Weekly Course Schedule – Summer 2016

LIS 590MG - L (Meets Wednesday Evenings Online)

Week 8 (July 31 – August 6)



Monday, August 1   (6:30 P.M. – 8:30 P.M., Blackboard Collaborate)
Optional Session
Online Office Hours
    Every Monday evening, I will be holding Online Office Hours using the Blackboard Collaborate platform. You are invited to join us to discuss questions and issues concerning the class. Meet in the Drop In Room of the Blackboard Collaborate platform. Join the Kevin Trainor Office Hours breakout room. Please use a headset.


Wednesday, August 3   (6:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M., Blackboard Collaborate)
Class Session 8
Topics
  • Student Presentations
  • Complete Course Evaluations
Other Resources
Class Discussion Prep
  • Student Presentation
    This will be a short summary of your paper. Presentations will be approximately 5 minutes long. Please prepare a short slide presentation (up to 5 slides). You will be expected to display your slides using the application sharing feature of Blackboard Collaborate. So, make sure that you know how to use the feature and that you are prepared to start your presentation when it is your turn.


Wednesday, August 3, @  11:55 P.M.
Additional Deadline
Written Assignments Due
  • Student Paper
    Description: During the course, each student will be working on a paper that will be completed by the end of the course. The paper will be an in-depth report on the use of formal project management tools and techniques in an actual project. Students will be encouraged to choose projects that are similar to those that they hope to manage in the workplace. This might be a project conducted by an organization with which the student is already engaged (employer, university, community) or it might be a project conducted by some other organization of interest to the student.
    Submit to: Submit Student Paper
Exams Due
  • 100-Question Exam on Schwalbe Text
    Description: There will be a final examination at the end of the semester. This will be a multiple choice exam of approximately 100 questions based upon the Schwalbe text. The exam will be administered via the Moodle quiz feature. The exam activity will be open for approximately 14 days. Unlimited attempts at the exam will be allowed during that period. It will be an open-book, open-notes, open-library, open-Internet exam (just do your own work).
    Quiz Activity: Exam on Schwalbe Text
    Quiz Activity Opens: Wednesday, July 20