Participate each week in the weekly discussions. An important component of the learning that takes place in this course is due to the exchange of ideas within the discussions. It is essential that you respond within the designated week as other participants will have already have moved on in the course will not see late posts. You may not receive credit for late posts.
- Initial posts are due by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, and at least 2 additional posts are due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.
- Minimum of 3 posts on 2 different days.
- Use proper netiquette (click here to view), spelling, and grammar.
- Use your own voice and cite your sources.
- Use your own voice and cite your sources.
- Your post must be substantial and not just, "I agree," or, "Good point."
Click here for the Threaded Discussion Grading Rubric for specific grading criteria.
Please refer to the guidelines above, and address all parts of the question to be eligible for full credit.
Week 1 Discussion Questions
All of your classes are going to require you to use some common types of software.
You may have noticed in the syllabus that this class requires Microsoft Office 2013 or Office 365.
This week, go to http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office on your web browser. Explore the website. You will notice that it offers tutorials for Word for documents, Excel for spreadsheets, PowerPoint for presentations, and much more.
Please discuss (in detail) three things that you learned about Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel by using this online tutorial. As you know, we all pick up different lessons when learning about new material; read through the discussion posts of your classmates carefully and pick out one piece of information that your classmate shed some light on for you and how you can utilize it!
Don’t forget to cite your sources. The Online Writing Lab (The Owl) at Purdue University can help you with citation.
Click on the Reply link located in the lower right corner to respond to this week's question(s).