VIDEO TUTORIALS ON THE ONLINE EXERCISES
I recently created new video tutorials for the repeatable online exercises. Here are links to all three of them with info on what each shows you; click on the link in each sentence to view the video then use your browser "back arrow" to return to this page. (Note that these videos uses the online exercises in the GPH-205 course to demonstrate things; those exercises are formed in exactly the same way, and you interact with the CSC-200 exercises in the same way.)QUICK TOUR: A guide to what you'll find at the link for Exercise 1.
HOW TO CREATE AN EXERCISE ACCOUNT: Here are the steps to follow.
HOW TO WORK ONE QUESTION AT A TIME: This is the intended way to work.
These videos are all important for you to watch. They are all short and to the point. If you don't watch all three of these, and especially the third one, it's as if you are playing solitaire with a deck missing some cards.
It's intended that you focus on just one question of an exercise at a time. I HAVE TO SHOUT WHEN I SAY THAT AND WAVE A RED FLAG because no matter how many times I write it, it seems some students never quite get it! Each question consists of 10 true/false statements. Each question is scored on the scale zero through 10. You checkmark the true statements. This appears very easy--almost trivial. But it's not quite so simple.
You can get zero points for a question even with some correct statements checkmarked... say what?
- Every correct checkmark within a question adds a little credit to your score for the question, but not all correctly checkmarked statements add the same amount.
- Each incorrectly placed checkmark subtracts a large amount from the score for the question--but not the same large amount.
The best way to work the exercise
- As you read and view the assigned material for the unit, place checkmarks on the appropriate exercise content page in the workbook (those pages are intended to be written on!).
- When your printed notes for the first question are complete, do just that one question on the online exercise. Then click "Submit all and finish" to end the exercise and receive your score.
- If you do not score a perfect 10 on just that one question, review the material you read and viewed for the question and modify your checkmark notes on your paper note pages. Then repeat the exercise online again focusing just on that one question. The questions remain in the same order on the system but the order of the statements in each question changes every time, so you have to read each statement on the screen, you cannot just place checkmarks by position in the list of statements!
- When you have achieved a score of 10 on one question, repeat the process above for the next question.
- When you have followed the above steps and have achieved a perfect 10 on each exercise question using your exercise notes, do the exercise one more time using those notes to complete each question. This will produce a perfect score for you on the exercise.
It's common for students to go into the exercise many times before they achieve a perfect score. This is intended and expected. That's why you need to start the exercise early in the unit!
What NOT to do
- Don't try to do the exercise before reading and viewing the material.
- Don't wait until the end of the unit to work on the exercise.
- Don't do the whole exercise until you "perfect" each question by itself.
- Don't think of the exercise as a quiz. It is not a quiz, it is a learning tool.
Doing the exercise the wrong way most often leads to frustration. That's unfortunate, but it's the consequence of misusing the exercise!
