homework, becoming current

1. Plan for Becoming Current with
Assignments
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
YOUR WORK IN JOURNALISM

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 8 assignments in Module 1 and you
have 4 days to finish all the work in Module 1, you must complete 2
assignments a day to become current!...Or you can complete 4
assignments each day for 2 days.
 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!