check Your Progress—Step 2• Click on “All Activities.”

To Check Your Progress—Step 3• Click on “View Progress

Report.”• Look at time on task.

Logging Out• Click on “Sign Out.”• Just exiting out of the

browser may result in work being lost.

Technical Problems with Plato

•Important Note: Technical problems (whether on the user’s or Plato’s end) won’t excuse students from completing work on time!

•Email Kim Nickell: knickell@bakersfieldcollege.edu

•Visit the Student Success Lab, SS143.▫Monday & Thursday 8:30 am – 6:00 pm▫Tuesday & Wednesday 8:30 am-7:00 pm▫Friday 8:30 am-12:20 am

Keeping in Touch

•Regular communication•Remind App: Text @201apilot to 81010•Check campus email•Stop by office hours

Questions

Learning Center Tour(Please log off of the computer.)