Hello everyone.
Um, I hope you and your family are doing well,
uh, your loved ones are doing fine.
Um, wow, we've come to this right?
We're transitioning to online.
And, uh, most of your classes, I believe at ACC they sent out an email
that all the classes will be transitioning to online, even those, the ones
that they thought where you might have to go in person and do,
like, those hands-on kinda classes like auto mechanics or welding.
Uh, I think they have decided that they're gonna go ahead and
just bring them on to an online setting.
So, with that being said, there's a couple of reasons that I'm doing this video.
Uh, and I want to first begin with some disclaimers, if you would allow me.
The first disclaimer is, uh, unfortunately my air conditioner broke in my home.
So, uh, I am sweaty, sorry, it's just super hot in here.
Uh, you know, so I'm also going to be drinking a lot of water.
I gotta stay hydrated.
Unfortunately I have underlying health conditions
that I have to make sure I drink
a lot of water and not get overheated.
So, uh, bear with me when I'm talking and I'm gulping down my water.
Excuse that, I don't mean to be rude or anything.
Uh, also to, I'm sorry for my distraction of pictures in the background.
It's because I'm actually filming in my bedroom.
I do not have office space in my home.
When I finished my Ph.D., I did away with office space.
That was just not something that I'm real too crazy about, because every time, for me,
an office space, it meant school.
So, you know, anyway, I kinda regret that now because
I sure could use office space.
But anyway, uh, I don't have an office space,
so the best place in my home is my bedroom.
The most, quietest place because all my family is in the other room over there.
And, uh, I want to try to have, minimal distractions.
Another disclaimer is I live close to a military base,
so this means I may have airplanes flying overhead.
So if that happens when I'm talking I'll just turn silent,
I'll wait for it to pass, and then I'll continue to talk.
Again apologies if this is not a clear, wonderful video.
I'm not a YouTuber.
I am not digital anything.
I'm just, I'm on here just for the purpose of, um, giving
y'all some course updates.
And again, apologies for the distraction.
Apologies for the lighting.
Again, I'm just working with what I have.
Um, a lot of you, have been emailing and texting me and calling me
very, very concerned.
And I totally get that, a lot of you are really, have anxiety, really nervous
about going into an online setting.
What I want to say to you is:
You know me.
You know what I expect from you.
You know the assignments.
So, the class is not a brand new class, thank goodness.
We've had a while together.
So we're now in the last 7 weeks of our course.
So let that be a source of comfort for you.
Uh, also too, I am always available for you the best way I can be
text, call me, uh, we can video chat, whatever you're comfortable with.
Definitely find me, look for me, hunt me down.
I will respond back to you.
Give me 24 hours at least.
I'm, I'm usually quicker at responding, but if you can, give me 24 hours.
Uh, and also too, I will be having surgery this Friday but, you know,
I will be able to get out of it and you know,
if you need to get in contact with me,
I will try my best to call you back on Friday.
Okay?
So, uh, I, I made this video and I quickly learned,
we just got a software, the faculty did,
uh, it's called Collaborate Ultra.
And, uh, we're having to learn it, uh, very quickly, so I am not a guru at this
particular software, but I at least tried to learn how to record.
So that's a start.
And I wanted to give you a tour of our course room and be able to give you some
type of face-to-face interaction in terms of explaining updates and
modifications to assignments and etc.
Okay?
Uh, please, if you're taking other classes, make sure you get in touch with
your professors, read their emails, be reading their announcements if they
do that in Blackboard, their texts, however they communicate with you,
make sure that you are up on that.
Because every professor will set up their course room differently.
There will be different expectations, different modifications to assignments,
maybe some professors will not do any kind of modifications, that would
depend upon the professor, okay?
So, I tried, during this whole last week—
I didn't have Spring Break, 'cause
I started working on this right away.
I really wanted to just make things very simple for y'all, and, uh, doable.
I didn't change the assignments, per se, but I just wanted something that you
could follow along without me seeing my face and reminding you.
So, um, I wanna begin also too with, uh,
I can understand the anxiety of what you're feeling.
Um, my concerns are a couple of areas.
One, are students who continue battling procrastination,
that are putting things off to the last minute.
Students who fail to turn in assignments.
Students who fail to reach out to me.
Um, they're coming to class, but they're not turning anything in.
If you fall into any one of those categories,
this is the time for you to step up.
And really, um, dig in, and try to finish the last 7 weeks of the course
And so, uh, again, this means sticking to deadlines.
This means working ahead of time.
I know our situations have changed for a lot of us, especially in the job arena.
We may have to take another job.
Maybe our job has ended, etc.
But please know the expectations in terms of completing assignments
and completing them complete complete, not halfway, and on time,
is still expected from you.
And the only reason for that is I want you all to move on forward from this class.
Don't make this drag out longer than you have to is what I'm saying.
The other, the other concern that I have are
students that do not have access to technology.
So, if you're just relying on your cell phone, I'm gonna tell you right now,
you may have some challenges because Blackboard sometimes has glitches
and technical issues, especially with the display or video such as this.
On Blackboard, when you use, sorry, when you use a cell phone or tablet.
So just kind of keep that in mind.
It's not that you can't do it, it's just that you're going to have to allow
yourself more time for those kinds of weird things to happen.
Okay?
So make sure you keep that in mind.
I would really, strongly recommend a laptop or a desktop.
Uh, Apple works pretty good.
If you're not an Apple fan, you're a PC fan, it's probably even better.
I'm actually using, I'm an Apple person,
but I'm actually using my husband's PC laptop
because I couldn't do Collaborate on Apple.
So, my, point 1 for my husband because he's always ragging on me
to get a, uh, PC.
So anyway, so um, so If you see me kinda like getting frustrated
because I'm not used to his computer, his laptop.
So anyway, sorry about that.
So I'm not used to his laptop,
so if you see me kind of stumbling, it means that I,
I know what I'm doing I just don't know how to work his laptop.
So anyway, um, just be aware of that if you're counting.
The other thing too is if any of your classes, such as this one—
I'm not gonna do a lot of videos of this class in terms of me sharing a video
uh, with y'all like I'm doing right now.
This will be probably the longest video for the rest of the semester.
I may do a couple more,
if I need to send you an urgent message or something to that extent.
But most of the time time, I think this will be
the longest one I ever send to y'all.
Um, uh, be aware that other professors may use it a lot, the video.
It will eat your battery.
So, uh, on your laptops, cell phones.
I tried watching a one-hour training online using Collaborate,
uh, what we're using right now,
what you're looking at right now, and my Apple was at 100% and then by one hour
it was down to like 20%.
And, I did it purposely, I didn't hook it up,
because I wanted to see.
So, yeah, it, it does eat up your battery, so be very aware of that.
Um, so make sure you are using those things or cell phone to watch videos
of your professors on this Collaborate Ultra,
that you are plugged in somewhere,
because it will kill your battery.
Again, like I mentioned I'm very concerned about students that don't have access
to internet or WiFi.
This is gonna be the biggest challenge for you.
Before when I taught online I could always tell my students cafes,
go to the library, go to ACC campus.
We can't do that right now, at least for a while.
Uh, all of us, as you know, are under lockdown, so I want to stress,
that I do not want this to discourage you,
but I do need for you to reach out to me
as all your professors are gonna want the same thing from you.
Please, let us know, what is going on with you technology-wise.
What issues are you having?
I am not a technical guru; that is not my area of expertise.
However we do have the ACC Help Desk and, uh, they will probably be backed up,
but they will get to you if you have some kind of question.
But let your professor know if you can't upload, download, reload, whatever.
Any weirdness is happening with Blackboard, uh, let us know, so that that way we
know, we know something's going on.
Uh, and you will need to contact the Help Desk to solve it quickly.
Do not let it drag on.
I will, for me, I have an alternate way for you all
to submit things in worst-case scenario.
But we will deal with that if you should have trouble.
But for me I've done this with my students in the past.
Those who've had issues with Wi-Fi that failed at their home or whatever,
internet, um, they, I, I, we, we could still get your assignment in,
let me put it that way.
But anyway, for your other professors,
they might be a little bit more of a challenge.
With me, I can, I can work around that.
But let me know, okay?
And in advance too, don't wait, don't wait til the day it's due,
the assignment and I had a technical glitch.
Let me know ahead of time, you know.
So, um, those are the ones that I'm kind of worried about,
is those students that really don't have that technology and also too,
I will work with you, I'm gonna show you, we're gonna do a little tour
of our updated course room and how you could submit assignments and
what you see when you open up your Blackboard.
Okay.
