Good morning!
Today's schedule:
8.30am - morning meeting - everyone
11am - office "hour" - drop ins until noon
Daily instruction: everyone
Be sure to sign in on ECampus from 8am to noon (the duration of class) for attendance tracking. Our meeting will be at 8.30am as usual. The link will be posted on this page, Announcements, as it goes live.
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.
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 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
Tomorrow you will be giving feedback to your peers.
ITC:
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 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 the Excel assignment (Assignment 2, Case Study 2) on your Courses page, as well as many demos on each of the Courses pages for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
KBD:
Continue with Typing Club and the games. Make sure you read the "KBD quick facts" post from yesterday. 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.
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. Refer to your grades tracker and do not complete Module 13 or Final Exam 2.
OSK:
Continue with the booklet, study guides, and presentation. Everything is downloadable from your Courses page. I suggest you check out the video "Lecture: Alphabetical Filing Rules" and the PowerPoint resources on its Courses page.
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