Rio Salado students-- newbie question

AZmom · Jan 7, 2007

I took Chem through Rio. Lab kit was mailed to me and there was no lab manual. Instead the syllabus for the Lab portion contained instructions, 2-5 pages for most labs.

If you've already received your lab kit, you should be able to log into your course already. Just one word of caution -- careful what you click. Read the syllabus first, and any emails from your instructor. Some of the links are only valid for x amount of time, meaning once you click you've got 24 hours to complete an assignment/test or in some cases you'll get a timed test to be taken right then and there. That, to me, was the freakiest part of taking their online class -- fear of the click. :uhoh3:

Valdes · Jan 7, 2007

Great... now I can count on "fear the click" :uhoh3:

I'm taking English 101, Math 120, Spanish 101 & medical terms... ALL ON-LINE through Phoenix College. Thanks for the heads up though, I would have never expected ANY of the things you mentioned.

qaqueen · Jan 16, 2007

I took BIO 156,181,201 & 202 online at RIO. Currently taking BIO205. As mentioned, watch what you click, and dont assume that the classes will be easy because they are online.

Good Luck

AmericanChai · Jan 21, 2007

Thanks so much for the advice!

You would not believe it, the teacher I have is my Bio teacher in high school, from 17 years ago! What are the chances of that? :)

I see what you mean about the Submit button for quizzes. Thanks for the warning.

I did end up figuring out the labs are on-line under "Lessons". The class is a lot more time-consuming than I expected, but I enjoy owning my own time. It's nice to not have to rush to class and coordinate kid care and all that. I just end up staying up until midnight instead. :sleep:

codebrown · Jan 22, 2007

A lot of people don't know this, but there are some nursing schools in Cali that WILL accept Rio's online sciences. My school was a pain in the butt, but they did finally accept them.