But, again, uh, I'm concerned about my procrastinators, my,
uh, not submitting anything.
Uh, you guys are at a high risk and you've gotta, uh, please know that,
and really step up if you are wanting to pass the course.
Okay?
Um, also too, the ones that have technology issues are my concern as well.
And again, I'll work with you on that as well.
So again, this, this, chat, this video, uh, sorry it's gonna be kinda long,
I apologize for that in advance.
But I really, I know we haven't talked for almost two weeks and I want
to try to give you as much information as I can tonight before
I go into surgery on Friday.
So, uh, the first thing that I want to do is, I want to, uh,
show you our Blackboard course room.
If you hear that noise, I have my fan on because,
like I said it's super, super, um, hot.
And, uh, I can't get anybody to come out and check my air conditioner because
of what's going on, so, yeah.
That's, it's something else.
So let me just kind of figure out where I'm at here.
Okay.
So I want to show you this screen.
I'm gonna take you to this screen and,
and this, I'm just kinda learning this myself.
Bear with me.
So let me see if I can find that.
That location we built.
Let me see here my entire screen will that be it maybe?
I want to show you this screen but let me see if I can get it.
I think that's what I need to do.
Bear with me.
Yay, I found it!
Okay.
So I'm gonna kinda shrink down here.
Yes.
You should be able to now see what I'm looking at.
You're more than welcome to log in to your, um,
you know into, your, uh, into your own Blackboard.
and follow along.
Because you can rewatch this video, uh, if you need to.
But I first want to walk you through.
So, you will see that again, you know how to get into your Blackboard.
We've done that this semester.
So, no big deal.
I want to show you, there's some announcements here.
Now again, just keep reading those announcements.
I will, uh, every once in a while put up some announcements
as I did when we were, uh, face-to-face, right?
So I did put up a couple of announcements, and some of you,
most of you, already read those.
Uh, technical support.
Now this, so you click on here.
I hope.
Sorry, my light went out on me.
I told you.
Let's see here.
Okay, let me try that here.
If you look at this right here, yeah.
I hope I can show y'all.
Technical questions, technical support.
I really want you all to take time to look through this particular, uh,
some of you may have already done it, and that's wonderful for those of you
that are quick to go.
I really want you to go through these technical questions and determine
if there're issues that you may have with the technology that you have.
Uh, if you do, here is the, ACC Help Desk.
And you're gonna click on there and it will take you directly
over to their website.
And you can definitely contact them and work with them.
So if you have trouble, you don't have Java,
or any of those kind of um, of, what do you call them,
software or whatever you call them, to work with their, they work with you.
And again, I'm not going to have a whole lot of heavy things in this
particular course, but Blackboard does require some support.
And so again, depending on your other classes you may, make sure you have
Adobe for instance, etc.
Okay, so, my professor contact information is right in here.
It is still the same.
You know how to text me, how to get ahold of me,
except I don't have office hours anymore.
I don't have an office, obviously, we're not on campus.
So, um, just be aware about that.
That I do not have office, or office hours,
but I am at the same number.
You can call me, let me know who you are, that kind of thing.
You also have the syllabus.
The same thing again.
And here is, you're not going to see it, but I'm gonna open it up,
so that ya'll can see it in case you go back and review this video.
Here's Collaborate Ultra.
Now, here's what you're gonna click on when you're gonna watch a video.
And I, I'm gonna stop it right here, because I don't want it to go any further.
But you will click on here and you will log in to see this video, okay?
And I'll talk a little bit more about that because
there's a code I gotta send you all
and you will be able to access that video.
The next thing, student tools.
And I'm gonna show that link because you're not going to see it right now
because I have it hidden.
Now, student tools, what I have done with student tools, sorry,
what I have done with student tools, uh, again let me go
into the view of the student.
I'm looking at it from the view of the professor.
This is what you're seeing right now.
Student tools.
So again you have your announcements, your calendar, your, your,
I guess the main thing I want to look at is your grades and your attendance.
It's right in here in your tools, okay?
We're gonna talk a little bit more about grades in just a second.
So let me exit out of here.
Let me, [indistinct] out.
And again it's going to go back to my view.
OER textbooks, same place, same area, don't have to worry about that.
However, if you look at this OER textbook link, for those of you or most of you,
when you went to Blackboard and you're trying
to access, you know, the OER textbook,
a lot of times, you may find that, um, gotta open up in here,
you may find that, um, sorry, you may find that you get thrown out
or that there's a glitch.
