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Your Email Address: MyWCCC Email
Each student at WCCC has access to a free college email account. This service is not in Blackboard but can be found at MyWCCC at http://my.wccc.edu. Your username and password for MyWCCC is the same as Blackboard. When your Blackboard account is created, the email address listed is your MyWCCC email address. This email address is your username@my.wccc.edu - for example, doej@my.wccc.edu.
If you need help with your MyWCCC email account contact the WCCC IT Help Desk at 1.800.262.2103 Ext. 5921 or locally at 724.925.5921.
By default, your college email account is the address used for Blackboard and this cannot be changed. All messages sent from Blackboard will go to your MyWCCC account. When you send a message from Blackboard, a copy of the message is sent to your Inbox for your records.
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Email Etiquette
The following are some suggestions to improve communication between students and instructors.
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Include your course and name in the subject line of all emails
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Put your name in the body of the email
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Use complete sentences with appropriate capitalization and punctuation
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Run Spell Check if that function is available
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Use the Reply button when responding to an email so that the message includes the original message to you and your response
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Avoid using all capital letters because this is considered "SHOUTING"
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Give your instructor adequate time to respond
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Avoid Acronyms, not everyone knows that BTW means By The Way or TIA means Thanks In Advance
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Read your message before sending it to make sure the email includes all pertinent facts
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Watch out for similar words such as "your" & "you're" (short for "you are") and "hour" vs. "our"
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When attaching files to your email include your name, course, and assignment name IN the file
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Taking Proctored Tests
Most of your assessments (quizzes, exams, tests, etc.) will be online through Blackboard. Some WCCC online instructors, however, require that their students take major tests under supervised circumstances. Your instructor will mention this in the syllabus or post an announcement about it early on in the class. Students can take tests in person at one of the college education centers located throughout Westmoreland, Greene, and Indiana Counties. Students also have the option to identify an outside test proctor to supervise their test.
A proctor is an individual who agrees to administer tests in a suitable environment and return them to the instructor. You are responsible for making arrangements to secure a proctor for your course tests, including any costs for faxing or mailing. Proctor arrangements must be completed as soon as possible to ensure timely delivery of your tests.
Please use the Proctor Nomination Form [download here in Adobe PDF] to arrange for proctored testing. You will need to complete the top part of the form. Use one form for EACH course you are taking, even if you are using the same proctor for several courses. The proctor must complete the remainder of the form, have it notarized, and submit it to the address provided. You should supply your proctor nominee with an addressed, stamped envelope. Proctors must be identified as one of the following:
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College or university personnel: Dean, Department Chair, Registrar, Professional Staff Member of an adult/continuing education office or counseling center, Librarian, Professor, or testing center personnel.
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Public or Private School personnel: Superintendent, Principal, Guidance Counselor, Librarian, or Teacher.
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Other: Civil Service Examiner, or Librarian for city/county.
NOTE: Relatives, regardless of their positions, are not permitted to be proctors.
Please be sure that you identify any and all special testing equipment or conditions related to your course, so that the proctor is aware of allowable items. For example, you may be allowed to use a calculator as part of a test. This information must be given on the nomination form ahead of time, or the proctor will not allow you the use of additional materials. Send the completed form to the address below:
Learning Resources Center
Test Proctoring
Westmoreland County Community College
145 Pavilion Lane
Youngwood, PA 15697-1895
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Academic Dishonesty
WCCC holds its faculty and students to a rigorous Academic Code of Honor. Before you begin your online course work, you should read and familiarize yourself with the Academic Dishonesty Code in the Student Handbook which is contained within the College Catalog. An online version can be accessed by going to MyWCCC, scroll down on the opening screen and look for a link with the current year Catalog.