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Week 1 Success Kit
Week 1 Success Kit
Read materials in Orientation module (Modules are just “units” within our course.)
Read over the syllabus (this thing here!)
Check into Canvas and your email
Grab your laptop or pen/pencil and paper. Need a laptop, contact the laptop loan program for a FREE loaner laptop.
Attend Class on Monday
How to create a semester of success
How to create a semester of success
Make sure Chrome is also up to date. Canvas is optimized for Chrome.
Starting Week 2, expect to spend about 12-16 hours per week on our coursework. Every week we will have reading material and assignments to help develop specific writing skills and on specific subject matter to cultivate critical thinking. These assignments are submitted by class start.
Make a Plan: Think about how you can schedule in this time with the rest of your responsibilities while also leaving time for yourself. What does that look like for you? Are you an early morning person? Can you get the most done with the rising sun? Or are you a night owl and would rather work beneath the stars? Creating a weekly plan to map out each of our responsibilities and free time can really help!
Office Hours are a great way to get ask questions, clarify material, get help on a paper, or even just brainstorm ideas for an upcoming assignment. I hope to see you all at least once this semester!
Learning Resource Center (LRC): Sometimes there just isn’t enough time to offer students all of the help they may need on an assignment. And if office hours are also not convenient for you, then the LRC is the next best option to receive one-on-one, in-depth help on your work. There is even online tutoring!
This course is ZTC which means Zero Textbook Cost. All of our reading material is online in digital format, free articles, or other digital resources. Save everything to google drive. You get a free drive account with your student email!
Google Drive & Google Docs
Google Drive & Google Docs
As a Saddleback College student, you have a free Google Drive and Google Docs Account! You can access these accounts through your Apps Portal just like you access Canvas and your school email. Look for the google drive icon, select, and use your same login as you would Canvas.
Students will need google docs to compose all of their writing in this course. This ensures none of your work can be deleted or lost! And, it creates a history of your writing, which can be very helpful in the editing process or in the case of AI concerns. All work will be uploaded into Canvas. But for papers, you will also include an "Editor" google drive link in the comment box of each major essay.
Advice & Thoughts from Previous Students:
Advice & Thoughts from Previous Students:
"Take pride in your work, and write about what you believe in most deeply whenever possible. Do not choose a topic just because you think it's easy or will be quicker. You will not feel fulfilled and will get frustrated easily."
"I would tell them to really focus on the lessons because they could include helpful tips/advice into their essays. Also to really try and ask for help(if needed) in their essays."
"Go to office hours and email the professor as often as possible, take advantage of all the assistance that is available to you. The class is not difficult but you will have to put the work in to achieve a quality grade."
"I think what really helped me the most was doing an outline before. Having a structure that I could throw my ideas out and shape was very helpful."
"It is a hard class, but your essays are really rewarding in the end with the help you get."
"Work hard on every paper and assignment. If you don't put in effort, then chances are you aren't going to get an A. Your grade in this class reflects how much time and effort you put into the papers you write. If you simply don't care, it's going to show."
"Take it because you actually learn things instead of taking a class that just gives you A's and B's"
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