Bb Collaborate - Updates & More - Recording_2

Okay guys, I'm back again.

Um, sorry, I kinda wanted to block out,
block out some of the background noise

and I put these guys on.

But, um, I do apologize,

I listened to the video just now
and I do apologize for the sound.

Unfortunately Blackboard Collaborate is,
um, the sound's terrible on it.

So, I, I, I do apologize for the muffling
sounds or anything like that.

So again, if you need any clarification
on anything, just reach out and ask me.

Okay, so, gotta make sure I've
got my volume higher

so that you can hear me good.

[inaudible]

Okay, so, uh, I left off, uh, talking
about giving you the tour of Blackboard

and I did kind of go into the
modifications of the assignments.

So, all the assignments
are still the same.

We still have attendance
and participation.

We still have Round 1 of journals.

We still have Round 2 of journals.

The midterm, FOCUS 2, uh, career exploration
activity, learning profile paper,

self-change project, co-curricular
activity, and the final exam.

Everything has stayed the same.

The only modifications are as follows:

Uh, the attendance and participation,
as I mentioned, make sure you do all

the activities associated with
each unit, chapter unit lesson plan,

and that will count toward your
attendance and participation grade.

Okay.

The other thing was the
Round 2 of journals.

Uh, instead of turning in seven entries,
we're only gonna turn in two.

Okay?

And again, but nothing has changed,
they're still worth 25 points each.

That still comes out to 50.

They're still, uh, the rubric still
applies, directions, everything.

Okay.

And, uh, then, uh, of course,
we had the midterm.

Uh, FOCUS 2, same thing, same,
there's three parts to the assignment.

As you read through it, you'll understand.

If you have questions, you can always
ask me, uh, you know, reach out to me.

But it's still, the same assignment,
the same requirements, everything, okay?

The learning profile paper,
still worth the same.

And again, sorry for my lighting, because
I don't have special lighting here.

Okay, I'm using, okay, here we go.

So uh, learning profile paper,
still the same.

Same directions, everything,
nothing has changed for that.

Self-change project, okay.

So, you remember we were
supposed to have presentations.

And, if I had wanted I could have
required y'all to do a video

using Collaborate Ultra and presenting.

I'm not gonna do that.

I think that some of you that may
have technology challenges, etc.

that would, that could be too stressful.

And I'm not gonna go there.

And so, uh, what I want, you're, you're
gonna still do a PowerPoint and that

PowerPoint will count
as your presentation.

Okay, so, basically you
turn in your PowerPoint,

you're gonna get credit for
doing that presentation.

Make sure you do a PowerPoint or a Prezi,
whatever it is you want to use.

But make sure you do a PowerPoint.

Uh, and you're still gonna do a paper.

So the self-change has not changed at all.

Make sure you're going to, make sure
you're wrapping that up as well.

You should already be
in the last phase of it.

Uh, seeing results or not seeing results.

If you have any questions on your
self-change, you can always ask me.

But make sure, just know that you, you
will not obviously have a presentation.

You just have to turn in your PowerPoint,
along with your paper of course,

and everything that, uh, in terms of, uh,

how you charted your progress
and all that.

Everything that the assignment
says in the directions,

you need to follow those, okay?

So nothing has changed.

Co-curricular activity, obviously
that had to be modified.

And I went over it in the last video,
and that is because, obviously—

Um, again, apologies for the light.

Um, that is because obviously
the campus is closed.

So that's the only modification.

It is still worth the same points.

It is still be the same assignment.

It's just that now you're
gonna visit websites.

Okay.

And then of course the final exam.

Again, uh, and I, I'm not gonna
upload this document, that,

it's in your syllabus, everything's
in your syllabus.

I just wanted to tell you
about the modifications.

Nothing has really changed drastically,
but it's just been more accommodating, uh,

due to the circumstances that we're in.

So attendance and participation
is still worth 100 points.

Uh, Round 1 of journals, 50 points;
midterm, 50 points;

uh, FOCUS 2 career exploration,100 points;
Round 2, uh, yes, 50 points;

learning profile, 100 points;
self-change project, 100 points;

co-curricular activity points, 100 points;
and final exam, 50 points.

So that has not changed.

The grading system or anything
like that is still the same.

Okay.

Uh, so, again, uh, remember,
we had two activities

that count toward your
participation grade.

Uh, that was your library assignment
and time management assignment.

Each one was worth 20 points.

Some of you only got, uh, 30, 'cause
what happened is maybe you turned

one of those assignments late,
or you only completed it halfway.

You got half credit.

So if you got 30, that's what happened.

If you got 40 you did both and
you turned them in both in time.

You get 30, one of them was late,
or you didn't complete it all the way

but you did complete one but
the other one you didn't,

you did it halfway or you turned
it in late, you probably have 30 points.

If you have 20, you're missing one
of those, you only turned in one.

Uh, some students even have uh, a zero
because they do either one of them.

