About registering/ creating a login.

Your identity will be visible online

Your first name, location and gravatar (if you have one) will be visible with your posts. Once you have logged in, you can add a photo to your profile.

Be aware that everything on the forums and in response postings will be seen by everyone and will become visible on the net to a wider public.

You will receive periodic emails from the course containing updates and news.
Your email will not be used for any other purpose than information related to the course.

Activities

You can monitor or measure your own progress on the course.
Each lesson has 2-4 parts to it, for you to follow at a self-directed pace.
There is a numbered sequence in the lessons, but you are not obliged to do each lesson in sequence. Choose what, where and how long you study.
Each unit is complete in itself and offers reading, listening, thinking and responding, exploring/ browsing and writing tasks for you to undertake.
Each unit may take between 1-3 hours to complete.
It could take longer if you spend time on the assignments or discussion forums and chose to follow up on information in the resources section.

Progression

There are different tasks for you to undertake, most require posting to the discussion forums.  The first task is to write something about “the most memorable book on art and feminism” you have read.
When you start to post comments and join in with the tasks and assignments, you will start to gain achievement badges.
And this should lead you, on completion of all 10 lessons, to the “graduating project” which is to write a book review, using the knowledge gained on the course about art and feminism.

Responses Expected in the Course

The course offers you opportunities to post thoughtful and reflective responses to the ideas and issues raised.
You can ask questions for other people on the course to comment on or start to develop answers together.
You are encouraged to share examples, interests, ideas or experiences but please remember these will be read by other people.
If you and a group of friends decide to work through the course together, this could give you an opportunity to share work more extensively between you. If you do decide to do this, please be aware other people are also on this course and don’t “shut” them out.
If you are not in this situation of working with friends, don’t worry.
Please respond to the title of the discussion threads appropriately. They are designed to follow issues and ideas arising in response to different lessons.
There is a separate section for feedback about the course itself and any issues you want to raise.

Comments will be moderated

While feedback is welcomed, please try and write considered comments and not one word immediate responses or reactions.
Please also consider your criticism of other people’s positions carefully and offer constructive criticism (i.e. write helpful remarks to other people, not personal ones).
While you are invited to share your experiences of artworks, events or situations that may have happened to you, please anonymise them (i.e. do not put names to unattributed comments – what s/he said – or to those involved in particular situations).
Do not use the forums to “self-promote” future events: these forums are for discussion of issues related to the course, they do not provide a news service or marketing channel for your work or events with which you may be involved. You can add a link to your blog or website to your profile and this will be visible to other people registered on the course.
Any comments which are offensive, racist, sexist or personally abusive will be deleted.
Any inappropriate behaviour will result in users being blocked.