ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE. Check them off as you complete them.

	By midnight (11:55 pm) Saturday, do the Preparation Questions listed below, then complete the Orientation Quiz for 5 points.
	Sometime AFTER you've completed the Orientation Quiz, post at least one response to Dinner Conversation 1 (the one with the subject Introductions).
	By midnight (11:55 pm) Saturday,complete Unit 1 Study Questions for 10 points (be certain you've FIRST done ALL of the Preparation Questions below).

OBJECTIVES

After reading the assigned materials, participating in the DINNER CONVERSATION for Week 1, completing the Orientation QUIZ and completing the Unit 1 Study Questions, you will be able to:

• Know how this course is organized and how to find the activities and assignments for each week.
• Know dates for activities for this class, understand how this course is arranged, and plan your time commitment accordingly.
• Understand Ellyn Satter's background that has led to her philosophy and recommendations about eating.
• Know other students in the class a bit better and begin communicating with them.
• Compare your opinions with Satter's and other students regarding personal and social attitudes about eating, health and weight.

RESOURCES 

• The remainder of this Unit.
• Secrets of Feeding A Healthy Family, (SECOND edition, 2008) Preface pages xiii-xvi at the beginning of the book AND Chapter 1, pages 1-6.
  Unfortunately the FIRST edition will not work as there are SIGNIFICANT changes in the SECOND edition, 2008.
• Calendar of Reading for the Term (above Week 1)
• Syllabus (above Week 1)

I. Orientation Activities and Quiz (DUE midnight [11:55 pm] Saturday)

Preparation Questions BEFORE you begin the Orientation Quiz, WRITE on paper the answers to each of the following Orientation Quiz Preparation Questions.

Note: You can take this Quiz two times and your final score will be the highest of the 2 scores.

1. The first question when you take this quiz will be "Have you answered the following Preparation Questions for the Orientation Quiz?".
   
   To find the answers to the following questions, click on the SYLLABUS above Week 1.  
   
   
2. According to the information near the beginning of the Syllabus, which is the best way to reach me, once you are logged into this class?
   A. by leaving a Voice Mail message on my LCC telephone
   B. using my LCC email address
   C. using the mail system in our Moodle class
   
   
3. According to the Note near the beginning of the Syllabus, what happens if you do NOT complete the Orientation Quiz and Unit 1 Study Questions by midnight (11:55 pm) Saturday of Week 1?
   A. You will probably be administratively dropped from the class.
   B.  You will receive a deduction of 25% of the total possible points for each of the 2.
   C. You will receive a deduction of 50% of the total possible points for each of the 2.
   
   
4. According to the "What this class is and isn't" section of the Syllabus, does this class satisfy the nutrition requirement for Lane's nursing program?
   A. Yes. This class satisfies the nutrition requirement for Lane's nursing program.
   B. No. This class does NOT satisfy the nutrition requirement for Lane's nursing program.
   
   
5. Let's say we're nearing the end of Week 2.  Where will you find out how to prepare for Week 3, including every question on the Study Questions? (See Syllabus under "COURSE DESIGN, EVALUATION AND GRADING" where it says "UNIT PREPARATIONS".)
   A. in your Messages
   B. beneath the Week 2 space
   C. beneath the Week 3 space

6. Read the section of the Syllabus below that about MAIL.  Where is the envelope icon saying you have mail?

   A. It is below the word "People".
   B. It is below the word "Mail".
   C. It is below the word "Administration".
   D. It is below the word "Messages".
   
   
7.  According to that same section, to read a MAIL message,
   A. you click on the envelope icon
   B. you click on the number 1.
   C. you click on the word "People".
   

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8. According to that same section, one way to send me a message is to click where it says " Participants" and then click on ____________.
   A. the word "Mail"
   B. the word "Messages"
   C. in the "Select" box beside my name
   D. in the "Messages" box beside my name

9. If you have mail from me, you will see an icon of a photograph beside my name.  Near the MAIL section of the Syllabus, it says that you can upload a photograph for yourself by choosing  "_____________" under the "Administration" block.
   A. Choose Profile
   B. Change Profile
   C. Edit Profile

10. Read the section about STUDY QUESTIONS in the COURSE DESIGN, EVALUATION AND GRADING part of the Syllabus.  How many times can you take the Orientation Quiz?

