Reflection On El Paso Community College Students

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Current Students 1.) The El Paso Community College website is filled with an abundance of resources to help out its college attendees. It embodies the EPCC Tejano spirit by outlining the website in teal. One Tab titled current students provides online users with shortcuts, and easier access to classroom resources. The website includes information about campus life. Blackboard and My EPCC E-mail are the most commonly used resources. Upon checking my emails, I realized that most of the messages I had, had already been read. My other professors do not email me much. The messages I had not opened served as a reminder of tasks that I had already completed, therefore was more relevant to my past self. I appreciated how My.EPCC linked emails, blackboard,

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