Hi everyone – I just posted the video for yesterday’s lecture on our schedule page. I ended up staying in the ER with my dad and wasn’t able to get to my computer until now – so I apologize for the delay. Normally lecture videos will be posted the same day as the lecture. I edited the video so that you wouldn’t have to skip through the breaks we took (it was really fun getting to talk to you guys during our coffee break btw!).

Also – as I noted on the schedule page, the last 40 minutes or so of lecture were accidentally recorded by the podium microphone – so the audio is not as great as I would like. There are some moments where it doesn’t pick up my voice – but I believe that we did manage to capture everything that was essential.

However, if you feel you are missing out on something or can’t quite grasp certain concepts, please feel free to email me at any time. I will be checking email frequently today and tomorrow in case you have questions.

I’m taking a quick look at the powerpoints for next week’s lectures to make sure that we’ll finish on time each day – so I’ve taken the previous ppts/pdfs down for now and will edit them a bit if needed. I’ll repost them today and tomorrow.

I’m so excited to meet all of you and start our General Histology course on August 17. Here’s a little information about our course.

Obviously, you’ve made it to our website, GeneralHistology.com. This is where all of our course stuff will reside (except for grades, which will be posted on Canvas). Here’s a quick summary of what this website contains:

• Our Home page is where I’ll post anything related to the course (student questions, schedule changes, stuff I run across that’s related to what we’re talking about in class, etc.). I’ll send the class an email each time I post something on this page so you don’t have to worry about checking it all the time. I like keeping everything here because it keeps all of our stuff in one place.
• The About page has the basic information you’ll want to know about our course. You can also download our course syllabus on this page (it will be posted soon) which is very long and boring but has all the official school policies in it.
• Our class schedule is listed on the Schedule page. You’ll also find the PowerPoint slides for each lecture here, as well as the lecture recordings (I’ll post these as soon as they’re available – usually they’re ready the same day as the lecture).
• There are a bunch of optional resources that you might find useful, including Summary Videos of each lecture, Crosswords, Kahoots (little quizzes you can take to test yourself), and Other Resources like helpful YouTube videos, etc.

If you have any questions, please always feel free to email me (kkrafts@umn.edu) – or when we start class, catch me before or after class. I don’t have scheduled office hours, because I’m teaching both first and second years, and doing a bunch of other stuff, and it’s hard to find a specific time that works for everyone. But I’m always open to setting up a meeting in person, or by Zoom if that works better.

Can’t wait to meet all of you!