Checkpoint! Fellow college students, how are you doing with your coursework? I am currently in the middle term of IS101. The first half of IS101, I was consistently behind on assignments. My discussion posts are okay. I am the type to overexplain myself, but perhaps that helps with writing effectively. In other aspects of IS101, I did decent on a presentation that had tolerant requirements. When making the slides for the presentation, I think struggled understanding how to be dynamic with my ideas. I had taken a COM101 class prior, so I have experience in presenting to an audience. The class was not strict on the presentation slides, so I do not have proper experience making slides interesting opposed to lackluster. The main focus of the communications class was how well you presented orally. Considering that, I think I orally presented decent. I had some slips due to nerves from performance anxiety and moderate social anxiety.
Going forward, I need to be more punctual with my coursework. I have an extremely bad habit of waiting till the very last minute. Regardless of how easy or hard the class is, I wait till the last minute. As a way to problem-solve, I have gotten a 52-week planner. As much as Canvas is a good tool, it is terrible for my ADHD. Canvas's way of helping to stay on top of schoolwork, does not help at all. Digital forms of a Calander do not help me stay on top of things. Writing things down is better for my memory to stick opposed to just reading a digital automatic due date system. With a planner, I can plan out everything I do before the due dates. Speaking of Canvas, my class has an exam coming up. I am not confident in getting a good grade. I think I will get at least a C. My plan to study for it is revisiting chapters and using the practice tests the learning platform, LabSim, provides.
A topic introduced in IS101 that I have prior experience in is headers and footers. This topic was featured in chapter "4.11.1 Headers and Footers," Microsoft Word Pro provided by LabSim. In previous education, I was taught to use headers and footers with only page numbers. Typically, on the right column of the header or footer. From this section, I learned that three-columned footers and headers exist. As well as the fact that an automatic feature that inputs the document title is a tool instead of manually typing it, and how to make the title page to not have any headers or footers.
