 Welcome to the class description of the Virtue Linguistics Campus MOOC, Linguistics 101 Fundamentals. The class for everyone who is interested in language studies or linguistics, or both. In the following I'll inform you about the principles of using such a VLC Massive Open Online Course. I will briefly look at the class syllabus and finally I will say something about certification. Accessing the class is quite simple. Just log in with your personal data and you will find the class on your personalised VLC start site under your current classes on the Virtue Linguistics Campus. A click on the class name leads you to the class start site where after class activation you have access to several class related links. For example the bibliography, the links section, of course the class description which in fact is this video, and links to the social media for example to the Facebook group associated with this class. Furthermore, you can make your choice about the type of certificate. I will come back to this. The class itself consists of 13 units where the first one, the class preliminaries, informs you about some general aspects of the class and discusses what it means to study online on the Virtue Linguistics Campus. And the last one is the optional class evaluation where you can give us your opinion about the class. The remaining units exhibit the content of this class and if you wish you can retrieve an overview of each unit by means of a click on these information symbols. Even if you're not logged in or if the class is still inactive. Let us now look at the content of the class. After an introduction to the central goals of linguistics in the first content unit, we will go through the core areas of linguistics from phonetics to pragmatics. At the end you will understand what linguistics is all about and you will know the basic concepts to proceed with further courses. For example with our massive open online courses 102, 103 and so on. And our teaching and learning concept? So studying on the Virtue Linguistics Campus simply means go through each unit at your own pace, at your own time. Study the Virtue Session, watch the corresponding e-lecture video and optionally use our practical sheets with their model solutions and the tests in the interactive tutor to check your knowledge. And if you wish you can discuss further problems using the class related forum which is open for all registered users of your class or the Facebook group MOOC Linguistics 101. And depending on your involvement and participation you can obtain a class certificate. In fact there are three options. The simplest option is the statement of participation issued by the Virtue Linguistics Campus. You will receive such a certificate for regular and active participation and of course for free. The second option is the statement of accomplishment also for free and also issued by the Virtue Linguistics Campus. To be given such a certificate we not only want your regular participation but we also want you to do the worksheets, our electronic tests, one for each e-learning unit and we want you to achieve an overall score of all worksheets of at least 60%. The most advanced option is the graded statement of accomplishment which includes your precise grade, the workload in hours and a complete list of all the tasks you successfully submitted. This certificate is issued by Marburg University in conjunction with the Virtue Linguistics Campus and it involves a fee of currently 45 euros. To obtain such a certificate you have to make your choice on the class start side using this particular option. You have to click and select one of the options. Well, that's it. In case you have more questions do not hesitate to ask us. For example in our Facebook group. So we invite you to join us right after class activation. You will be contacted by the Virtue Linguistics Campus team and will receive your preliminary instructions. The rest is up to you. Thanks for your attention and see you soon.