    A. one time
    B. two times
    C. three times
    D. unlimited times
    
    
11. According to that same section, how many times can you submit the Unit 1 Study Questions?
    A. one time
    B. two times
    C. three times
    D. unlimited times
    
    
12. According to the Unit Study Questions Results section of the COURSE DESIGN, EVALUATION AND GRADING part of the Syllabus, when will Unit Study Questions results (with access to the correct answers and comments) be posted?
    A. first thing Monday morning
    B. about a day after the availability period has ended
    
    
13. According to the COURSE DESIGN, EVALUATION AND GRADING part of the Syllabus, after you get to the Dinner Conversation list of DC postings, to read a Dinner Conversation posting you click
    A. where it says "read  message".
    B. on the underlined title of the message.
    C. none of the above
    
    
14. Read what the Syllabus says about responding to my DINNER CONVERSATION questions.  You have a choice to respond to my topic, or to another ________________ posting about the topic.
    A. student's
    B. instructor's
    
    
15. Read the LATE POLICY section of the Syllabus.  When are the Dinner Conversations set to close, after which you will not be able to post?
    A. just before midnight on Saturday
    B. just before midnight on Sunday
    C. just after midnight on Monday
    D. just after midnight on Tuesday

16. Sometimes your computer may have trouble handling certain features of the class and it might start "acting up". What does the Syllabus say you should do when this happens? (see Syllabus near the end where it says "QUIRKY COMPUTER
    A. Hit any key to continue.
    B. Try closing all applications and re-starting it.

17. While in the "Dinner Conversation for Week 1", experiment with what happens when you click on the arrow tips like in this screen shot below where it says "Display replies in nested form".  Besides "nested form", one of the other choices is to "Display in _________ form".

    A. branched
    B. original
    C. indexed
    D. threaded
    
    
    
    
    

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    Go online to our Moodle class to answer the next questions:
    
    
18. There are "availability dates" on Moodle for all of the Study Questions, the Dinner Conversations and Exams.  Sometimes I unintentionally make mistakes when I set those dates.  If you notice a mistake (like if I set it to open on a date in 2007 instead of 2008), please let me know as soon as you notice it so I can correct it. 
    Also please let me know of any typos of mine you catch so I can correct them.
    A. I understand this.
    B. I don't understand this, but I will send the instructor a message.
    
    
19. Most of the Study Questions are set to be scored by the computer.  If you are marked as incorrect for a question because of a typo or an understandable misspelling (like you spelled it cholestrol when it's cholesterol), please let me know and I can adjust your score.  Also, please let me know if you find any typos in these documents.  Spell checking isn't automatic when I'm creating Web documents and sometimes I forget to spell check.
    A. I understand this.
    B. I don't understand this, but I will send the instructor a message.
    
    

II. DINNER CONVERSATION 1 Preparation Questions

To read a posting, after you get to the Dinner Conversation list of postings, click on the underlined title of the posting.

Introduce yourself by describing the town, state and country where you were born. Then explain briefly (a few sentences) anything about your life right now you'd like to share. including your major, if you have one. As you read each other's introductions during the week, you can reply to them, not just to me. That will make it seem like a "conversation".  To keep the discussion threaded from my initial posting, always choose "reply.

Important Note: We actually aren't going to discuss the reading during this DC, but the Opinion Questions for this week do ask about the reading.

III. Unit 1 Study Questions (your Assignment) (10 points) Preparation Questions

(DUE midnight [11:55 pm]  Saturday)

IMPORTANT Note: As you read this book, keep in mind that who Ellyn Satter sees most often are people she terms "dieting casualties". This book gives the impression that all Americans are victims of this. While I agree that far too many are victims, I feel that's not true of everyone. Some people have a goal of eating in a healthy fashion and truly enjoy it. They enjoy the challenge of it AND they often take great pleasure in their food. Nutrition guidelines to them are positive and they may avoid high fat foods not because of negative reasons but because they simply do not like them. So while reading this, ask yourself "Do nutrition rules help me to often eat with pleasure in a more healthy way or do they lead to less healthful eating and less pleasure for me?" (Note- If restrictive diets are necessary because of a health condition, perhaps you can keep working toward making eating a positive experience.)

For these Study Questions, as well as for all of the remaining these Study Questions, you will get just one opportunity to submit the Study Questions.

Also, for these Study Questions, as well as for all of the remaining sets of Study Questions, to receive full credit, you should select all of the possible answers that are correct.

1. The first question you will see is: "Have you answered the Preparation Questions for these Study Questions?".  If you started before answering them, send me a message right away and I can re-set your attempt so you can start over.
   
   
2. According to the information just before question #1, if more than one of the possible answers are correct, which correct answer should you select?
   A.  I should select the FIRST possible correct answer.
   B.  I should select the LAST possible correct answer.
   C.  I should select ALL possible correct answers.
   
   
3. According to the information in this document at the end of the Orientation Quiz questions, when will the Unit 1 Study Question results be available?
   
   
4. Decide where you plan to do most of the online portion of the class (see the INTERNET ACCESS portion of the Syllabus).
   
