First Day

Welcome to your English 1101 course! Your professor is Dr. Matthew Horton (that's me!). You can call me "Dr. H." Please ask me questions about the course and how I teach it! Not every 1101 course is the same, and getting to know your professor will help you succeed in this class.

How to do well in English 1101
Read the syllabus
Read the Grading Contract
(for 0999 students, read the 0999 Grading Contract also)
Check the calendar
Learn how to use Google Drive
Resources on Google Drive (I will share this with you)

You can access other resources by clicking the tabs above and the links on the right. Take some time to look around in this website. All the resources can help you, and there are policies and requirements to learn. My contact info is also in the right-hand margin. Always use UNG email to send me questions and the reason you might not be able to attend class.

This course is mostly about writing, but you will also learn new technology. In fact, this course strives to be as PAPERLESS as possible, so you will use Google Drive to write and share your papers! This might be a little scary, but technology skills are important to your future job!

Try one of these for a better browser: Internet Explorer and Safari don't play well with Google Drive. Chrome is best! These buttons will take you to portable versions of the Firefox and Chrome that you can put on a USB drive, or you can search for a full install version in Google.

You will use Google Drive to write and share papers:

You can keep track of online resources using this tool:

You can keep track of when you'll work on assignments using this tool:

You can learn how to type faster using this tool: