12-09-2021, 04:02 PM
Just finished it in September. There's a great post here that's worth searching out that gives some very good step-by-step plans for knocking it out.
You can't really finish it in a week because you have to submit posts on every major topic (about one per week) and respond to two other students' posts. I posted a lot of my comments on topics weeks in advance, but then had to wait until others had done so in order to respond.
The two major assessments (MyLab Foundational Skills and NimblyWise) it is important to spend a little time and be in a good mindset before starting. If you get above 70% (I think; it tells you) you're exempt from any of the additional assignments. If you don't, then there's a bunch of busy work that teaches you the stuff you missed. I was lucky enough to test out of both.
The short papers you can generally knock out in a couple hours each if you're a fast writer. Pay attention to sources and following APA-7. The final paper will take a little longer, maybe a few hours if you do a decent job on it.
So in my experience, it's far from rigorous, but just sort of tedious.
I highly recommend choosing Paul Kiesow as your instructor if his section is open. He's super helpful, gives good feedback, responds quickly, and is relatively fast in grading assignments. The one thing about Kiesow is that he doesn't appreciate/welcome early submission of assignments, so I just did them all in advance and held them until a day or two before they were due, and submitted them (which also gave me a moment to review them again to make sure I hadn't missed anything.) If you do the work well, he grades fairly. Personally, I probably overdo it on assignments, but I certainly don't think they are perfect and I got 100% on each assignment from him.
Because there's a lot to keep track of, I also found it helpful to create a spreadsheet with all of the assignments and their due dates. I'd open it a couple times a week to see what was due, and as each assignment was completed or submitted, I marked it on the spreadsheet.
And when you get to LIB-495 (assuming you're doing a liberal arts degree), I could not give higher accolades to Augustus Black and, as far as I'm concerned, he's the go-to mentor/professor for LIB-495. Incredibly helpful, encourages you to call for advice and suggestions (I made regular use of this) and he really will make you a much better writer and thinker.
You can't really finish it in a week because you have to submit posts on every major topic (about one per week) and respond to two other students' posts. I posted a lot of my comments on topics weeks in advance, but then had to wait until others had done so in order to respond.
The two major assessments (MyLab Foundational Skills and NimblyWise) it is important to spend a little time and be in a good mindset before starting. If you get above 70% (I think; it tells you) you're exempt from any of the additional assignments. If you don't, then there's a bunch of busy work that teaches you the stuff you missed. I was lucky enough to test out of both.
The short papers you can generally knock out in a couple hours each if you're a fast writer. Pay attention to sources and following APA-7. The final paper will take a little longer, maybe a few hours if you do a decent job on it.
So in my experience, it's far from rigorous, but just sort of tedious.
I highly recommend choosing Paul Kiesow as your instructor if his section is open. He's super helpful, gives good feedback, responds quickly, and is relatively fast in grading assignments. The one thing about Kiesow is that he doesn't appreciate/welcome early submission of assignments, so I just did them all in advance and held them until a day or two before they were due, and submitted them (which also gave me a moment to review them again to make sure I hadn't missed anything.) If you do the work well, he grades fairly. Personally, I probably overdo it on assignments, but I certainly don't think they are perfect and I got 100% on each assignment from him.
Because there's a lot to keep track of, I also found it helpful to create a spreadsheet with all of the assignments and their due dates. I'd open it a couple times a week to see what was due, and as each assignment was completed or submitted, I marked it on the spreadsheet.
And when you get to LIB-495 (assuming you're doing a liberal arts degree), I could not give higher accolades to Augustus Black and, as far as I'm concerned, he's the go-to mentor/professor for LIB-495. Incredibly helpful, encourages you to call for advice and suggestions (I made regular use of this) and he really will make you a much better writer and thinker.
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