Emails, etc. throughout the day
Grading exams and resubmits. John Wood scored a 68% on the final but was unable to give it as much attention as he would have liked due to his wife becoming ill and needing some care towards the end of the course. As a courtesy I’ve sent him his missed questions for a chance to resubmit. He seems committed to learning the material and has a bit more time how to concentrate on it.
On another note, I’ve had more emails with students in this class than any other so far (some of this may be due to me being the lead instructor of the course). Students are asking why questions were marked wrong and why the correct answers are correct. This shows a high level of engagement to the course and exam, but also a strong emphasis on learning and understanding specifically what was wrong and why.
Started YouTube video ideas discussion. Got some direction from John for topics (thanks John). Compiling a list of ideas and breaking them into categories (i.e. insightful, highly searched, course related). Once I have a list of topics and an idea how we want to present it, I should be able to bang out a bunch of these. I will call John tomorrow morning to discuss this further and ensure we have a solid plan moving forward.
Was able to get things cleaned up and the backdrop, etc. setup. Here is what it looks like (nothing fancy).
Added questions for shutter / exposure quiz. Sent to John for review, then we can release it. We have several other quizzes to release. I will also follow up with John on this tomorrow morning.
Had a chat with Brian.
Releasing the quizzes and getting the YouTube videos going is important now since we have some time before the next course starts. I will work on these items over the holiday weekend if necessary also.
