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Lab Day/Time _________________
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LEARNING RESOURCES: BIO 100
This assignment is intended to help familiarize you with resources that we will use regularly in
Bio 100, as well as orient you to help available to students at SBCC and our Academic Integrity
Policy.
SECTION A: COURSE COMMUNICATION
I will use your SBCC Pipeline email address to communicate important information to you this
semester. You should check your Pipeline email account at least once/day during the
semester.
Course documents and links will be posted at the course website, biosbcc.net/maupin (click on
Biology 100: General Biology)
1. Go to the SBCC homepage, www.sbcc.edu. Click on “Pipeline” on the left panel. This will
take you to the Pipeline login page.
Sign in to Pipeline. If you have never signed into this system, you need to find your username
and password. In this case, choose “Find and set up your account here.”
What is your Pipeline username? _____________________________
2. After signing in, you are in “My Account”. To access your pipeline email, click on “Email” in
the top panel.
This semester, your instructor will communicate with you through the Pipeline account
you set up. I have sent you an email. According to the email, what sections of Chapters
4 and 16 should you read for class this week?
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3. At the site biosbcc.net/maupin, click on “Biology 100: General Biology”. This is our course
website. I will post files relevant to the course, including assignments, handouts, and lecture
outlines, here. If you are in the right place, you should see the course syllabus posted in the
upper right corner. Click on this link, and, if you have not already done so, READ the FULL
SYLLABUS. According to your syllabus, how many lecture quizzes/activities will we have
this course? Of these, how many count toward your final grade?
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Name __________________
Lab Day/Time _________________
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4. At the course website, click on “SBCC’s Academic Integrity Policy” in the upper right. Click
on this link, and use this website to help you answer the questions in Section B.
SECTION B: ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The following is taken from the SBCC Board of Trustees’ Policy on Academic Integrity:
Santa Barbara City College believes that honesty is vital to the integrity of our College
programs, our courses, within our entire College community, and especially in the classroom.
Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and appropriate action including discipline up to and
including expulsion may be imposed consistent with due process.
At the course website, click on “SBCC’s Academic Integrity Policy.” Read this policy.
1. What is cheating/plagiarism? For the following scenarios, indicate “Not okay” if the
situation described would be considered plagiarism or cheating, and “Okay” if the
situation is permissible under SBCC’s Academic Integrity policy.
_________ You and your lab partner complete all lab activities together, but on the lab
assignment you turn in, you have directly copied his/her answers.
_________ You and your lab partner complete all activities together and discuss the answers
to the lab questions (your instructor has told you that this is acceptable). You each then record
your answers in your own words and turn in your lab assignments.
__________ In a paper you submit, you paraphrase information obtained from a reliable web
source, making sure to cite that source in a footnote and/or bibliography.
_________ In a paper you submit, you use phrases or sentences taken directly from a reliable
print or web source, and you do not include quotation marks and a citation of that source.
Please note that in Bio 100, students failing to meet the standards of Academic Integrity
put forth in this policy will receive a zero on that assignment or exam for a first offense
violation, and may be reported to the Dean of Educational Programs for the first offense
or additional offenses. Students cheating on exams or papers WILL be reported to the
dean for the first offense. Multiple offenses can result in failure of the course or
expulsion from the college.
Name __________________
Lab Day/Time _________________
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SECTION C: STUDENT LEARNING RESOURCES
From the SBCC homepage (www.sbcc.edu), click on “Current Students” in the top panel. Click
on “Learning Resources” in the left panel. Click on the “Cartwright Learning Resources Center”
link to get to their homepage. In the left panel, click on “Teaching and Learning Tools.” Click
on “Felder’s Learning Styles Questionnaire.”
1. Enter your name, fill out the questionnaire and submit the results.
2. Print out a copy of your results, and turn it in with this assignment. The results of my
learning style questionnaire are included below. If you do not have a printer, you can indicate
your score for each scale on my results chart, by circling your scores.
Do not close your results window. You will answer questions about your learning styles
results on page 4 of this assignment.
Learning Styles Results
Results for: Jennifer Maupin
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Lab Day/Time _________________
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3. Click on “Learning Style Descriptions” at the bottom of your Learning Styles Results page.
results are displayed so that you can see where you fit in on four learning scales. What type of
learner are you? Are you an active (act) learner, or a reflective (ref) learner? Are you more of
a visual learner or a verbal learner, etc.? For example, I am a verbal learner (scoring 7 on the
VIS-VRB scale), and global learner (scoring 5 on the SEQ-GLO scale), and am pretty balanced
in the Active-Reflective and Sensing-Intuitive scales. .
a. Are you more active (ACT) or reflective (REF)?
b. Are you more sensing or intuitive?
c. Are you more visual or verbal?
d. Are you sequential or global?
4. What are some (3-5) suggested study techniques for someone with your learning
style? You can answer this for any of the scales you choose. Suggestions should be taken
from the material available at this website, and should be written out in your own words. Do not
cut and paste from the website.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE NEXT PAGE.
Name __________________
Lab Day/Time _________________
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SECTION D: LEARNING RESOURCES ON CAMPUS
Return to the Cartwright Learning Resources Center homepage. Here are the directions again:
From the SBCC homepage (www.sbcc.edu), click “Current Students” in the top panel. Click
“Learning Resources”. Click the “Cartwright Learning Resources Center” link.
1. Click on “The Writing Center.” Where is the Writing Center located?
2. How might you use the SBCC Writing Center?
3. Click “Back to SBCC” in the upper right corner of the Writing Center homepage. This takes
you to www.sbcc.edu. Click on “Current Students” in the top menu. Click on “Student
Services” in the left menu. From the list, click “Disabled Students/Programs and Services
(DSPS).” DSPS provides educational support services for SBCC students with verified
disabilities. On the left panel, click “Disability Definitions.”
1. What is a disability?
2. List four examples of disabilities:
4. Click “Back to SBCC” in the top right. Click on “Current Students” in the top menu. Click
on “Student Services.” From the list (right column), click “Counseling Services.” Most
Counseling Services available on campus are located in the Student Services Building.
1. What are three services offered by the Counseling Center?
2. Can you identify one or more services that could help you accomplish your specific
goals at SBCC?
SECTION E: LEARNING RESOURCES IN THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
The biology Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) Lab, located in EBS 215, is available to all
students taking courses in biology – that means you! You may use this resource for any
academic computing needs, and there are printers available as well (Go Print system used).