Today's meetings
8.30am - 9am: attendance and announcements meeting - all students
9am - noon: optional peer study time
(10.30am: OSK Alphabetical Filing Rules Lecture chat - join early to study with your peers)
11am - noon: office hour - optional, drop-ins
Daily instruction: everyone
Remember you are responsible for knowing which course's directions to follow. Please only complete assignments for the course in which you are enrolled. Note that videos on the Lectures tab are labelled per course. Citations lectures are only assigned for SSS students, though they are suggested for anyone who will be completing a research assignment for me (OSK, B1075R, sometimes ITC).
Sign in on ECampus from 8am to noon (the duration of class) for attendance tracking. I always take attendance manually, so the digital record is a back up. I also track attendance digitally using Teams.
If you wish to work with your peers at a time I haven't prescheduled, let me know and I can set up a study group meeting in Teams. You can also start your own meetings. Use the appropriate course channel.
Please take a moment this morning to read through yesterday's posts and the FAQ tab of the blog: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/blog/categories/faqs
Please watch the Tuesday video (on the Lectures tab) and come prepared to the 8.30 meeting with your questions.
If you haven't already, please watch the Welcome video and resource tour videos and read through your welcome documents including Lab Policies and the Daily Schedule. Along with the course-specific "tour" videos on your Courses pages, you will find a generic tour of the site on the Lectures tab, alongside a tour of the Writing Resources. The "tour" videos show you where to find all the resources for your course.
Note that this site is not optimized for mobile use and is intended to be viewed on a desktop or laptop computer. Chrome is the preferred browser.
Be sure to check the meeting schedule which I've posted here. I updated all the meetings so they should show in your Office calendar.
Please continue to send your daily progress email. These are mandatory but informal. Details can be found here: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/post/progress-email-faq
Daily instruction by course:
CES:
Please watch the video Cover Letter Guide and read its corresponding document in the DropBox. Write a cover letter for your field. There are other resources available on the Courses page as well. Respond to your master ad with your content. Note: please read the article on patchwriting; my integrity policies are very strict.
When you have completed your cover letter, please update your resume as well - be sure to include your VaCC education. Send your cover letter drafts and up-to-date resumes to me via email before class begins tomorrow at the latest; I will upload your drafts to the DropBox.
As well as the resources on your Courses page, please read through the CES tag on this blog: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/blog/categories/ces
ITC:
Continue to follow the Daily Suggested Schedule.
You have the freedom to do your three assignments in any order, so I suggest starting with the program(s) with which you are most familiar (usually Word). Remember the instructions are on ECampus while example assignments are available via a button on your Courses page on this site. Note: you only need to complete three documents, not nine. There are three case study options for each assignment; only choose one per assignment.
Progress through the PDFs (on your Courses page) to fill in your study guides, using the corresponding talkthrough videos and study guides to show you where to focus your attention for memorization. On Thursday, I will assign the review video which corresponds with your study guide - either week 1 or week 2 - but you can access these at any time on the Lectures tab.
Please note I have a full walkthrough of your Excel assignment and full demos for the creative PowerPoint and Word assignments.
KBD:
Continue with Typing Club and the games. Please let me know if you are unable to access any of the programs.
MSE, MSP, MSW:
Continue within Pearson.
If you haven't yet, please watch the video "How to check your grades in Pearson" on the Lectures tab. You have multiple attempts for the assignments etc; please send me an email if you want me to increase the tries available.
The simulation training and assessments are not for marks. You should think of these activities as lectures as these will teach you how to complete your assignments. The assignments are called "Graders" and will show as Activity 6 every few modules. I have full video walkthroughs of all of these for-marks assignments, including the corresponding tests as these are taken in the same way. To complete, download the documents and instructions as shown in my video walkthroughs. For MSE and MSP, there are four graders and four matching exams. For MSW, there are three graders and three matching exams.
Download your grades tracker form from your Courses page if you are yet to do so. Remember this is how you will be recording and submitting your final grades. Use the "Comments" section to let me know if there are any assignments you want me to manually grade.
MSW only: Start Pearson at Module 2, as Module 1 is a connector module ("common features") for students who have already taken PowerPoint. You are only doing three chapters - up to Module 10. Refer to your grades tracker and do not complete Modules 1, 11, 12, or 13, or Final Exam 2.
Note: if you complete the work early, you still need to sign in for attendance every day as per college policy. If you wish to start your next course early, please send me an email so I can forward the request to Student Services. Usually they prefer not to open courses early.
OSK:
Continue with the booklet, study guides, and presentation. Everything is downloadable from your Courses page. Please let me know about any out-of-date activities in your assignment booklet.
I will be adding lectures for the rest of your textbook chapters this week. These will include discussion of the corresponding activities in your assignment booklet and any relevant demos.
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