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2. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 Entire Course GEN 105 Assignment Elevator Speech • Resources: Appendix C, and Elevator Speech digital story• Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Individual forum]• View the digital story located on aXcess athttp://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/gen105/elevator_01.html.• Construct your own 350- to 400-word scenario in which you explain distance learning toa friend. Your response should explain how Axia courses work and should correctly use • FGEN 105 Assignment: Reading and Retention • GEN 105 Assignment: Elevator Speech • GEN 105 CheckPoint: Technological Tools • GEN 105 CheckPoint: Distance Learning I • GEN 105 CheckPoint: Distance Learning II • GEN 105 CheckPoint: Communicating in Forums • GEN 105 Week 2 Discussion Questions • GEN 105 Week 4 Discussion Questions

3. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 Assignment Mastering a Skill GEN 105 Assignment Reading and Retention • Resources: pp. 155-167 & 175-182 of Keys to College Studying: Becoming an ActiveThinker, and Appendix G• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum• Select a chapter reading from the previous week.• Apply the SQ3R reading technique to your selected reading.• Use Appendix G to describe the actions you took during each step of the process and toanswer the wrap-up question.• Post your completed Appendix G as an attachment. • There are some skills that virtually all people use every day. There are some skills that only afew people have, but all people should master.• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum• Think about a skill that most people do not have but could benefit from mastering. Whywould people benefit from having this skill? What are the consequences of not having thisskill?

4. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 Assignment University Library Article Search GEN 105 Capstone CheckPoint • Resource: Chapter 12 of Keys to College Studying: Becoming an Active Thinker• Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum• Complete the Make Responsible Choices activity on p. 447 of the text. Choose two ofthe three questions about which to write a summary response of 200 to 300 words • • Resources: Appendix E, University Library• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum• Review Appendix E to recognize article characteristics.• Find two articles in the University Library about any one topic or combination of topicslisted below. One of your articles must be a peer-reviewed article, which is an article thathas been reviewed by a group of experts in a certain field.

5. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 CheckPoint Communicating in Forums GEN 105 CheckPoint Detecting Plagiarism University instructors can enforce consequences for plagiarism such as failing a student’splagiarized assignment or failing a student from a class. In serious cases, instructors maychoose to report instances of plagiarism to University administration. To detect plagiarism,University faculty use tools like the Plagiarism Checker, a service provided by the Center forWriting Excellence (CWE). • • Resource: Anthony’s Dilemma digital story• Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum• View the digital story located on aXcess at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/gen105/email_01.html. In this story an Axia studentdescribes how he offended a classmate by not using the writing principle of inclusive language during discussion in his class forum.

6. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 CheckPoint Distance Learning I GEN 105 CheckPoint Distance Learning II • Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum]• Recall a time when you gave constructive criticism to another student, a friend, or afamily member. How would giving feedback to a classmate in a distance learningenvironment be different from giving face-to-face feedback? Compare and contrast thetwo processes in a 100- to 150-word response. • • Due Date: Day 3 [post to the Individual forum]• Post a 100- to 150-word response to the following: What were your initial thoughts ondistance learning before you started your program? Why did you choose distancelearning over a traditional face-to-face learning environment? In what ways has your viewof distance learning changed since you started your classes?

7. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 CheckPoint Multiple Intelligences GEN 105 CheckPoint Reading and Comprehension • Resources: Ch. 4 of Keys to College Studying, 8 Secrets to a Knockout BusinessPresentation• Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum• Use the reading 8 Secrets to a Knockout Business Presentation to carefully time yourselfas you read the article. When finished, calculate your words-per-minute reading rateusing the instructions from p. 140 of the text. • • Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum• Conduct research online regarding the strongest of your multiple intelligences. Findthree Web sites which accurately describe that intelligence. If you identified more thanone dominant intelligence, choose only one for your research. Note that your classmateswill be reviewing your responses in Discussion Question 2, so make sure that youranswers are complete.

8. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 CheckPoint Setting Goals GEN 105 CheckPoint Technological Tools You may have noticed that certain course resources have been made available to you indigital and Web-based formats. For example, you can download some of the audioappendixes to your desktop or to a portable device like an equipped cell phone, MP3 player,or PDA, and listen to them later. You can access an extensive online University library, viewdigital stories about course activities, and use tutorials about Axia College resources to beacademically • • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum• Follow the steps listed below:1. Identify two of your long-term education or career goals. Your goals may be careeroriented,academic, or personal in nature. (“I will become the head of my company’sgraphics department” is an example of a long-term goal.)

9. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 Final Project Student Survival Guide GEN 105 Week 2 Discussion Questions Discussion Question 1• Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum• Post your response to the following: Tone is very important when communicating online.How will your tone, or writing style, change based on the different types of people you willbe communicating with online? Consider family, friends, classmates, and instructors inyour response. • • Resources: Appendix A• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum• Compile a 1,000- to 1,250-word survival guide that will serve as a resource for youthroughout your program. Using what you have learned in class, develop personal actionplans for the following topics:

10. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 Week 4 Discussion Questions GEN 105 Week 6 Discussion Questions Discussion Question 1• Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum• Post your response to these questions: How do you spend most of your time? Do youthink that your time is managed effectively? Explain your reasons.5. Discussion Question 2• Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum• Post your response to the following: How do you decide which items on your schedule toprioritize on a daily and weekly basis? • Discussion Question 1• Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum• Review the Academic Honesty section of this syllabus located in the Policies andProcedures front matter.• Consider the following: The Axia College Catalog located on aXcess explains importantacademic honesty policies. Its Code of Student Responsibility states that students

11. GEN 105 uop Course Tutorial GEN 105 Week 8 Discussion Questions • Discussion Question 1• Resource: Ch. 2 of Keys to College Studying: Becoming an Active Thinker• Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum• Complete the Multiple Pathways to Learning assessment (pp. 41-44) and the PersonalitySpectrum assessment (pp. 45-48) in Ch. 2 of Keys to College Studying: Becoming anActive Thinker, and relate the results to your personal study habits.

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