Communicate

BA501 : Communicate
Communication Page

To register for this course, visit NAU Distance Learning .

If you have already registered and this is your first time in the course, you should:

Make sure you meet the technical requirements listed on the help page and get the required plug-ins.
Make sure you have a required NAU DANA account.
Read Get Started to learn how the course will be delivered.
Look at the overview of the course.
Read the syllabus.
Complete the Web Course Boot Camp.
E-mail Dr. Pinto from your DANA account to receive the username and password for the course.
The majority of the coursework can be found within "the class." You can also communicate with others in the course, view additional resources from Cline Library, or get technical help.

It is recommended that you use NetScape 4.7x (not 6.x) to view this site and open files in Word or Excel. Internet Explorer 5.x may give you an error message such as "Enter Network Password" or "Please enter your authentication information." Click "cancel" and the file should open.

Instructor Communication

Phone: (520) 523-7356

Email: BA501@mail.cba.nau.edu

Office Location: College of Business Adm., Room 250

Office Hours: anytime by e-mail or WebMail. Specific hours posted each semester.

Use WebMail for attachments and/or messages. WebMail operates independent of the type of browser set up for e-mail, your operating system and the use of third party e-mail programs. Please reference BA501 (your last name) Assignment name and number in the subject line.

If you are using an internet service provider (IPS) and their e-mail, please have your DANA e-mail forwarded to your IPS account.

Please leave a voicemail (928)523-7356 or e-mail me at BA501@mail.cba.nau.edu if you can't reach me in person. The preferred means of communication is by e-mail (not voicemail). Use WebMail to send e-mail with or without attachments. Please reference BA501 (your last name) Assignment name and number in the subject line. E-mail Dr. Pinto from your DANA account to receive the username and password for the course.

Feedback to the Professor

Student Internet Access

New students are required to obtain an account on the student unix computer DANA. DANA gives NAU students, who agree to abide by proper ethical standards, access to the internet including electronic mail, the Cline library on-line catalogue, world wide web home pages (httpd), and usenet news.

Accessing these sort of Internet services requires establishing an electronic identity (essentially an electronic mail address). This can be done by acquiring a computer account on the DANA machine. Any currently enrolled student, who is willing to use these resources responsibly, is permitted an account on the DANA machine.

If you are an Arizona Resident, NAU has several local modem pools throughout the state. If these modem numbers are not local to your area, you should select a local internet service provider (ISP) to avoid long distance phone charges.

You are responsible for paying any phone charges (long distance and local) and ISP fees incurred as a result of taking this web course.

Group Communication

Group work is an important part of BA501, "Quantitative Methods and Planning".

NAU Virtual Conference Center

Northern Arizona University Online Virtual Conference Center (VCC)

Accessing the VCC (Caucus Software)
- Use a web browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.) entering http://www.nau.edu/nauovcc
- After clicking to enter you will see -
NAU Authentication

Access to this URL requires authentication. Note the following:

You must log in before you can view that document. Please log in now.

Please click HERE to log in.
- After clicking HERE you will be taken to the NAU Athentication page to confirm your eligibility. NAU students must use their DANA computer account as their Login and Password (e.g. jcs4, mpc3)
- If you are an NAU student and do not have a DANA computer account, please go to http://www.nau.edu/help.html and click on "How do I subscribe online for a DANA account (student)?
- NAU faculty/staff may use their JAN computer account userid and password
Complete your personal information page
- If you have not been in the conference center before, you will be prompted to complete your Personal Information page
- Your full name and an NAU e-mail address are required
- All DANA addresses are in the form xxxx@dana.ucc.nau.edu
- Choose: "Take the Caucus Tutorial" or "Go on into the Caucus Center"
Your Personal Directory Page
- If you chose to go directly into Caucus, you will be dropped into your own Personal Directory Page
- Click on #2. A list of all conferences
- Scroll down the list to find your course conference name
- Click on the conference name (NOT the organizer's name)
- Click on "Join this Conference and add to my Conference list"
Return visits to NAUOVCC
- Come back to http://www.nau.edu/nauovcc, bookmark this page on your browser
- Enter your login and password on the NAU Authentication page
- Your Personal VCC Directory Page will display on the screen
Making your contribution
- Click on an item name to open an item
- Read the response(s) then enter your comments in the text box at the end
- Scroll down and click on the Post+Go button below the text box to save and display your response
- (Each conference is organized differently, you must contact your instructor for specifics)
Changing your Personal information
- Click on "You are <your name>" at the top right hand side of any page
- Make any necessary changes in your personal information
- Click on the "Change My Information" button
Need more help
- Click on the HELP button at the top or bottom of each page
- E-mail or telephone your Conference faculty person
- Ask an NAU computer lab aide or the ITS student help desk - help@dana.ucc.nau.edu
- E-mail the Conference Center Coordinator

Use Virtual Conference Center to post questions to help each other solve problems and do assignments. See instructions above for your username and password. See the

class calendar for announcements and assignments.

Click the button above to go to the NAU Virtual Conference Center. From the main NAU VCC page, login-in, and then enter the class conference.

Please reference "BA501 (your last name) Assignment name and number" in the subject line of either below.

E-mail Dr. James V. Pinto at BA501@mail.cba.nau.edu
or call (928) 523-7356. Use WebMail for attachments.

Your E-mail Address:
Your Name:
Please send me your comments and questions about BA501. Please include BA501and your last name in "Your Name" above. Do not use this box to send in homework. Use WebMail to send in homework as an attachment.

NAU Virtual Conference Center

Northern Arizona University Online Virtual Conference Center (VCC)

Return visits to NAUOVCC