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ONLINE
MUSIC APPRECIATION Music 27A, taught by Larry
Ferrara City E-mail: larryferrara27A@gmail.com
Office A129, ph: (415) 239-3856 ORIENTATION—
The spring orientation will
take place online within the Music Appreciation
course. Your account will be made active on Monday,
January 14th. Please log in on that day
so you know how to, build your profile, navigate the
course, and be familiar with how to find the online
orientation which will be held the next day, Tuesday
, January 15th,
from I will be holding four
orientations and the schedule will be as follows: Orientation times on Tuesday
evening, January 15, 2013
When you enter the
online Music Appreciation class orientation at the
appropriate time I will welcome you live, provide
information and procedures on how to successfully
complete the course, and go over the class
requirements.
HOW
TO LOGIN—
To login to the class go to the
Insight web page, http://insight.ccsf.edu
and enter your password and username. Your password
will be sent to you by way of e-mail and your user
name is your CCSF ID. The username must be in lower
case letters (change a W to w and an X to x) and
numbers (not “o” or letters for numbers).
OVERVIEW—
Music
Appreciation
is
an
exploration in the materials and masterworks of
great music, from Medieval Chant to Contemporary
Popular styles. Students begin by studying the
elements of music (pitch, melody, rhythm, harmony,
form, etc.) then learn about the instruments of the
orchestra and build a comprehensive vocabulary with
which to understand and evaluate musical expression.
From there, they survey the continuum of musical
history in Western Civilization, from the Middle
Ages through the present time. Along the way the
student will become aware of musical form, the great
works and composers of Classical music and in
ultimately by the end become a better music
listener. The 22 web-lectures are embedded with over
90 audio examples.
There are reading assignments, informative
web-lectures and links to MyMusicLab and other
resources on the Web. Music Appreciation also
features a lively discussion board, and a weekly
quizzes that will help prepare you for the midterm
and final exam. TEXT
BOOK—
You will need to
purchase a text for this course. You can either
acquire a hard bound copy or and electronic
e-book. It can be acquired in one of formats
below: 1.)
The textbook is: Listen to This, Second
Edition by Mark Bonds, published by, Pearson,
2011. All of the audio for the course will be
accessed or downloaded from both the CCSF Insight
pages or the http://www.musicappreciation.com
pages. It will not be necessary to buy the CD set or
the Music Lab (MyMusicLab), only the text is
required. You may purchase the CD's or the music lab
(www.mymusiclab.com) as an option but they are NOT
REQUIRED. Only the text book Listen to This
by Mark Bonds is required.
One of the best ways to purchase the text is at the City College San Francisco bookstore. But you may wish to buy it online. If you prefer online ordering
you can obtain the text directly from the publisher,
Pearson
Or,
www.amazon.com The
Amazon site carries new as well as "gently used"
books, which will save you some money. Be aware that
when you buy this book new or used you do NOT need
the music lab that comes along with it (the lab is
an option and NOT a requirement). Some generic
online college bookstores also carry the text, i.e.
campusbooks.com
1) LISTEN TO THIS, BOUND BOOK,
2/Edition, by BONDS,
Pub. by Pearson, ISBN-9780205777365
You can use Internet Explorer or Firefox, while
Safari (which is a good browser, may have a few
short comings) can be used for this course I would
recommend IE or Firefox.
