Posts: 109
Threads: 26
Likes Received: 7 in 6 posts
Likes Given: 34
Joined: Feb 2021
Hello everyone,
This is probably a dumb question but I was wondering if it matters if I do my final exam on SDC before I do the assignments.
Thanks to everyone on this forum for your help!
•
Posts: 1,670
Threads: 112
Likes Received: 800 in 549 posts
Likes Given: 310
Joined: Jun 2018
They say on the site to do the assignments first, but people here have done the final exam first without problems.
Degrees: TESU AS Natural Science & Math, BS Business Administration with a concentration in CIS & BA Computer Science. 4.0 GPA 2022.
Course Experience: CLEP, Instantcert, Sophia.org, Study.com, Straighterline.com, Onlinedegree.org, Saylor.org, Csmlearn.com, and TEL Learning.
Certifications: W3Schools PHP, Google IT Support (planned), AWS Cloud Practitioner (planned).
Posts: 422
Threads: 20
Likes Received: 262 in 169 posts
Likes Given: 877
Joined: Jul 2020
It doesn't matter. I usually do the assignment later and I haven't had any issues.
Done: TESU ASNSM-CS
Almost done: TESU BSBA-CIS+GM
In Progress: TESU BS-Cybersecurity + BTM Cybersecurity, ASNSM-Math
Earned credits from Sophia, ASU ULC, TEEX, Microsoft, Strayer, TESU, Saylor, DSST, CLEP, CompTIA, and others since starting in April 2020
Posts: 7,095
Threads: 106
Likes Received: 3,295 in 2,310 posts
Likes Given: 2,798
Joined: Mar 2018
I think it's usually good to do the exam first. It can take a while to do the assignment(s) and, when you're done, you're probably going to remember less of the whole course than if you took the exam immediately. Also, if you do the exam first, you can then cancel or pause your account while working on the assignment. You don't need an active College Accelerator account to submit assignments, though you need to contact support for information on where to send them.
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA
Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
Posts: 855
Threads: 30
Likes Received: 421 in 269 posts
Likes Given: 75
Joined: Sep 2017
you can turn the assignments in months after you do the final. they don't care
Study.com - 165 CR. TESU - 39 CR. Middle Georgia State University - 15 CR. Sonoran Desert Institute - 42 CR. COSC - 6 CR. Excelsior - 6 CR. CLEP - 6 CR. Sophia - 14 CR. TEEX - 2 CR. Shmoop - 18 CR. NFA - 4 CR. The Institutes - 2 CR. FEMA - 20ish
BA in History/English from TESU. BA in Communications from TESU. AS in Firearms Technology from SDI.
Posts: 121
Threads: 1
Likes Received: 47 in 28 posts
Likes Given: 32
Joined: Nov 2021
I did my assignments first, but they were all easy, so I wanted to get them out of the way before pushing through all the quizzes and the final in one sitting. On at least one final, I learned the answer to a couple different questions by doing the assignment, so there's that.
Posts: 9,138
Threads: 670
Likes Received: 2,692 in 1,994 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Feb 2016
05-14-2022, 12:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-14-2022, 12:04 AM by bjcheung77.)
Yes, it's all personal preference, I always just follow through with the course content provided... so, I go through the quizzes, exam, and then the assignments. It really benefits you doing the quizzes first, then you can decide if you want to do the final or the assignments next...
Update: sometimes you may want to go through "subject" by subject, because of the overlapping info. But then it may get boring, maybe add a second course into it to mix things up. I have a few courses in Study.com and go through them accordingly.
Posts: 20
Threads: 5
Likes Received: 2 in 2 posts
Likes Given: 0
Joined: Nov 2021
I have always done assignments first because it helps me know the grade I have to get on my final. Plus, in my experience - assignments always are graded in 2 days versus 7-8. Follow the rubric and it’s easy to get a perfect score. I’ve never had to resubmit even for upper level courses
DSST
Substance Abuse - 470
Fundamentals of Counseling - 466
General Anthropology - 445
Foundations of Education - 424
Technical Writing - 450
CLEP
Human Growth & Development - 55
Intro to Educational Psychology - 66
College Composition - 66
College Composition Modular - 65
Intro to Sociology - 63
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature - 50
American Government - 54
College Algebra - 63
Macroeconomics - 52
Biology - 55
SDC - Completed
Ethics in the Social science
Statistics
Cognitive Psychology
Library Science
SDC - IN PROGRESS
Research methods in Psychology
Personality Theory
Industrial Psychology
History & Systems of Psychology
Physiological Psychology
Intro to Human Resources
Posts: 166
Threads: 3
Likes Received: 129 in 72 posts
Likes Given: 39
Joined: Jul 2020
(05-14-2022, 09:42 AM)Amberlinjeanne Wrote: I have always done assignments first because it helps me know the grade I have to get on my final. Plus, in my experience - assignments always are graded in 2 days versus 7-8. Follow the rubric and it’s easy to get a perfect score. I’ve never had to resubmit even for upper level courses
I concur with this statement but it is not the advice typically given here. I liked going into the final knowing what score I needed because then I knew immediately when it ended that I passed the class.
|