Today's meetings in MS Teams
8.30 - morning meeting - all students - scheduled in your calendar
10 - ITC assignment 1 (Word) live demo - intended for ITC week 2 but week 1 welcome - NOT already in your calendar - you should receive a Teams notification when it begins - I will post the direct link on this site as always
10.30 - OSK alphabetical filing rules lecture Q&A - scheduled in your calendar
11 - office hour - drop-ins until noon - scheduled in your calendar
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.
Sign in on ECampus from 8am to noon (the duration of class) for attendance tracking. Our meeting will be at 8.30am. The direct meeting link will be posted on this page, Announcements, as it goes live. You can also join from MS Teams. Check out the demo on the Lectures tab.
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.
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Be sure to check this week's meeting schedule which I've posted on the Announcements tab.
Finally, some of you failed to send me a progress email yesterday. These are mandatory (don't stress though!). Details can be found here: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/post/progress-email-faq
Daily instruction by course:
ITC:
Continue to follow the "Suggested Daily Schedule" document downloadable from your Courses page. Today, I will be doing a live demo of Assignment 1 (Word) at 10am on MS Teams. This is intended for week 2 students but week 1 students are welcome.
Some notes on the course:
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. These PDFs are summarized and discussed in the Module talkthrough videos. 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.
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.
Please join me during office hour (11am) on Teams if you would like to go over any assignments with me.
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. There are also PowerPoint resources on its Courses page. Please let me know about any out-of-date activities in your assignment booklet. Consider if there is any material for which you would like me to film short lectures. Today, meet me on Teams at 10.30 to talk about the Alphabetical Filing Rules lecture (on your Courses page).
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