Becoming current update

1. W H A T T O D O I F Y O U ’ R E N O T C U R R E N T W I T H
Y O U R W O R K I N J O U R N A L I S M
Plan for Becoming Current with
Assignments

2. Why is it important to have a plan?
 Remember the saying: If you’re failing to plan, you’re
planning to fail!
 If you know what you need to do each day to get your
work done, you’ll have a goal…right?

3. What’s the plan?
Open My Grades to see which assignments you have
completed and which you haven’t completed.
Download and open your Assignment Schedule.
 If you have a grade on an assignment, you
know you’ve completed that assignment.
(Remember to read my comments)
 If you don’t have a grade and you don’t see an
assignment file waiting to be graded, mark
that on your Assignment Schedule as an
assignment you need to complete.

4. What do I do next?
 Count the number of assignments you need to complete to
become current. (Check your Assignment Schedule…Every
assignment is listed with a due date)..
 Divide the number of assignments you need to complete to
become current by the number of days you have to become
current.
 Example: If you have not completed 4 assignments in
Lessons 6 & 7 and you have 2 days to finish everything
through Module 7, you must complete 2 assignments a day to
become current!
 It’s that easy!

5. How can I be successful in this class?
 When you do “something” every day, you form the habit of going into
your course regularly.
 Remember, this is a class just like those you attend on your high school
campus. When you don’t access your course, you haven’t attended class
that day.
 A report within your course gives your teacher information about how
many days, or hours it’s been since you accessed this course.
 When you do something each day, you don’t fall so far behind that you
feel overwhelmed by the remaining work due.

6. Working together
 Remember, if you have a questions, send an e-
mail, text me, or call.
 Find me in Blackboard IM.
 If you need to instant message with me, text me or
send an e-mail to let me know when you’ll be on the
computer and that you need to instant message about
an assignment and I’ll open Blackboard IM and
message with you.
 Bottom line: Communicate!