   
   
5. OPINION QUESTION: Which Course Objectives on the Syllabus sounds most interesting to you? (see the Syllabus just above Week 1)
   
   
6. What is the Syllabus's answer to the question 'Why all the "computer stuff"'? (see the Syllabus just after COURSE OBJECTIVES)
   1. The Syllabus says in this section that LCC has begun a "computers across the curriculum" project.
   2. So you'll be confident and comfortable getting around in a cyber classroom.
   3. Both of the above
      
      
7. According to the Syllabus under COURSE DESIGN, EVALUATION AND GRADING, which of these will be considered cheating? (Select all that apply.)
   1. asking a question of another classmate
   2. copying answers from someone
   3. allowing another person to submit the Study Questions or Exams for you
   4. submitting Study Questions or Exams for someone else
   5. submitting Study Questions or Exams with a partner
   6. allowing another student to copy your answers
      
      
8. According to the paragraph in the SYLLABUS that begins DINNER CONVERSATIONS, what is the purpose of the Dinner Conversations?
   A. To allow us to interact with each other.
   B. To allow us learn from each other.
   
   
9. Why does the instructor find it an advantage that the author of our textbooks, Ellyn Satter, is quite opinionated? (see the Syllabus under DINNER CONVERSATIONS)
   
   
10. According to the Syllabus under COURSE DESIGN, EVALUATION AND GRADING, will an Exam have new questions in addition to the Unit ones you will have already answered
    
    
11. According to the "AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES" section of the SYLLABUS, during which Unit will I ask you to watch a video? (either at the LCC 30th Ave. campus or online)
    
    
12. According to the "TIME COMMITMENT " section near the end of the SYLLABUS, what is the Time Commitment that I suggest to possibly earn an A in the class?
    
    
13. According to the "LATE POLICY" section of the SYLLABUS, when will Unit Study Questions start having a point deduction for being late?
    
    
14. According to the "LATE POLICY" section of the SYLLABUS, when will Unit Study Questions stop being available to submit?
    
    
15. What are two ways you might tell if a word is a "link" (also known as a "hyperlink")? (One way is that the words become underlined and in color, meaning they're a "link" (also called a hot link).  You can also roll your cursor over the words, and if they are hyperlinked, an icon of a little hand appears. Clicking on a "hyperlink" takes you someplace.)
    
    
16. What type of Internet access do you have at home?
    
    EX before a question below means that you may see that question on an exam.
     
17. EX What is a "Browser"? (If you're not sure, it's a software application, like Safari or Explorer or Firefox, that is used to locate and display Web pages.)
    
    For the next question, read ALL of the Preface pages xii-xvi of the SECOND edition of Secrets of Feeding A Healthy Family (It's at the very beginning of the book.)
    AND Chapter 1, pages 1-6.  
    
    Note: If you are unable to buy the book, it may be on reserve on the 30th Avenue campus of Lane Community College.
    
    
18. EX According to page xiv of the Preface, the evidence is _____________________ that restricting fat, salt, and calories prevents heart disease, cancer and other degenerative disease.
1. strengthening
2. weakening
   
   
19. EX  According to what you read in the Preface of the book, which is NOT part of  Ellyn Satter's experience? 
    
1. dietitian
2. mother
3. grandmother
4. graduate school in psychology
5. graduate school in social work
   
   
20. EX On page xiv of the Preface of Secrets, Satter says the new "research makes it even more clear that ___________________ is the backbone of doing well with eating and feeding."
    

    The purpose of OPINION QUESTIONS like the one below is to gather information about what the class thinks about something, rather than what individual students think.  Any answer is scored as "correct".  The results for the class will be posted next week.

21. OPINION QUESTION: Which statement on page xiv of the Preface about the importance of meals is most important to you personally?
1. For adults, meals support stable body weight.
2. For adults, meals support positive nutritional status.
3. For adults, meals support positive health indicators.
4. Children who have family meals do better socially.
5. Children who have family meals do better emotionally.
6. Children who have family meals do better nutritionally.
7. Children who have family meals do better avoiding overweight.
8. Children who have family meals do better avoiding eating disorders.
9. Children who have family meals do better avoiding early sexual behavior.
10. Young adults who have family meals as adolescents take good care of themselves with food when they get out on their own.
    
    
22. EX According to page 1 of the SECOND edition of Secrets of Feeding A Healthy Family (2008), in Satter's view, what are the minimum number of people in a family?
1. one person
2. two people
   
   
23. EX Also according to page 1 of Secrets, meals are "as essential for _______________________ as they are for nutrition".
    
    
24. Some people find it annoying that Satter often attaches her name to her ideas, such as the "Ellyn Satter Eating Competence Model".  On page 4, she says she does that to this model to protect it-- to keep others from giving it ________________ different from what she intended. 
1. financial benefits
2. meanings
3. copyrights
   
   
25. EX Also on page 4, she says that competent eating is made up of both permission and__________________.
1. discipline
2. guidelines
   
   
26. As you read Chapter1, "The Secret in A Nutshell", what quote of hers was most interesting or surprising (or NOT surprising) or  to you?  
    PLEASE EXPLAIN.