Required Hardware and Software
There are a number of different types of hardware and software which you will need to have and be somewhat familiar with for this class. The specifics are listed through on the Required Hardware and Software page. 

Course Web Pages
The course web pages follow each follow a similar format: they have a The Art of the Film banner at the top and bottom; they have links to the other main course pages and links to my e-mail address at the bottom; they will have a title on the left under the top banner and a picture or graphic on the right under the top banner.  You will likely use your link to the Syllabus the most often. 

Richard Barthelmess and Lillian Gish (above) in 
and a dialogue card (below) from
D.W. Griffith's Way Down East, 1920

Link to Blackboard
This course requires you to use Blackboard. You may take this Enter BlackBboard  link, or you may use the link on the bottom of each course web page.

For those of you who have not used this software package before, IVCC has a series of instructional pages for you to access through this Starting Blackboard link.   

Using Rich Text Format
For this class it is a good idea to submit all your papers and assignments in Rich Text Format.  Rich Text Format, or RTF, is a code that is nearly universal for all word-processing programs, and it will allow me to read your papers in my word-processing program even if you authored those pages using a different program.  For most word-processing programs this procedure is relatively painless.  When you go to save your document, select the "Save As" option rather than the general "Save." Then under file type choose RTF or Rich Text Format instead of the default, which should be the file type that corresponds to your program. Instead of saving your Word document as a ".doc" file or your WordPerfect as a ".wpd" file, in other words, it will be an ".rtf" file. You may send me assignments through your e-mail system or through the Class WebBoard. Sending them as attached files is generally safer than trying to send them directly as e-mails, but you may use that method if you experience problems with attachments. Should you have problems with either of these methods, you may fax me your work, too, as a last resort, making sure you have a cover page with my name on it explaining the number of total pages in your document. The fax number is (815) 224-3033.