Discussion: Introductions
- Due No Due Date
- Points 2
- Submitting a discussion post
Instructions
Please take some time to post a bit about yourself in this Introductions discussion. Throughout this orientation you should return to this discussion to get to know some of your fellow returning students. In order to do this the discussion board has been designed with 3 parts: an initial post, a response to a peer's post in the form of a question, and an ongoing conversation. All initial posts and responses should be posted according to the following deadlines:
Day | Task |
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Today | Initial post |
Before you complete Orientation | Ask a peer an open-ended question |
Before you complete Orientation | Answer the question from a peer and ongoing conversation |
Reply in the discussion board today
Please take some time to post a bit about yourself in this Introductions discussion. You'll do this by selecting the Reply button below.
Answer some of the prompts below and feel free to start conversations with one another to get to know your new classmates:
- Major:
- Place of residence:
- Two hobbies:
- When was the last time you took online classes at World Campus?
- Why did you decide to come back to Penn State World Campus?
- What challenges did you have when you took World Campus courses before? What are your strategies for overcoming these challenges?
- What did you do while you were away from World Campus? (working, taking classes at another institute...)
Respond to at least one peer with a question before you complete Orientation
Read through the posts from your peers. Based on the information they posted choose at least one peer to to respond to with an open ended question. If you can, choose someone who has not yet had a question posed to them. Learn more about open ended questions below.
Answer the question and continue the conversation before you complete Orientation
Answer the question posed by your peer and continue the conversation as you wish.
How will I be graded?
To see how you will be graded for your work, view the rubric by clicking the Options button in the upper-right corner and select 'Show Rubric'. This button contains three vertical dots. Figure 1.1 show the button and menu when it is clicked.
Rubric
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Initial post
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Question to peer
Ask questions to peers and respond if your peers have questions to you
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