Welcome to HLT 230 Nutrition Online Orientation

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Welcome to (HLT 230 - Nutrition) Online
Orientation

• Elsie Mangano, RN, MSN
• Assistant Professor

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Course Information

• This is a basic nutrition course that will
  increase your awareness of the impact of a diet
  on ones health. Utilizing the book, online
  resource (www.mhhe.com/wardlawcont6), and the CD
  Nutrition Calc Plus (comes with the book) you
  will be able to fulfill the flo requirements and
  learn about Nutrition.

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Welcome to Nutrition

• What a topic for discussion! Through this
  class, you will learn about diets and dieting,
  world hunger, alcoholism, vitamins and minerals
  and WATER!
• You will explore your family history and your
  own diet and how it affects your life.

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Instructor Information

• Elsie Mangano
• Warsaw Campus Office 51G
• 804-333-6774 work
• 804-394-3026 home
• emangano_at_RCC.VCCS.EDU

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Instructor Availability

• Campus Office Hours Warsaw Campus
• Monday and Thursday
• 900-1200 am

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Course Materials

• Wardlaw, Gordon and Smith, Anne. Contemporary
  Nutrition, 6th ed. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
  ISBN 13-978-0-07-326793-7
• Book includes CD Nutrition Calc Plus 2.0

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Technical Requirements

• Requires keyboarding, computer experience,
  installing software and communicating via e-mail,
  including attachments Owning your own computer
  is recommended.
• Blackboard login instructions located at
  http//www.rcc.vccs.edu/distance_ed/flo/login.pdf.
  Please contact the distance learning office at
  kwalker_at_rcc.vccs.edu if you need assistance.

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Dates to Remember
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Dates for Assignments

• Quiz 1        Nutrition A Key to Health  
  (Chapters 1-3)                 May 30
• Quiz 2       Energy -Yielding Nutrients and
  Alcohol  (Chapters 4-7)    June  13
• Quiz 3     Vitamins and Minerals    (Chapters  
  8-9)                             June 27
• Quiz 4       Energy Balance and Imbalance   
  (Chapters 10-12)           July 11
• Quiz 5      Nutrition A Focus on Life
  Stages     (Chapters 13-15)       July 25
• Final Exam  Nutrition Beyond the Nutrients     
  (Chapters 16-17)          August 4
•             The final exam must be taken on or
  prior to August 4
• Family History Diagram                            
                                           May
  30
• "Your Diet and How to Improve it"                 
                                         June 20
• Essay  - Please send in your topic by June
  10                                   July 20
• The bolded items need to be done before
  withdrawal date of June 2 or make contact the
  instructor for alternative routes.

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Course Objectives

• 1. Understand the importance of different foods
  in a diet.
• 2. Gain the knowledge used in designing a healthy
  diet.
• 3. Understand the human body from a nutrition
  perspective.
• 4. List and explain the energy yielding
  nutrients.
• 5. Describe the roles of vitamins, minerals, and
  water.
• 6. Apply energy balance knowledge to weight
  control.
• 7. Explain the importance of nutrition in the
  various stages of
• life.
• 8. Describe the effects of alcohol on the human
  body.
• 9. Nutrition and its effect on the world
  population

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Grading/Evaluation

• Assignments and their grading percentages are as
  follows
• Quiz    5 quizzes at 10 each                     
        50
•  Final exam                                       
                  20
• Family History diagram                            
             5
• "Your Diet and How to Improve It" report      
  10
• Discussion Participation - per section            
       5
• Essay on assigned topic                           
           10
•                                             
                             100

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Grading Scale

• A 90 - 100
• B 80 89
• C 70 79
• D 60 69
• F Below 59

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Getting Started with Assignments

• Below assignments need to be
• done by June 2
• Blackboard Participation Please answer one of
  section one discussion board questions.
• Family History Diagram - A family tree diagram
  and a written summary see syllabus
• Quiz 1

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Evaluation

• In order to truly improve, we must evaluate the
  class. Please complete your course evaluation
  when posted in Blackboard near the end of the
  semester.
• Only you can make the course better by giving us
  constructive feedback.

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Login Help
http//www.rcc.vccs.edu/rcchelp/rcchelp.shtml
RCChelp_at_rcc.vccs.edu
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Email and Blackboard Tips and Tricks

• If using AOL or other broadband internet
  providers, please open another browser such as
  Internet Explorer or Netscape 6.0 or higher.
• Make sure when sending attachments that the
  filename contains no spaces or special characters
  such as hyphens or symbols.
• If you are having trouble with opening blackboard
  or your email, make sure to view the VCCS outage
  page at http//helpnet.utility.vccs.edu/central/Lo
  gs/outagelog.htm.
• If you are typing a long email, you might want to
  type it in word and then cut and paste the
  information into your email message.
• Other tips can be seen at the Webmail manual at
  https//email.vccs.edu/help/apps/brands/_at_/locale/e
  n_US.ISO_8859-1/webmail/FramesLayout.html.

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Have a great semester

• What a great way to start the summer with the
  knowledge of dieting and the effect of our diet
  on our lives!