So there is a way for you to click on here, and you can go out of Blackboard
and still access your OER textbook.
So if you ever have any weirdness that happens, while you're reading
your OER textbook while you're inside Blackboard, you can go back over here
and pull up that link right here and it will take you to outside of Blackboard.
Okay?
And it saves everything.
So.
Okay, so, I'm gonna scroll down here.
The next thing, you're not gonna see this because I'm gonna open it now.
Here's the, the meat of this video, right?
The most information.
We're gonna click on here.
Um, this one we're gonna start with chapter 15.
We only have 15-16-17 and 18, okay, to go.
That's we've got four chapters left aside from the other assignments.
And I'm gonna get more into that in a little while, okay?
I am really wanting to give you the grand tour.
And so we're gonna look at chapter 15, planning for your activities.
You will see the deadline.
So everything, all the activities and the assignments associated with Chapter 15
will be due April 14th.
Okay?
That is your next big date.
Now, can I just say that every, you have until midnight on the 14th, 11:59 pm
to be precise, to turn everything in.
Make sure you do not, I repeat, wait to the last minute.
The thing with Blackboard, folks, most, most schools in the United States
are going to Blackboard.
Okay?
Most schools K-12 and higher, we have Canvas, it's like a Blackboard, but most
are using Blackboard.
So if you've got students who are like yourself procrastinators and want to
submit an assignment at 11:59, imagine millions of students at the same time
trying to submit, you run the risk of it crashing on you.
That, what, you know technology, right?
It's convenient and it's great but it, it's not,
it's not 100% foolproof, so just make sure
that you're not pushing your luck by waiting to 11:59, because you run a
real good risk of it not going through, crashing, acting weird, etc, okay?
There is a chance that Blackboard can crash, but we professors get notified
and our Blackboard will crash.
So, uh, just know that we will let you know if there's something going on
in regards to that.
So, if you look on here, it, it tells you about Activity 1.
You're gonna read your OER chapter in textbook.
So you're gonna read your chapter, you're gonna read chapters now,
I've taken out the power points because that's for lecture and
I'm not gonna be lecturing.
So, um, you can read the chapter.
And then you're going to review the presentation
on FOCUS 2 and you're gonna find that.
So you kinda scroll down.
I'll let you in your own time read all of that stuff.
But let's just go down here and it kind of tells you what you're going to get
out of chapter 15.
And then as you keep going down it tells
you the first activity you're gonna read.
Second activity you're gonna, uh, get the
Career Exploration Presentation and Directions.
You're gonna click on here, okay?
And it's going to download.
Now if you have any issues where you can't download it or something, let me know,
I can try and do a PDF file of this to send to you.
And I may, I may just go ahead and do that with a PDF file.
But, we'll, I'll see in just a second.
But anyway, you click on that, and it'll open up to a Power Point.
Okay?
And that will give you the presentation on FOCUS 2.
Now, um, I want to say something before I forget,
and I know it's a lot of information that I'm talking about.
So again I'm recording this video and you can more than welcome to
go back and listen to it again and again.
With FOCUS 2, if for some of you who have taken EDUC1300 before,
and you failed it, and this is your second or third time taking the class,
not with me, but with any of the other professors,
you might have already done a FOCUS 2 assignment
and you may run into problems, with, um, setting up your user name,
or you forgotten your user name or password.
There is a way to reset that, but if you're still having problems,
I want to suggest you go talk to a, uh, your AOS adviser and let them
know you're having trouble logging in and, uh, they will reset it for you.
But that requires you to get working on this ahead of time,
because you don't know.
Okay, so then the next activity is FOCUS 2 the actual assignment.
You're gonna download it right in here and you'll start working on it.
I don't mind if you write out this assignment, just as long as you've
got very nice handwriting.
You can print.
But if you have handwriting issues, may I suggest you type out your answers.
You don't have to type it on the form, you can type it in a Word document
and just submit that.
Like number 1, type out the question and then the answer.
Okay?
And then you can watch some YouTube videos when you click on here.
Again, you're gonna be sent directly to the YouTube video.
Activity 5, ah, Journal Assignments, right?
So, on here, the journal assignments—
I made some modifications to that and I'll talk about that in just a little bit.
