I most certainly learned a lot throughout this course. There was many great resources and tips to help me be more successful in online classes. It was really hard to choose which topics to discuss here because there was a long list of takeaways from this class. But below is a list of the three most important takeaways.

1. Time, Task, & Environment Management was the most important section for me. I have always struggled with time and task management when it comes to online classes. The best tool that I learned about in this class for bettering my time and task management skills is Trello
   
2. The next takeaway that I got out of this class were the SMART goals. When following these specific goals you will be able to accomplish your task on time and help you stayed focus so you can get a good grade or be successful at any task you tackle. The Smart goals are:
   • Specific
   • Measurable
   • Achievable
   • Relevant
   • Time-bound
   • To learn more about SMART goals and the definition of each characteristic go to the following website: SMART Goals
3. The third takeaway from this class was the resources on Web Searches. Before this class, I was always struggling when it came to searching online for desired information. The information provided  helps me be more proficient with online search tools like Google and it has helped me tremendously. Below are a few of the tips that I found most useful from the following website www.techrepublic.com:
   • Use the minus operator (-) to narrow the search
   • Use quotation marks for exact phrases
   • USe the plus operator (+) to tell search to include certain words
   • The wildcard operator (*) to fill in the blank
   • USe the OR operator to return the results with either two term

There was many great technology tools that I learned about for online classes. Below is a list of the online tools and links to those tools that I found most useful during this course.

• Trello (https://trello.com/home)
  • Trello is a great tool for organizing your weekly tasks. This allows you to create weekly to do list that you can keep track of throughout the whole process of the task. You can move items from the to do list, to in-progress, to completed. It also allows you to color code groups of related tasks to make them easier to find.
• GroupMe (https://groupme.com/en-US/)
  • GroupMe is a really great tool for online collaboration. When working in group projects GroupMe offers an online meeting place for you to meet and collaborate with your peers. You can do video sessions, share documents, and get notifications on your cellphone when someone sends a message in the group chat room.
• MindMup (https://www.mindmup.com/)
  • MindMup is a great brainstorming tool for personal use and for online collaboration. It allows you to quickly capturing ideas, using a mind map maker designed to help you focus on your ideas. With MindMup you can brainstorm, create presentations and document outlines, and publish your ideas online and to social networks. MindMup allows you to create unlimited mind maps for free, and store them in the cloud. Your can access your mind maps everywhere, instantly, from any device.