Some students only just have 20
points because they did one.

Some students only have 10 because
they not only turned it in late,

but they didn't complete
both assignments completely.

So, but again, I, uh, that's very,
that's very few of y'all.

That's how I, that's how that works, okay?

Just, and again, I mentioned that in class,
but I'm re-mentioning that again.

Um, like I said, I stress again, make
sure you do all your activities uh,

in the lesson, chapter plan.

Make sure you complete those because
I will not be able to give you a career

portfolio because that was gonna require—

I, remember I had on the syllabus—

Well, I don't know if I had it on
the syllabus, but I think I did.

But I was going to have some people
come in from Career Services.

It was gonna be pretty awesome.

They were gonna do interviews
with you guys, and,

and just have some group, fun group work.

And I was really excited,
because my students

really, really love that from the past.

And it gives them really good,
um, excuse to get out

to attend the job fair and such,

but not even the job fair's
gonna happen, so, um...

Anyway, uh, that was gonna require
for y'all to bring a career portfolio.

You know, when you show off
your resume and all kinds of—

We're not going to have that.

So I x'ed that out, and like I said,
I added activities to each of those units,

and that's gonna be, that's how
I'm gonna grade ya'll, okay?

Um, terms of, let's see...

Again, uh, an A is between
650 to 700 points, is an A.

A B is 600-649; a C is 550 to 559;
a D is 500 to 549;

anything below 500 is an F.

You do need, as I mentioned in the quiz,
you know the grade you need to pass

this class, that is a C.

You need a C, so you shouldn't
be looking below 550, okay?

If you find yourself doing that, and you
still have a chance to drop,

you might want to consider that.

And again, uh, I think most of you may
actually start stepping up and getting,

um, everything together
and turning things in.

So, uh, keep that in mind.

Anyway, nothing has changed.

Oh, grading system.

It's again, it's still in your syllabus.

The, all that, each assignment,
what it's worth is still the same.

Um, in terms of you know the scale,
you know the grading scale,

like I mentioned the 650 to 700,
all of that is still the same.

That is in pages I believe I want
to say 5-7 in your syllabus,

so if you wanna go back and
take a quick look at that,

you can, when you have time.

But I think what I really wanted to stress
was, uh, just the modifications.

And they were not extreme.

Uh, they're things that are doable.

And so, uh, again, the self-change,
you're not going to do a presentation,

but you've gotta do a PowerPoint
and that's gonna be considered,

I'm just gonna [inaudible] the you making
a presentation and end of story, right?

And the same thing for, um,
your Round 2 journals.

I made a little bit lighter because
I'm not lecturing and I know

for most students don't read.

You're supposed to, but, I, I know they
get more out of the lecture or the

PowerPoints than reading
the actual chapter.

So, um, I'm not gonna have you—

And because we missed class and, and
I'm not gonna be lecturing, so, it,

and I'm not going to have guest speakers.

And it's kinda difficult to kinda pull—

You, you could, I could but I'm
not gonna do that.

[inaudible]

Again, I want you guys
to value learning and

really, really fall in love with learning,

not so much about,
"Oh, I gotta check this off."

That's fine, that's great.

You know, you're supposed to do that.

But I want you to have an
enriched learning experience.

Unfortunately with this whole
thing that's happened, it is kind of, uh,

it's eaten into that, so I'm trying
to just keep things

very, uh, you know, doable for y'all.

Because I know you have other classes.

Uh, and I know that you might have other

professors a little bit
more, uh, difficult,

or challenging, or more technology.

All those kinds of things.

I don't want to be, um, the class to
become such a source

of burden for you as a learner.

I want you to work on yourself, overcome
your procrastination, growth-mindset.

I want you to fall in love with learning
and learn how to learn.

And that's very important.

And that's the whole point of the
EDUC class, is really getting students to

recognize their strengths and weaknesses.

Getting help and, and learning,
I think from everything, okay?

So, I, I hopefully, the guide, the tour
that I gave you of Blackboard

helped put things in perspective.

I made everything manageable
to the little units, you know.

I, I didn't want to have too much
of a menu that was too detailed.

I wanted you to be able to
go to certain things

and just know where everything's at.

Like I said, the major assignments are
within all of those unit lesson plans.

So not only do you have
participation activities,

you have the major assignments
built in too.

You're gonna have some major assignment
built into those unit lesson plans.

And I went over that in the last video.

And again if you didn't catch that, make
sure you watch that video with this

video as many times as you need to.

Uh, let's see, I believe that
was the main thing.

Wait, I'm just gonna give up.

Um, that was the main thing, uh,
was just telling you everything's pretty

much the same, just slight
modifications to the assignments.

Again, any clarification that you need,
please let me know.

If you're confused in terms of,
h"Hw the heck,

I don't know what grade I have in...,"

remember, I told you, you should
already keep up with that—

I've been posting the midterm grades
awhile back, so they're in there as well.

