QA6640 Chat Room Transcript for January 10, 2007

 

Prof. Atkins 20:05:26
The chat room is closed for this evening. It will reopen again next Wednesday at 7:30 pm.

Weaver 20:03:32
Thanks, and good night.

Chris Wellman 20:03:23
Good night all.

Chris Wellman 20:02:58
Thanks Professor, I will sign out. Good night, talk to you next week.

Prof. Atkins 20:02:29
If there are no other questions, we can close the chat room for this evening.

Michael Ginn 20:02:24
No questions that I can think of! Have a good night everyone!

Prof. Atkins 20:02:08
Chris Wellman:

Any student may send a question to my yahoo email address at any time during the semester.

Chris Wellman 20:01:25
Professor, cannot think of any more questions, If I do can I send them to your Yahoo account?

Romero 20:00:44
Thank you. I have a better understanding of how to use this chat tool and the process to be used for the chat session. Talk to you all next week! Good night!

Chris Wellman 19:58:40
Thanks.

Prof. Atkins 19:58:10
Chris Wellman:

Each Thursday the chat room transcript will be available on the course web site. That transcript will remain on the course web site until the end of the semester. You may simply read the transcript, or download the transcript, or print a hard copy of the transcript as you see fit.

Prof. Atkins 19:56:06
Romero:

The chat room participation question will be a discussion type question. It will NOT be a research type question. The Module Assignment questions are Research type questions because you have a lot of time to research the answers. However in the chat room you only have thirty-minutes so you will need to simple discuss the question based on your existing level of knowledge.

Weaver 19:54:16
Thanks. Wasn't sure if it had to be a .txt file, or if the special formatting in MS Word would scramble things up.

Prof. Atkins 19:53:29
Chris Wellman,

Yes. The Bossert textbook will be used exclusively for the first part of the course. When we complete the entire Bossert textbook, then we will switch to the other book.

Chris Wellman 19:53:06
Professor, can we download old chat sessions?

Prof. Atkins 19:52:28
Weaver,

The only limit to your response is the thirty-minute deadline. Most students prefer to type their answers into a Microsoft WORD file and then copy and paste that answer into the Message window above and then click the [POST] button.

Weaver 19:50:59
Will the system allow the answer to be written in, say, Notepad, and then pasted into the Message Box?

Prof. Atkins 19:50:33
Romero:

Each student will need to answer the chat room question ONE time and then post an answer. You do NOT need to respond to the answers posted by the other students. However, you should read their answers to add to your knowledge about the topic under discussion.

Romero 19:50:09
Should we treat the weekly chat question as an essay question to receive full credit?

Chris Wellman 19:50:08
Thanks.

Prof. Atkins 19:49:16
Weaver:

Yes, the first chapter of the Bossert textbook which is the reading assignment prior to the first chat room participation session.

Chris Wellman 19:48:57
Professor, in the Syllabus. You have a table under modules with chapters, are those from Bossert?

Michael Ginn 19:48:41
Weaver, FNGP is short for Freudenberg-Nok general partnership.

Weaver 19:48:38
Any guidelines on the length of the answer? Is there a limit on the number of characters that the textbox can take?

Prof. Atkins 19:48:11
Chris Wellman,

Yes. This chat room is entirely 100% text.

Romero 19:47:39
Do you expect for us to have an interactive discussion once we have answered our question or do we simply answer and read other students answers?

Weaver 19:47:08
That's chapter one of Bossert, correct?

Brad McGuire 19:46:55
No questions, thanks and good night!

Chris Wellman 19:46:51
Professor, this is my first experience with this format, this room will strictly be text?

Prof. Atkins 19:45:11
This first chat room session is voluntary. Each student may leave the chat room at any time. To exit the chat room click the [Leave] button.

If you have a specific question about this course then you may ask it at this time.

The chat room next Wednesday is NOT voluntary and I will be asking ONE question from Chapter One in the textbook. You will have 30 minutes to compose an answer to that question and post it in this chat room.

Each week each student may exit the chat room when they have completed the assignment for that week and after they have received an answer to any question that the student may have. Students are NOT required to remain in the chat room after they have answered the chat room participation question for that week.

A complete transcript of each chat room session will be posted on the internet web site each Thursday.

Weaver 19:45:01
Excuse my ignorance, Michael .... what's FNGP?

Romero 19:43:56
Hello my name is Natasha Romero. I currently work at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM. I am a configuration manager. I have a BS in Information Technology and this should be my last semester to have completed the MSQA program.

Gleiter 19:43:06
My name is Kym Gleiter. I am a Quality Manager for a company that makes electronic controls in Wisconsin.

Michael Ginn 19:42:21
Hello, I am Michael Ginn. I work at FNGP (Cleveland, Ga.) as an IE.

Brad McGuire 19:41:52
Hi everyone. I'm Brad McGuire and I'm a QA Engineer with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, GA. I have a BS in Industrial Technology and Management from Purdue University. This is my 4th semester in the MSQA program.

Weaver 19:41:05
That's Doraville, Georgia.

Romero 19:39:29
Hello

Chris Wellman 19:39:24
Hello, My name is Christopher J. Wellman. I am a Quality Engineer with Danaher Corporation.

Weaver 19:39:09
My name is Rich Weaver. I work in the Quality Department at the GM assembly plant in Doraville. My current duties include the analysis of internal and external quality information.
I have a BS degree in Language and Linguistics (Russian major) from Georgetown University.

Romero joined the chat at 19:38:42

Prof. Atkins 19:37:26
Introduction:

My name is Professor Atkins. I have been teaching on a full time basis at SPSU since 1984. I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in the IET and MSQA departments.

My educational background includes a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. I also have an MBA in Marketing from Georgia State University.

I am a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia.

If you wish, you may now introduce yourself to the rest of the class.

Brad McGuire 19:37:12
Hello  

Chris Wellman 19:34:47
Hello

Michael Ginn 19:34:02
Hello!

Weaver 19:33:33
Hello

Gleiter 19:33:33
Hello

Prof. Atkins 19:33:07
The chat room this evening is voluntary. I will NOT be asking any chat room questions for chat room participation credit. The purpose of this first chat room session is to give students an opportunity to interface with the chat room software.

After you have read this message, please type the word "Hello" in the above Message window and then click the [Post] button.

Remember to click the [Reload] button periodically to see the new conversations in this chat room.