Three Musts when you take Online Japanese Course

• You have to be able to type in Japanese on your computer. Click here and find out how to make your computer beign able to type in Japanese.
• You have to be able to make a web recording. Click here to find out.

For summer coures, you can take the chapter test at home. Therefore, there's no need to come to the KCC campus. Or, you don't even have to be in Hawaii.

This page is a guide for those who would like to find out more information about my Adagio On-line/Hybrid Japanese course offered at University of Hawaii, Kapiolani Community College. The instructor is Satoru Shinagawa. His e-mail address is satoru at shinagawa dot us. (Change at with @ and dot with . when you type my e-mail address.)
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Course Requirements: Your computer must be equipped with the following to take Adagio:

1. Your computer must be Japanese ready and should be able to play and record sounds.
2. You will need a web camera and a microphone so that you can work on your assignments.
3. A reliable high speed connection to the Internet (such as cable modem, DSL, etc.).
   

Even after you have registered for the course, you should come back to this page for important information.

Study Guide

Computer Related Information

• System Requirements
  
• Two servers
  
• URL and password
  
• Displaying Japanese
  
• Sending e-mail in Japanese
  
• Server Accessibilty
  
• Web Camera
  
• Access log
  

Exam/Quiz Related Information

• How exams will be given
  
• Quizzes and Tests
  
• How tests are graded
  

• Class Rule 1:Send your questions to class, not just to the instructor.
  
• Class Rule 2: Put your full name in your e-mail.
  
• Class Rule 3: Don't write "please reply to my message as soon as possible."
  
• Class Rule 4: Be polite (It's netequette) to other people when you write and when you are online..
  
• Class Rule 5: Search the class archive.
  
• Class Rule 6: Include the URL when asking a question, and provide the detailed information.
  
• Class Rule 7: After test/quiz, don't send an e-mail to the instructor saying "My answer is right, but the server graded it as wrong Also answer your quizzes in hiragna, katakana, not in kanji."
  

Textbook

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Why is WebCT/Laulima not used with Adagio?
  
• Why doesn't the instructor unsubscribe me from the mailing list even if I asked him to do?
  
• Maybe a guidebook to Adagio can be sold at a bookstore?
  
• What do I need to do when I take a chapter test at a computer lab?
  
• How can I make my computer display Japanese?
  
• I cannot display Japanese on a web browser (Netscape, Explorer, etc.)?
  
• I installed Global IME from Microsoft, but I don't know what the icons mean?
  
• I cannot send e-mails in Japanese.
  
• How can I play sound files?
  
• I cannot display PDF files correctly. What's wrong?
  
• "I joined the class late and missed all of the e-mails in the first week." or "I accidentally deleted e-mails with the test URL." What can I do?
  
• I cannot read what my classmates sent in Japanese. Everything shows up funny. Is there any way to fix this?
  
  

How to send an attachment using UH Webmail.

Click here to find out.

• When I type Japanese from the mailing list web interface, Japaense characters don't show up correctly. What's happening?
  
• I cannot log in to the mailing list web interface with my UH ID. What's wrong?