Module 3: communicating and collaborating blog post

The most useful thing I learned from this module is staying organized online.

In college, almost every classes require the student to use their computer to some extent. Some classes require their student to upload their work in digital formats or bring their own printed copies of class notes to the lecture. It’s very easy to lost track of your saved work if you don’t keep those files organized.

Take my own experience as an example. During my first year of college, I put all my homework and class notes in my computer’s storage space without putting them in different folders. There were so many different files, it became too difficult for me to find and upload the file that was required by my instructor. I had to email the professor for an extension so I could redo the homework that I couldn’t find.

One advice I would like to give to the college students is: remember to keep your digital homework, class notes and any course related material organized for later use. Some good tips were also given by the textbook(e-learning companion: A student’s guide to online success (4th ed.) by Watkins & Corry) on page 126: create a folder for each courses and save the files in those folder so you could keep things organized.

Another advice I would like to give is: use google docs to coordinate teamwork with your group mates. This advice comes from my personal experience. Google Words, Google Excel and Google Presentation are great tools for you to draft your group project. But you need to make sure to check your formatting of the files you created.

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