But we will not do 7 entries for the second round of journals.
We're only gonna do 2 and each one will be worth 25 points.
So they don't lose the value.
Remember round 1 the journal was worth 50 points.
Round 2 will be worth 50 points as well, except in Round 2, you're
only gonna have two journal entries.
For those of you who are working ahead and you've already done your journals,
please submit 'em.
I do not do this, okay?
But for those of you that have not, then follow directions here on Blackboard.
I want to click on one of these links because I kind of want to show you, uh,
let me click on the journal assignment.
Anything that has an underline, you're gonna click on.
Okay?
So, you will see the due date and you will see the points.
Remember this is just one journal.
Twenty-five points.
You're gonna have another journal and it'll be worth 25 points
for a total of 50 points, okay?
And that's gonna be Round 2.
So, you will see here where it says write submission, this does give you
the option you want for those of you who do not have a clue about online,
have never taken an online course.
You can write out your journal and submit it that way.
But, especially those that don't have Word at home, but let me suggest,
let me tell you this,
the problem with that is, if you get up or get distracted,
it may log you out and you've lost it.
So if you know you're gonna sit down and
you're gonna finish it and make sure you save it,
you may wanna copy and paste it to some kind of a,
you know a, some kind of a, not if you don't
have Word, but maybe some kind of other, uh, software where you wanna
you know, spellcheck and a ll that kinda good stuff.
But I would be saving this.
I would not be leaving it open and walking away because it can close down on you
and you lost it, so, uh, be aware about that.
Again, this is for students that really, are gonna sit down and they're gonna,
they're gonna spell, copy and paste it, and they're gonna spellcheck and wrote
within 30 minutes or an hour kinda thing.
Uh, I would write it.
But if you don't like that, then I would just go ahead and type it in a Word
document like you've been doing, or any other kind of software that you use
for writing out documents.
And I would just go browsing through my computer and upload it.
And once you browse through your computer, you, you can look to see where, um,
you know, you're you're document is.
You can, you don't, like what you do.
You click on it, you attach it.
All that kinda good stuff.
And then you're gonna hit submit.
Okay?
Alrighty.
And if you're ever unsure, you're like, did it got through?
Text me, call me.
I'll look it up.
You know, don't just assume because, you know, technology is one of the great
um, can be a headache, right?
Okay.
So I'm just gonna back over here and cancel this
and jump back over here.
Okay, so, um, each of your chapters are going to be called like
"Chapter 16: Planning," you know, that kind of thing.
You get activities and I'll show you the next module.
Let me just stress this.
So, the first one is due April 14th with all its little activities.
Make sure that you do adhere to the deadline.
This is gonna be part of your attendance and participation grade.
I'm not gonna have you posting to discussion boards or anything like that.
But, uh, because some professors do that to count that as your attendance.
I'm going to look at you completing your activities, okay?
And your participation grade.
Remember we had the library assignment, okay?
These activities are gonna not replace the library assignment,
but they're gonna replace
the career portfolio because we're not gonna do that.
And some other assignment I had for you all, I forgot what it was,
but it's gonna replace that.
So, make sure you do these activities because
it will count toward your attendance and participation grade.
And make sure you do it on time.
The next thing I want to say, make sure you do it on time, because
if, when this deadline passes, this module has closed.
You cannot get back to it.
It's finished.
And, uh, whatever you didn't turn in, it's a zero, okay?
So be very, very careful of that.
So I'm gonna take you to the next, uh, little module here.
I'm gonna show the link because you're not going to see it right now.
Let me just kinda scroll down again.
Now you see, I, I, skipped chapter 16.
I'm gonna, It's gonna come after 17.
And it was because, that's the way it was in the syllabus
and i didn't want ya'll to, um, I didn't want to change
a whole lot of things because I know it's overwhelming,
the transition in itself.
So we're gonna jump to chapter 17, diversity and cultural competencen—
competency, uh, unit lesson plan.
And you click on there the same thing, like chapter 15.
You're gonna have, uh, you know, your activities listed.
This deadline for everything is April 21st.
So, every week, if you notice the date if you look at a calendar,
every week something is going to be due from here on out, okay?
until we finish the semester.
So, um, you will see that and again, uh, you're going to click on these
that have lines, you're gonna click because
it's gonna take you to somewhere.
And there is activity 3.
Your journal assignment again.
Same thing like chapter 15.
