UBC ATSC 113: Orientation Activities
Tips for Budgeting your Time Each Week
CAUTION: Although some of the
Winter-term modules start on Sunday, not all do (because of holidays,
etc.). Summer-term modules can start during any day of the week -
- use the Schedule posted on the course website. Each
module has a unique background colour in
the Schedule page, to help you find the starting and due dates of all
the assignments in that module.
Step 4 of each module takes the most time. This is where you read
and study the meteorological content, and where you write quizzes to
check your understanding. So don't leave Step 4 until
the last minute. Consult the Schedule, and start on Step 4 a several
days before the deadline.
In Step 4 are several rows of links to meteorological content, along
with a quiz for each row. Start in the first row by opening and
reading the links about meteorology, then do the quiz for that
row. After you finish the first row, then repeat the process
(reading content and writing the quiz) on the second row. Ditto
for subsequent rows. This means that there might be 2 to 5
quizzes in each Step 4. We recommend that complete these quizzes
in order
- - starting with the first row. Each quiz must be finished
in 50 minutes
after you start it. For each quiz, you are allowed 2 attempts to
write it (each with 50 minutes). If you got some questions wrong
on your first attempt, go back and review the relevant learning goals
before you attempt the quiz a second time.
The dates and times for optional group activities on page 2 (Steps 5
and 6) of each Module are also listed in the Schedule. Try to take advantage of the Discussion boards in Canvas to chat
online with fellow students students. This might help you think about weather issues associated with the case study.
Step 6 has two quizzes. The first part is the online "Step 6
Reasoning quiz.next", designed to help you focus on the relevant
weather-related issues. Completing this quiz first will enable
you to make a more-informed go/no-go decision in the second part, which
is the "Step 6 Decision quiz.next".
For an online course, you have more responsibility in budgeting your
time and planning to do all the assignments. Although there is
some flexibility built in to this online course, there are still
deadlines. So make sure that you have marked all the deadlines on
your calendar, or print a copy of the Schedule
page. Don't wait until the last minute to do the readings of
Meteorological Content / Learning Goals and to write the quizzes for
each module - - it will just cause you more stress. UBC has a nice video with tips on how to be successful in an online
course: http://learningcommons.ubc.ca/resource-guides/online-learners/
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