Good morning one and all! Welcome to the lab, or, if you are a returning student, welcome back.
Taking classes online is a learning curve for all of us – I empathize with the student perspective as I am currently doing a graduate degree. I appreciate your efforts and your patience. For a demo using Teams, please refer to the welcome/tour videos.
Please note that, as covered in your welcome documents, there are multiple courses running simultaneously each week in the lab. I will do my best to reduce confusion. Please be sure to access the resources listed each day so you are aware of the assignments etc for your current course. You are responsible for knowing the content of all resources for your course listed in these daily posts as well as all welcome documents.
Make sure to check this post to see the changes to our usual schedule (Friday is Christmas!).
Today's schedule
8.30am - attendance meeting - all students - general channel
independant time/group time as desired - pop-up meetings
11am - office hour - drop-in - general channel
noon - end of class - send progress email
4pm - due date for granted extensions from last week
We will have our attendance meeting at 8.30am - the link will be posted on this site, but you can also join from my Teams classroom. Please follow the instructions below and come prepared with your questions.
Okay, so what do you do until 8.30? Well -
If you are new:
1. watch the "Welcome to the lab" video on the Recorded Lectures tab: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/lectures
2. read through the welcome documents on this page (these were sent via email) including your Daily Schedule and Lab Policies: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/the-lab
3. sign in on ECampus for attendance, as per the instructions linked in number 2 above.
Some important terms:
· ECampus = MyCampus = your college LMS
· the lab site = this green site
· Courses page(s) = on this site, click Courses > your course
· a tab = a page on this site accessible from the green menu (Welcome, The Lab, ...)
· program = the subject you are studying at college, the name of the qualification you will receive – examples: ECE, EA, APA, SSW
· course = a class, part of your program – examples: CES, ITC, OSK
BC-PRD students, please read this post: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/post/important-re-bc-prd-bc-orient-bc-itc-bc-ea-itc
If you are returning:
1. fill out the Feedback form for last week's course if you completed it: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/feedback
2. continue as usual if you're in a two-week course
Everyone:
1. watch the "Monday" video on the Recorded Lectures tab, paying attention to your own course
2. come to the 8.30 meeting prepared with your questions
3. click "Courses" at the top of this page and select your course from the menu. Watch the video labelled "Tour: *Course Resources" - these are sometimes at the bottom of the page, so scroll down
4. check out other videos on the Recorded Lectures tab as appropriate
5. make sure you're up to date with information posted on this tab, Announcements
6. if you haven't yet, read through the FAQs: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/blog/categories/faqs
Overview by course:
ITC: Percentage grade, two weeks.
Please read through the "Daily Suggested Schedule" on the Courses page of this site.
To study for your tests, download the study guides from your Courses page on this site. There is one for each of your two exams. Find the answers in the downloadable PDFs. As you progress through the chapters, write down your questions. We will have a review meeting Thursday. Please also email me any lecture requests for topics on which you would like further elaboration.
The PDFs also have helpful information for your assignments. Instructions are on ECampus under "Assignments." 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). I will film short lectures on the topics on which you would like elaboration. Please note I have a full walkthrough of the Excel assignment (Assignment 2, Case Study 2) and many, many example assignments available on the lab site on the Courses pages for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
ITC week two: Continue with assignments. Begin Study Guide 2.
OSK: Percentage grade, two weeks.
Your course is made up of the daily assignment booklet, a presentation (done at the end of a morning meeting any day up to and including the penultimate Thursday of your course), and an exam (the final Friday of your course on ECampus).
Begin on the Lectures tab with the video "OSK booklet and presentation info." You'll see some OSK Review videos there as well - these are used later in your course. [The booklet itself is downloadable from your Courses page. The activities therein should be treated as in-class exercises. All fifteen are due on the final Friday of your course. Some of them can be completed directly in the booklet (either by hand or digitally) while others will require use of Office programs and/or internet research. You will submit via email - please try to keep everything to one document, or as few as you are able.]
On your Courses page, read through the outline there (note that it is meant for in-class so there are some small changes, all of which are addressed here) and the document "Presentation Grading Rubric." Note: regarding presentation length, it should be 5-10 minutes. You will be using PowerPoint, so I suggest checking out some of the resources on my PowerPoint Courses page.
You can begin filling out your Study Guides (labelled "Practice Midterm" and "Practice Final") with the chapter slides (downloadable PPTs) on the Courses page. These PowerPoints summarize the chapters of your textbook, which is available on ECampus. If you cannot see the textbook, please email me right away so I can ask IT to activate it. Use these chapters also to start your research for your presentation and to learn more about your assignments.
OSK week 2: As you prep for your presentation, check out the resources available on the PowerPoint and Professional Skills Courses pages and on the Writing Resource page (sub-linked under Citations).
MSE, MSP, MSW: Percentage grade, two weeks.
You need the Grades Tracker sheet from your Courses page. Note for MSW: The tracker sheet is correct - do not do Grader #4 or Final #2.
Start with the videos "How to get started with Pearson courses" and "How to check your grades in Pearson" on the Lectures page. Note: I have already activated the new Pearson courses; you should gain access after attendance.
Until you have access, look through the resources compiled on your Courses page. I have demos from YouTube as well as walkthroughs of many of your assignments.
Access Pearson through ECampus and begin the material at Module 1. Note for MSW: You do not need to do Module 1's Grader assignment, which is a PowerPoint. You may begin at Module 2.
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