Module Readings and Videos

Introduction to Canvas and our Class

This week, students have four short reading/video assignments to do:

1) Canvas Tutorials,

2) Tips for Online Learning and Success,

3) Meet Your Instructor, and

4) The Danger of a Single Story. After reading the resources and syllabus and watching the videos, you'll complete a Canvas discussion post, quiz, and assignment.

1. Canvas Tutorials

1. Click on Using Canvas: Tutorials and Support.

2. Find the four Common Canvas Questions and click on each to learn how to upload an assignment in Canvas, check your grades, contact instructors and classmates, and participate in discussions.

3. Take notes. You'll practice these things later in this week's activities and will use these skills throughout the quarter.

2. Tips for Online Learning and Success

1. Read the tips for online learners and watch the video "How to Ace Your Online Classes."

2. Take notes on things you find most important and interesting. You'll discuss some of these points later in this week's activities.

3. Meet Your Instructor

1. Start to learn a little about me and my thinking. Takes notes or make sure to remember how to get back to this information. You'll need it for this week's quiz!

4. The Danger of a Single Story

1. Watch, listen to, and/or read the transcript of Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie's The Danger of a Single Story. Take notes about what you find most interesting, most powerful. You'll do some writing about her ideas for our weekly writing assignment.

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