And this will be your last journal entry, worth 25 points.
Together number 15 and 17 will be 50 points.
And that's the end of that.
Again, that's for those students that have not begun their journals.
Those who have already done them, submit those.
So then the next thing I'm gonna show this link, 'cause there,
these are hidden links here.
This, the next one your gonna have after chapter 17, is managing your mental
and physical health.
All the activities are gonna be listed.
It, it, it's the same thing.
There's, there's nothing that I changed or made too different.
And so again, you've got April 28th.
If you notice, the last, uh, unit activity, everything's due on the 21st.
You've got 7 days to turn everything for chapter 16.
And the activities are light, they're not heavy.
So it just means you just, maybe, maybe two hours tops.
depending how much interruptions you have, uh.
It shouldn't take you very long to do those activities.
Okay?
And again, the next and final chapter for the course,
is going to be chapter 18, oh, sorry,
chapter 18, which is managing your money, and same thing, guys,
next due date May 5th before midnight.
And this one has a self-change project to that.
Okay?
So, don't worry.
Like, for example, chapter 17, uh, I think that, chapter 16, sorry,
there's your learning profile in there.
So all of the major assignments, they're gonna be, they're
they're gonna, they're gonna fit into each unit plan.
So that's the next major assignment, the learning profile paper.
Uh, that's like worth 100 points and all that.
That's gonna be in chapter 16.
And, in, uh, chapter 18, will be the self-change project.
And then, uh, chapter, uh, 15 will be the FOCUS 2.
So all activities counting towards attendance and, and presen,
uh, attendance and, uh, participation
and, uh, any major assignments they're all gonna be inside one of those chapters.
Okay, so, once you read it, you go through it, you know, you complete everything,
you not only completed toward your attendance and participation,
you've already completed towards the major assignments, okay?
So, I didn't want to separate a lot of that out, I just wanted to
build it into each of these units.
Okay?
So again, you will no longer see this once the date has passed, it will close off.
Close off.
Each time the date passes.
Okay?
Now, the next thing that I, because I'm still working on this,
by the time you see this video, they'll be ready to go.
Um, you see your co-curricular assignment, a lot of you have
been really, um, calling me and saying "I'm worried about this,"
you know, "what happened?"
Of course, the campus closed, and now we are on complete lockdown
from the campus until the 13th of April.
So, everything has been cancelled, even then, even if it were to reopen
uh, we wouldn't go back to the classroom, we're gonna continue the rest
of the semester uh, online.
So, you know, we're not going to see each other anymore in the class, okay?
Uh, and, in terms of the campuses being open, it will be til April 13th and
that might still be limited.
And it may not open on the 13th, depending on all this, uh, stuff that's going on.
Okay, so, all what ACC, ACC, excuse me, has done is cancelled everything
for the rest of the semester.
So, for those of you who did have a chance but you just haven't written it out
write it and submit it.
You have, you know, get that over with.
And remember you've got until May 5th.
But, I would just go ahead and knock it out if you can, get credit for that.
For the rest of you that didn't get a chance,
and I get it because you've gotta work
and you just didn't have the time, etc.,
you can choose one of these, uh, one of these things here,
choices here, click on the website, I've got the questions,
everything, the assignment is still the same.
You're gonna answer the same question,
everything on the test or the assignment by the way.
So, um, again, some of you have it, some of you don't.
It's, it's here.
So, again, if you decided to go to the website for academic coaches,
or experiential learning, or, uh, career services, or money management,
whatever you choose, you're just gonna do the assignment for one of those.
You're gonna explore the website, okay?
In an ideal situation, you would be attending those events because
all of these offices sponsor on campus events.
But unfortunately, uh, you know, the situation.
So, the next thing that I'm here, I'm gonna open up again,
you're gonna see is, extra credit.
My computer is getting super hot.
Whenever your video is, uh, it gets super hot.
So be careful on that too.
Make sure that your laptop is kept cool because that fan will just
working overtime.
So, you have extra credit.
Some of you have been asking about that.
Again, all extra credit, just like in the syllabus, is due May 5th.
I did not change the due dates on assignments.
If you kind of look at it closely, you'll see they still follow the syllabus, okay?
So extra credit and the uh, co-curricular, they're due on the 5th.
So extra credit, I gave you some choices, some little activities to do.
Just choose one, um, and it's worth 10 points.
