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Week 7 Blog - Activity 3


You have completed a rough version of ½ of your full course now. Have you had to revise your design based on the structure of the LMS? How well is the design model working for you?
Since week 5, when I first started developing my course in Canvas, I have changed my course structure many, many times.  At the beginning of week 5, I had a specific structure of the sequence of the items in the module but then on week 6, I rearranged everything to add my weekly learning objectives.  In week 7, I have changed the structure again, trying to make the structure flow a bit better.  As a student, I have a preference as to how my courses are structured.  I like to do the assignments first, then the quizzes, and at the end any blog or discussion board posts.  I feel it makes more sense to do the same with my course. 
As I have added more assignments, links, and blogs, I have continued to make changes not only to the course but also to the syllabus.  Going item by item has given me the opportunity to make some corrections and some minor changes.  I have changed some of my links and removed other items that were too repetitive.  This week I finally got a chance to work on quiz 1 and 2, adding the quiz questions and entering their total values.  Right now, I am happy with the current course structure and I don’t expect to change the structure anymore. 
This week I also fully completed modules 4, 5, and 6 and finished adding the remaining learning objectives items to all the modules.  Next week I hope to complete modules 7 and 8 and work on my remaining two quizzes.  I feel like I am being responsible, keeping track of my work.  At the beginning of the semester I was concern that I would not be able to self-manage but so far I have done very well.

For the course peer review, I have completed the review of my partner’s course.  She seems to be on track and has most of her course structure together and should start adding her items soon.  I submitted my review to her and I’m waiting on hers.  I’m looking forward to my course review and as soon as I received, I will get started on making any revisions.  I know there is still a lot of work to be done and mistakes that need to be corrected.  I’m glad to have a peer reviewer that can bring in their fresh perspective to my work.

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