"Syllabus Treasure Hunt"

(for CCT692)

This is an important exercise. It helps no-one if you find yourself confused in week 10 about where to find instructions, but you haven't spent time to systematically get acquainted with the course materials and/or haven't asked questions to help you -- and probably others -- clarify things.
Q: Why not spend time in class going over the materials? A: It is more effective for each student to do this at their own pace and then spend precious class time on specific, focused questions.

• Print out and check off in left margin when you have completed the item.
  • To print a wiki page without extraneous material in the margins, type ?f=print after the URL in your browser, e.g., files/692-08SyllabusQuiz?f=print

• Get set-up on your computer, with bookmarks to the course syllabus, folders/directories for course work, etc.

• Review the syllabus and links, printing out material not in the compilation that you want to have in a hard copy.

• How many assignments can you miss and still get an "automatic B+"?

• What is the difference between submitting an assignment and gettting "OK/RNR"?

• What is the difference between the Overview of ASSESSMENT & REQUIREMENTS on the syllabus and the webpage " Assessment and Timing of Assignments and Tasks"?

• Where do you find instructions for any particular assignment, e.g., Key Article?

• Print out assignment check-list.
  • Read and indicate that you have taken note of the completion contract at the end of the assignment check-list.

• Download a previous student's report that interests you (using password from instructor).

• Peruse evaluations from previous semesters.
  • Which years' evaluations are missing?

• Review Notes on Teaching/Learning Interactions.

• Sign up for first conference
  • What should happen at this conference?

• What does "Research workbook and organization" refer to?
  • When will this be perused?

• Take a first look at Assessment and Timing of Assignments and Tasksand note the next 3 things that you need to do.

• Send a question to the course email listserv about something related to the course materials that you need clarified.

• What role does the course wikipage have in this course?

• Decide if you want to access course materials online or printout everything.
  • If the former, create a bookmark to the table of contents for this syllabus and key online materials.
  • If the latter, organize the compilation (e.g., with dividers in a binder, or with tabs) so you can quickly locate any section.

• What is a treasure hunt question that would be useful to include for the next time the course is taught?