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!
