Links:

• Greensheet
• MUSE Student Success Programs
• Water for Elephants Discussion Groups
• Water for Elephant Essay Contest Rules
• Link to Turnitin.com
  • How to use Turnitin.com
• Online Tutorials at the Library
  • SJLibrary Basics
  • Plagiarism
  • 5 Ways
  
  
  
• Online Game Collections (including backgammon, checkers, chess, othello, go, and others):
  • Yahoo Games
  • MSN Games
  • Checkers and Other Board Games Online
• Chinese Chess
• Hex (you need a Java add-in for your browser for these games)
  • Hex 7
  • Arthur's Hex Game

Assignments:

1. First Essay, due 9/2
2. Journal Assignment, due 9/16, 10/7, and 11/4
   • University Scholar Rubric
3. Oral Presentation.
4. Second Essay, due 9/30
5. Five-Year Planning Assignment
   • Five-Year Course Planner with Co-Curricular Competencies
   • Five-Year Course Planner spreadsheet
6. Final Essay, parts due 10/16, 10/30, 11/18, 12/4
7. Final Project: "The Game of SJSU," due 12/2

Figure out your own grade, by downloading the following Excel file (requires Microsoft Excel program):

• Grade Check spreadsheet with instructions

Online Readings:

• Soubeyrand, Christine. "The Game of Senet."
• Kowalski, Wally J. "Roman Board Games."
• Schädler, Ulrich. "Some critical remarks on an Internet Site about Roman Board Games."
• Other readings are in the Library's Electronic Reserves
  To find an article there:
  1. click on this link to go to the Electronic Reserves;
  2. search for the readings for our class by professor's name by typing in "Mesher" and clicking "Search";
  3. click on "ENGL 96IY";
  4. click on "ENGL 96IY Readings" (the other three entries are books relating to board games that are on reserve for the class in the library--go to the circulation desk on the main floor to check those out);
  5. enter your name, library card number, and PIN;
  6. click on the title of the reading you are looking for.
  7. Remember: you can download all the readings, except Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, by clicking on the final link, "All Board Game Readings."