Author Archive: Joseph Dixon
Monday Update for Nutrition and Health – Sept 14, 2020
Some Important Announcements: I now emailing to the Class through Canvas 2. If you cannot access Class Recordings through Canvas and Zoom, you must take care of this immediately. You need to call the Office of Information Technologies and they will help you! I will not answer any more emails asking how you can see …
Class 3 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Sept 10th – Chapter 2 of McGuire Text – On Zoom
In today’s class we will continue going through Chapter 2 of the McGuire Textbook. But before that, I want to go over what I consider the Foundations of Nutrition. Then after the Foundations, and Chapter 2 slides, I want to discuss an important topic that is not in the Textbook – the Dietary Supplement Health …
Thursday Night Update for Nutrition and Health 255
Class 2 Today – Sept 3rd – We went through the Slides for Chapter 1 of McGuire. Then we started the Slides for Chapter 2. As I mentioned in class today, Chapter 1 is a little fluffy. Chapter 2, on the other hand, discusses nutrition assessment, which is an important concept. During today’s lecture, there …
Class 2 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2020 – Sept 3rd – On Zoom
Notices: 1. I only received a few emails from Students about not being able to get on Zoom. Those that had trouble had not signed up for Rutgers Zoom. 2. I only received one email concerning not being able to access the recording. There is still uncertainty about whether you need a pass code to …
Go to Zoom in Canvas for Lecture 1
All, I was able to get Zoom working in Canvas so I have scheduled today’s lecture in Zoom. Here is the information, but think you can just go to the class site in Canvas and join the meeting without any need for codes etc. Hope everything works well!
Lecture 1 – Nutrition and Health – September 1, 2020
What to do to attend the Lecture- Lecture 1 – Go to Canvas at 2:15 pm and join the on-line lecture by going to Conferences: Please Note: I have tried to switch this to a Zoom Meeting but my Zoom account is frozen. The class may be too big for Big Blue Button. No matter …
Sunday update for Nutrition and Health 255 – August 30, 2020; Questions from Students
Announcements: 1. The Canvas Site for the class is now established – please try to log on and see the two modules that are now available. Module 0 (Zero) has the Syllabus, Grading Rubric, and the Schedule of Classes. 2. There is a Big Blue Button Lecture planned for Tuesday September 1 at 2:15 pm. …
Saturday update for Nutrition and Health 255 – August 29, 2020
I have a few notices for the class: 1. This is the Textbook for the course: Some of you have emailed me asking for confirmation of the Textbook. Students in class are buying this book from many sites, including the Cengage site, where you can get an Ebook version. 2. The other book for the …
Update on Nutrition and Health – August 24, 2020
We have about a week to our first class! Last night I emailed everyone the Syllabus and the Schedule of Classes. On the Syllabus was how I use different ways to track your progress (i.e., grade). Please take time and look through this – I will put a clearer version on the Canvas Website, which …
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