According to the JALC Student Financial Assistance Office, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission has set the suspension date for the MAP Grant.  You must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid FAFSA by Wednesday, December 21, 2016, to be eligible for the funds.  Any students who complete the FAFSA on or after December 22, 2016 will not be eligible for MAP Grant funds for the 2017-2018 Academic Year.

So, make sure you have completed the FAFSA for next academic year, or complete it by Wednesday, December 21st.

The video below demonstrates how to forward your JALC Volmail account to another email address.

 

Online and Technology Resources Available to JALC Students

Online Courses Resources (http://www.jalc.edu/online_learning/)

• Online Course and Degree Information
  • http://www.jalc.edu/online_learning/

• Letter to Online Students
  • http://www.jalc.edu/online_learning/pdfs/letter_to_online_students.pdf

• Online Courses Help
  • http://www.jalc.edu/online_learning/help.php

• Desire2Learn Information
  • http://www.jalc.edu/online_learning/desire2learn/index.php

• List of Online Courses
  • http://www.jalc.edu/schedules/pdfs/2013_fall/online_courses.pdf

• Free Software and Browser Plug-In Download Page
  • http://www.jalc.edu/distance_learning/software_downloads.php

Library Resources

• Off-Campus Library Database Access
  • http://www.jalc.edu/lrc/library/off_campus_access.php

Student Services Resources

• New Student Orientation
  • http://www.jalc.edu/admissions/pdfs/new_student_orientation.pdf

• Student Services
  •  http://www.jalc.edu/studentservices

• Online Tutoring
  • http://www.jalc.edu/studentservices/onlinetutoring.php

• Weblink
  • https://apecs.jalc.edu/hestuportal/APECS_HESTUPORTAL.ASPX?INSTID=JL00

Volmail and Information Technology Resources

• VolMail Information
  • http://www.jalc.edu/itdept/volmail.php

• Student Help Desk
  • Room E109
  • 618-985-2828, 8325
  • studenthelpdesk@jalc.edu

• Computer Labs
  • http://www.jalc.edu/itdept/labinfo.php

Need More Help?

For help in-person Desire2Learn help, please visit the Sharon Johnson in room C232 on the Carterville Campus.

All students have access to the “New Student Orientation,” which contains general information about John A. Logan College, and the “Introduction to Online” course for Desire2Learn, which contain information about using JALC’s course managements system.

eSchool News has an interesting article on a recent Pew Internet and American LIfe Project report based on a survey of 2,462 middle and high school Advanced Placement and national writing project teachers.  The teachers by “[o]verwhelming majorities agree with the assertions that today’s digital technologies are creating an easily distracted generation with short attention spans, and today’s students are too ‘plugged in’ and need more time away from their digital technologies.” Continue reading “Distracted by Technology?”