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Week 13 - Activity 5

What is left to do?

Since I wrote my last blog I have made some small changes to my course.  I have made some small revisions to the modules to clean up the content a bit more.  I also finalized a couple of handouts that I had left incomplete.  I also changed my landing page and if time permits, I might change it again.  I need to go back and review all my course links and make sure they are all still active and opening the right pages.  Once I get these done, I will try downloading my course and see how that process goes as I don’t want to wait until the final week to do this, in case I run into issues.

What challenges have you faced?  Will you be able to meet your timeline for completion?  Why or why not? Will you be able to implement? Evaluate?
I haven’t faced too many challenges other than trying to complete all the work before the end of the semester.  I have reached the point in my project where I need to be able to see any mistakes I might have missed.  I had to step away from my work for a few days so I could come back to it with a refreshed perspective.  I should be able to complete my course before the end of week 15, although I just looked at all the assignments due on the week and there are 8 assignments due.  I’m going to work on this class this weekend so that I’m not rushed next week.  I’m hoping to complete a couple of more assignments before Monday.  I still need to make time to do a final evaluation of my partner’s course.  Somehow I had not seen this assignment but I still have a couple of days left to do one more review.

This next week is going to be a tough one.  I need to have just about everything completed so I don’t get too stressed.  Part of my job duties require I be involved in all the exams out our college so ‘final exam week’ is tough even without the added pressure of schoolwork.  Somehow I’m going to have to make it work.  I’m anxious to get my review from the instructor and from my 15 minutes project presentation.  I like that I will have the chance to prerecord and not have to stress about presenting live.  No matter how many times I have presented in front of an audience, I still get really nervous. 


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