Week of August 8-12

I'm a little sad that this is our last week of class. I hope you all have had a good time over the summer in Comm 41. I like instructing this class online for a number of reasons, but I really enjoy the interaction you all have with one another. In other words, when something is unclear, I really love the fact that reading other people's blogs in the class really help to clarify the concept. It would be easy for me to explain a concept to the class, however, I find it's more effective if it is explained by a colleague. It seems y'all speak each others language a bit more than I do. :) I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have.

Listed below is a summary of what's listed on the Participation and Schedule Pages on D2L for this week:

You have two things to complete this week:
1). Discussion this week - there is NO TIME RESTRICTION this week, but PLEASE please PLEASE complete the discussion as early as possible.

2). Final Exam - see notes below. The final exam will be available on August 11th and 12th, all day. Please take the final exam on either the 11th (Wednesday), or 12th (Thursday). After the final exam closes on the 12th, there will be no other opportunity to take the final exam, so please plan ahead.

***Final exam - Please download the Proctor Form from D2L. You will have a proctor, someone over the age of 21, fill out the form and sign it after they have watched you complete the entire final exam within the allotted time. Send the proctor form to me through email. You can scan the form and email it, or take a high quality digital picture and send it to me in .jpg format.

The final exam will include all of the chapters we have covered throughout the semester. It is open book/open notes.

Discussion: Answer one in each of your three posts:

1). What have you learned in this class over the summer? Be specific!

2). What have you learned throughout this class? What was your favorite thing about the class? What was your least favorite thing about the class? How can this class be improved?

3). Pick one concept throughout the semester you think could use further discussion.

***Remember to post 3 comments to your colleagues blogs this week. As a reminder, the comments must be about the discussion this week. Posting on a past discussion will NOT count for credit.

***Reminder: This week is the last week I will hold office hours.