Okay?
And so, again, again you've got your choices.
And if you click, let's say you want to do how to get the most out of studying,
you may click on here.
You see the due date, the points.
You can write the submission, or you can attach it.
And again, sorry, I'm gonna cancel this.
The assignment is still the same.
Write in here, how to get the most out of studying.
You can download that and read it, but the questions are,
are pretty much the same
And the questions are going to be right up in here.
So, right in here, and you can see,
choose one of the videos to briefly summarize, a half-page reflection
that includes the main points in the video and etc., etc.
So, you know, again, read through all of this choose the one that you,
you find most interesting.
We will have a final exam.
Uh, that will be down in here.
But I haven't, I've gotta work on that one.
And uh, it's gonna be, of course, something you submit online, okay?
It's not gonna be, it's gonna be different from the midterm.
So, uh, don't worry too much about that.
Be more concerned about meeting the deadlines
and turning everything in.
Again, if you know you're, uh, running the risk of failing the course,
you might have the opportunity to turn things around.
But, the last day to drop I believe is April 27th; I'm not too sure.
But anyway, you want to check with your adviser on that.
Okay folks, that looks, that is our tour of our Blackboard course room.
So let me bring myself back up here.
So let's see if you see me now.
And if not, I'm still in the corner here.
Let me see if I can.
Okay, yay!
I'm back.
So, again, if you don't understand how to submit, or you got,
please rewatch that video because I did go through that, but if you still
have questions or concerns, reach out to me.
Do not wait til the last minute.
I think that's my biggest thing that I can tell ya'll is:
Really get on the ball.
Every week some, each unit will be due each week, is what I'm saying.
So, uh, just know you have something due.
And so, uh, make sure, uh, that you get on the ball and wrap those things up.
Okay, so, woo, it is hot in here.
So, let's see here.
I think the next thing that I want to talk about, goodness, goodness, goodness.
I think that's it.
So, um, course updates.
I wonder if I should do a separate video for that,
because I know this one is pretty long.
Okay, let me, go ahead and do that here.
Again, I hate making.
I don't like to make long videos, but sometimes you do have to do that,
so let me see if I can get you back up to sharing this.
I hope I can do that.
But I don't know.
Let's see.
Oops.
Maybe I'll just cover my face, will that work.
Can you see?
No.
Ah, there it is.
Okay, so I'm gonna share that.
I'm still seeing myself, I'm still seeing myself, that's not good.
Hmm, hmm...
Okay so you're looking at my, you should be, you should be seeing my screen.
Let me see if I can get to that.
Apologies, apologies.
Okay.
Okay, so, when you go down to student tools,
when you want to look at your grades,
I don't, uh...
This may be a little confusing and I don't want y'all to get too confused,
I think what you really need to look at are things that are
being graded or rather, even submitted.
You can look at upcoming but that's gonna be a little weird because
that's gonna seem like there's a lot, there's gonna be a repeat of assignments,
because I set up Blackboard, so for example, you're gonna see, see like, that,
this is the original up here.
This stuff is original.
But if you scroll down, you're gonna see it again.
And this is not, meant to freak you out or confuse you by any means,
What I want to point out is this shows you the value of each,
now, when, I'm not counting this, so please uh, I don't really want,
you to get too confused on this,
But you probably have an idea what I'm talking about.
This is the original up here, so simple
when we were face-to-face, right?
But, now that I've added this to a course room, um,
I've had to re-put the assign—
like, I had to put it again.
So, just know that we are still operating on the same grading system and so forth.
Uh, let me just mention real quick, and I may make a, I think I'm
gonna stop right here and make a separate video on the grading system.
In terms of, of, the dashes that you see here.
I think you're going to see some dashes
if I can stop this, yeah, like right here,
don't think it's not worth anything, again you need to do that activity
to count towards your attendance and participation grade.
Just know that if you do everything, you will get
the full credit for attendance and participation.
Okay?
So, I, I didn't want to add values to that because,
if I did, it would throw everything off
and make you extra confused.
So, everything's still the same.
So let me, let me get out of here.
Let me make a separate video on, uh, uh, grading and everything.
So I'm going to go ahead and close this.
Okay I'm back again.
I'm gonna stop recording.
Uh, I will make, I will upload another video just talking about the modifications
to the assignments, the grading system, and all that.
Okay?
So thanks for your patience.