The only other requirement is an mp3 player, and a
video player which many computers already have
installed in their operating system. If you don't
have one, you can download it using this website:
COURSE CONTENT— There will by weekly Assignments for
you to fulfill by both reading, listening, and video
viewing to corresponding web lectures, text book
reading, and guided listening. At the end of the
week you will be asked to take two chapter quizzes,
a unit quiz and also answer a critical thinking
question. To access the appropriate
assignments for each week go to the current section
or link of content labelled "Assignment." It will be
dated for the current week, and you will be asked to
work on it, and complete it. There will be weekly Quizzes with
questions that will help you better understand the
concepts and listening skills you will be learning
and developing. To access the weekly quizzes, log
into this course, go to the homepage of the class
and look for a red check mark which indicates that
the link will lead you to a test. The quizzes will
be based on material you have been working on for
that week such as reading the text and the
web-lectures, and also listening to the steaming
sound files and videos. You will then precede to
take the assigned quizzes, which will have content
questions as well as listening questions. There will be a weekly Discussion with
questions, projects, and discussions for you to
participate in. To take part in these weekly
discourses, log into the course, go to the current
dated section and look for the discussion board (a
small people icon) to fulfill the weekly critical
thinking question. After you answer it, also respond
to a classmates contribution and participate. There will be a scheduled Live Discussion on
certain occasions and especially before exams. To
access the chat room, log into this course, and go
the Review Session room. ASSIGNMENTS— Each
segment
of
the
website will coordinate the web lectures, and the
textbook readings. Each weekly assignment will
contain one unit of work that you will need to
complete within the duration of 7 days – in other
words – you will need to complete a set of quizzes,
one week of web-lectures, text book reading, and
bulletin board discussion. Once you've visited, read
and listened to that week’s units of web-lectures,
listening, and textbook reading you will then
proceed to the corresponding quizzes and related
bulletin board question. QUIZZES— You
will
need
to take two chapter quizzes and one unit quiz (three
total) with embedded listening questions for each
weekly assignment. These are required for they are a
way for you (and me) to make sure you are keeping up
with the listening and learning the material in the
text, the listening, and through the discussion
board. The midterm and final exam is to be taken in
person at City College of San Francisco’s
Ocean/Phelan Campus. (see
below for dates and times). The weekly quizzes will
be recorded and graded. They are open book and or
open computer. The weekly quizzes are in multiple
choices, matching, or true and false format. The in
person midterm and final is closed book and closed
notes. LISTENING— Most
of
the
genres, terms and instrument explanations are
embedded with sound files or mp3’s. You can either
down load these files to your computer and then open
them, or open the files directly from the server
location, either from the CCSF Insight page
or the http://www.musicappreciation.com
website. If you download them, you will have them
for future reference and can hear them “off line.” You
need
to
do the equivalent of one hour of music listening a
week in this course. The way you fulfill that
requirement is by either downloading the files from
the Music Appreciation website or from the Insight
pages, or by repeated listening to the streaming
audio examples available to you from the course
website. Your listening hours will be kept track of
by your instructor by tracking the amount of time
you spend listening to the files or by how often you
download them from the Music Appreciation pages. BULLETIN BOARD DISCUSSION— Each
week
there
will be a question posed to you from each weekly
unit of information and material. These questions
will formulate discussion threads in the class. In
addition to the weekly readings, web viewing,
listening, and weekly quizzes, the bulletin board
question will contain critical thinking inquiries
about musical issues for you to consider. These
questions are designed to make you think about what
music is and how to listen to in an intelligent and
aesthetical way. There will be new questions each
week for you to answer. You are expected to keep up
with these questions by responding to the
instructor's questions, as well as reacting to other
class members
contributions. To
keep
up
these questions you will contribute each week (a
minimum of 15 postings and an additional 15
responses to other class member’s posts): Your
bulletin board participation will be graded and by
answering the question that the instructor poses,
and also commenting on another class member’s
response to a question regarding a current or
previous post, you can earn up to 100 points for
each discussion question. Your participation will be
rated and you will be asked similar questions during
the midterm and final exams. I will read all of your
posts and participate in most if not all of the
current weekly discussions. If you miss a week’s set
of questions you can answer them from the previous
week for partial credit, and I will read and grade
your responses but not necessarily give a written
reply to the late posts. CONCERT REVIEWS— During
the
course
of
the semester each student is assigned the writing of
three music reviews of classical music concerts,
chamber music, jazz, world music, ballet, choir or
opera performances; These reviews are based on three
attended live performances. These 3 concert reviews
are due at separate times throughout the semester.
