Welcome to the Success Skills portion of the IT Minor Program, Garnet Cohort! We are so glad you are here. Fall 2023 is going to be fun and fast. You will learn skills necessary for your next two semesters. These things include not only the web pages you will learn to create from Thomas and the Google Drive, Sheets, and Docs you will learn from Bruce, but you will learn skills you need for success in your teams, at work, and quite a few that will apply to the rest of your lives.
Homework for the Success Skills portion of the class will be assigned on this page, and you will submit your assignments on your own blog page. Don’t worry if you don’t know how to build a blog page, Thomas is going to show you how! And don’t worry if you don’t know how to use the spreadsheet you will need for one of my assignments, or how to use Google Docs to “get it right” (spelling, grammar, etc.) before pasting it on your blog, because Bruce will show you how to do that! You see, everything you will learn in this program will go together to make you able to succeed in this program, get a job, and excel in your field.
My best advice to you is –
1) Keep in mind that all portions of this course are important. Everything works together.
2) Don’t get behind! You will sometimes have homework from all three of your instructors at once. Your due dates may seem like they are set way off in the future, but that doesn’t mean you should wait to do them. These assignments often take a lot of time. The time lines we give you are necessary for you to get the work done. Plus, if you wait to do your assignments (especially with Thomas and Bruce) you may forget how to do the work. Begin your assignments the same day you get them. I’ve seen folks struggle because they waited.
3) Pay attention. Don’t get started on one of Thomas’s assignments and neglect to pay attention to me or Bruce. You may miss something.
Your first assignment for Success Skills is in the next section, and I will also cover it quickly in class. The finished product is due Thursday in class. Yep, we’re jumping right in!!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Reves