If you have any trouble
finding them, let me know.

Uh, but if you want to call me, we
could set up a time, because I know

we won't be face—

But, please, please, let's set up a
time if you want to do a chat like this,

I believe we can even do Collaborate
where I can do a private chat.

No one else would be with us
and we can do a chat if you prefer.

I have WhatsApp.

I have Viber, if that's something
you'd like to use.

If you call each other and do our
video thing, and I can tell your progress

in, in your course, okay?

There are a few of you that yes,
are failing the course, I'll be honest.

The few of you that are,
and it's just because

you haven't turned the assignments in.

And they're, they're,
past due, they're late.

And they're not acceptable at this point.

But how—

You might, by looking—

Those of you, you know how you are,
if you know you're in that category,

please, please take a look
at this grading system.

Because if you know already you
cannot make a C in the class—

Remember, just because you do assignments
does not guarantee the full credit.

That's with any class you take.

I don't say if you turn in journals,
turn in whatever, uh, trash, and

it's automatically 50 points, no,
it's, you have to earn the 50 points.

So, keep that in mind.

If you know that you're
not the, you're the kind of

student that's, that's going
to turn in whatever

the mediocre [inaudible], and you already
don't have any assignments turned in,

and you plan on the rest of the
semester to do mediocre work,

you probably are going to run
the risk of failing the course, okay?

So just please, please keep that in mind.

Again, y'all are adults, mature
human beings, etc. etc.

I, I expect the best from
you all, that you can give.

And I want you to, always want to give
your best even if you don't like my class,

or you don't like me or whatever.

It doesn't matter.

This is your educational journey.

And I've said that many, many times.

That is, this is your educational journey.

Uh, I want y'all to go far, and,
and have the proper tools

and everything for success.

Okay?

Bottom line, no matter if we're online,
offline, off the grid, whatever.

We're, we're, we're, I want
you all to be successful.

So please know that.

So, if you know you're one of those
students, that, and you want A or B,

it ain't gonna happen probably and
you know that, you need to decide—

I've had students, I've already
had a couple of students

drop, because they're like

"I want an A in the course,
I bullshitted my way"—

Sorry for my language,

but they said, just tell me, "I bullshitted
my way the whole semester and,

uh, I'm gonna end up probably with
a C in this class and I don't want that,

because I think I can make an A."

They've dropped.

And I, I get that.

You know, it's like, um, um, okay, I get
that because you know the grade that

you need and you know the school that
you want to go to—

This individual wanted to go to UT Austin

and, and unfortunately that program
they want to go into,

they only take like 3.8 or
higher, you know, so.

I get that.

And so, just decide, looking at the
grading system, grades, and that's

for all your classes, not just
this one obviously.

And decide, if you feel like no, I, I know
I can make an A but I'm not going

to make it in this semesters, you might
want to consider dropping.

So again, if you know that extra credit is
not going to help, or anything like that,

then, then please, um,
you know, let me know.

You can let me know.

We can talk or whatever you want to.

It's up to you.

Um, but I don't want to be, uh,
more demanding of your time.

I know a lot of you are looking
for jobs right now.

A lot of students have called me saying
that they're in desperate need for work.

Uh, a lot of the jobs have ended,
especially with waitressing, waiter jobs,

and, and so it's tough time right now.

I believe there is some resources
that ACC's providing for students

not in terms of jobs, but links
they can go visit and get help.

Let me see if I can look up
some of that and

I will be posting that
in our announcements, okay?

Guys, um, you know, while, you know,
believe me it has been, the last two

weeks, uh, I'm always busy on Spring Break
anyway so remember, we really

don't get vacation but at Christmas
because it's like [inaudible].

But Spring Break, we're usually just maybe
one or two days and then we're back

to getting ready for the comeback,
you know?

Um, but the last two weeks,
and I'll share this with y'all, because

a lot of my students have asked me and,
uh, uh, you know, "How are you feeling,

what's going on, what do you think is,"
you know, "gonna happen," and such.

And, and uh, yeah, it's, it's
been a real doozy.

So, um, let me, uh, let me
stop right here.

And I can do another video if you,
uh, well I'll do another video just

giving you my reflection and my
feelings and what I'm going through

and, uh, we'll stop right here.

So, because I just want to
talk about the grading,

the modifications and
things like that, okay?

So hopefully this, uh,
I will, uh, you have

everything in the syllabus, like I said.

I just wanted to draw your attention
and the progress and the things like that.

And you know if you have
a concern, please reach out to me.

Let's set up a time to WhatsApp,
Viber, Collaborate, whatever.

Let's get on the phone, let's talk, okay?

Do not be a stranger.

Uh, this is your grade I wanna make sure
that you are aware of where you're at, etc.

Okay?

So I'm gonna stop right here.

And I will do another video,
just giving you

a little reflection, uh, on
feelings about everything.

Okay?

And we'll talk to you soon.