Two of the reviews must be of classical music
performances and one can be of a jazz concert. The
first review is due by the midterm period and should
be uploaded from the course homepage and then handed
in to me before or at the final exam. You must
include a program or ticket stub along with your
live concert review. There will be a listing of free
and fee recommended concerts for your
consideration on the Insight course homepage. One of
the best resources for free classical music concerts
held almost everyday of the week is the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St. (Van
Ness at Market). More information on the
Conservatory will be found on the course homepage. ATTENDANCE— Attendance in the class will be
followed by: 1) how often you log on to the course
each week to do the work and experience the
listening, 2) your weekly quiz performances, 3)
weekly bulletin board discussion participation, 4)
showing up to take the midterm and final exam. 5)
Attending three live concerts and then submitting a
review based on your experience at the concerts. You
are expected to log in and do the work each week.
Each week you will have a new reading assignment, a
set of quizzes to take and a new bulletin board
discussion question. You will have only one week to
complete the weekly readings, learn the web
lectures, do the listening, take the quizzes, and
answer and respond to the bulletin board question.
If you do not log onto the course and do the work
each week it will directly affect your grade because
you will miss that weeks assignment. If you fail to
log on and do the work for two weeks or 14
consecutive days your letter grade in the class will
decline and your progress directly affected. If you
miss three weeks of consecutive work (21 days of not
logging on), you will be dropped from the class.
Keeping up with the work continuously throughout the
semester is the best way to insure that you are
learning the material in a steady way. Each weekly
unit will build on the previous concepts that you
will. Therefore, regular attendance is essential.
The course week will run from Monday until Sunday
and new content will be updated each ensuing Monday. MIDTERM You
will be actively viewing, listening to and reading
material on music in this course. The assignments,
corresponding quizzes, and bulletin board bulletin
board postings are specifically designed to teach
you how to listen to music and help you prepare for
the face-to-face midterm and final exam. The more
you do them, the better you will understand the
material and the better you will fare on the exams.
Person to person contact will during the in class
midterm and final. The material on these tests will
be covered by the weekly quizzes, the weekly
listening, text book reading, website viewing and
live discussion review. The midterm and final exam
questions will be multiple choice, matching, true
false or fill in/short essay format. The midterm and
final will reflect how well you kept up with the
class, website viewing, listening,
discussing and textbook reading. The
following
dates
and
times will be when the midterm and final exams will
take place at the City College or San Francisco
Ocean/Phelan campus. You only need to attend one
midterm and one final exam. Two are offered
so that they may better match your schedule. Midterm
Exam: face-to-face, either Thursday,
March 14, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
in the new Mulit-Use Building
(MLB) room TBA
OR Saturday,
March 16, 9:00-10:00 AM in
the new Mulit-Use Building (MLB) room TBA. The
Multi-Use Building is the newest CCSF structure.
It is located on the west side of Phelan Ave.
slightly south of Riordan High School and opposite
the CCSF Science building.
GRADING— Your
grade
in
this
course will consist of: Regular website viewing, listening and text
book reading. Partaking in weekly quizzes Contributing
weekly to the bulletin board discussions. Handing in three live concert reviews (3
classical or 2 classical and 1 jazz). Taking an in class midterm and final exam. Logging on, participating,
reading, listening, 20%
of final grade taking weekly
quizzes
Bulletin board
participation
20% of final grade Concert
reviews
20%
of final grade Midterm and Final Exam
20% + 20% of final grade Attendance
regular
attendance is mandatory
(see above for details) STUDENT/TEACHER
INTERACTION—
As
far
as
interaction is concerned-- the more the better!
There are three different ways to communicate: 1) DIRECT E- 2) BULLETIN BOARD
(answering questions that are placed each week 3) LIVE CHAT: Before
exams
the
discussion room will be utilized and material will
be reviewed especially before the final exam. 4)
The WELCOME 5)
The SYLLABUS 6) ASSIGNMENTS contain
text
or
E-text reading tasks, links to the weekly web
lectures, listening files and every goal you will
need to fulfill for that week. 7) QUIZZES. You
will have one week to complete the assigned quizzes
and then they will be replaced with a newer quizzes
which will be based on later course content.
Remember the quiz questions will help you greatly on
the midterm and final exams. 8) The GLOSSARY
9) The LINKS
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