CSW-101

WORKSHOP SYLLABUS College Success Workshop - CSW-101

Facilitator: Gaetana Dunbar XYZ School gadunbar@lamar.colostate.edu Office hours M-F, 9:00-5:00 by appointment This workshop will take place on Saturday November 16, 2013 from 8:3012:30 in the computer lab (room#). Some of the activities will be completed in class, others online in CourseSites by Blackboard; and others will require the use and navigation of websites provided by the facilitator.

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Course Description This workshop is designed to prepare adult students to participate knowledgeably, meaningfully, and successfully in college courses. The focus of this workshop is to help learners in acquiring the appropriate time management skills; to learn how to navigate a typical course on Blackboard, and to learn about possible ways to finance their college courses. Therefore, the facilitator will not give grades for assignments; learning is assessed by evidence of successfully following instructions, by participating in class and online activities, by completing assignments by logging into the online course session of the workshop, and by navigating the websites provided. Learners will receive continuous feedback from the facilitator and will be encouraged to follow up with the facilitator if extra practice is needed. Learning Objectives At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Develop a study-schedule Develop a weekly schedule Develop a daily agenda Access and navigate a course on CourseSites by Blackboard Locate the courses syllabus and schedule (if in separate documents). Submit an introductory thread under the Introduction forum. Upload a document to the Assignment folder. Send an email to the workshop facilitator. Find and select applicable scholarships from a scholarship website Visit a scholarship site and fill-up a Scholarship Search form. Choose one scholarship suitable from the list generated by their search.

CSW-101 Write a paragraph indicating the name of the scholarship, its requirements, and its deadlines.

Begin a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application Find the FAFSA website within the general scholarship websites provided and start a new FAFSA application. Begin a FASFA application and complete at least the demographic information part of the application. Needs and Resources Required Background To successfully complete this course, participants must Have basic computer knowledge Know how to create and save word documents Know how to navigate the Internet Have basic presentation skills Required Materials To successfully complete this course, participants will need Pen One three ring binder with college ruled paper or one spiral notebook Plenty of enthusiasm to learn and willingness to share experience with the facilitator and other participants. Materials provided: Hypothetical Syllabus (session 1) Weekly schedule template (session 1) Computer with Internet access and word processor (through the workshop as needed) Workshop Video Tutorial (session 2) Online course invitation (session 2) Handout with Scholarships and FAFSA website information (session 3 and 4) Course Assessment (Conclusion)

Workshop Video Tutorial Please use this video as reference anytime you need. This link will allow you to view the tutorial I prepared to help you navigate the CourseSites by Blackboard session of the workshop. http://screencast.com/t/pVyzPLMNfYr Online Course Access

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In order to participate to the Access and navigate a course on CourseSites by Blackboard session of this workshop, I will send you an email invitation to join College Success Workshop on CourseSites by Blackboard. The email contains a link; please follow it, a page will open for you, please create a student account if you do not have one already, once you create your account, with the newly created username and password you will be able to access the workshop and complete assignments as instructed in the electronic syllabus. Once you have an account you can enter the course by visiting my home page at https://gadunbar.coursesites.com/

Workshop Schedule
Sessions Session 1 Topics 8:30-8:45 Introduction/Icebreaker 8:45-9:25 Develop a study-schedule Assignments *Participation to activity *Weekly Schedule *Daily Agenda *Create courses account and access the course *Locate Syllabus and Schedule *Post Introduction in proper forum *Upload introduction in the Assignments forum *Send email

Session 2

9:25-10:25 Access and navigate the workshop on CourseSites by Blackboard

Break Session 3

10:25-10:35 10:35-11:40 Find and select one scholarship from given websites *Visit site and fill-up search form *Choose scholarship and prepare a 1 minute mini report *Presentation of mini reports *Email scholarship info to facilitator *Find FAFSA website site and start application *Complete demographic information of FAFSA application *Complete Course Assessment *Wrap-up end of workshop

Session 4

11:40-12:10 Begin a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application

Conclusion

12:10-12:30

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Instructional Activities and Assignments Overview

This workshop is four hours long, I divided instructional activities into four main sessions, and all the planned activities and assignments will be completed within the four hour timeframe. Session1: 1. Introduction/Icebreaker: This activity will open with the facilitator introducing self, giving a general overview of the workshop syllabus, and giving instructions about the introduction icebreaker. Icebreaker: Learners will be paired with one classmate and will have 1 minute to gather main information about each other. Once the minute is over they will stand up one at the time and introduce the classmate they just interacted with. 2. Develop a weekly schedule: Learners will be provided with a copy of a hypothetical syllabus and an empty weekly schedule template. To successfully complete this activity they are expected to fill each day with their detailed routine daily activities and to add all due dates for week 1 found in the hypothetical syllabus. 3. Develop a daily agenda: In this activity learners should use their weekly schedule and develop a daily agenda indicating when they will complete each of the assignments listed on the syllabus in order to meet the due dates. Session 2: 1. Create courses account: After watching a video tutorial learners will be invited via email to visit a website and to create a student account in order to access this workshops session in an online blackboard setting. 2. Locate Syllabus and Schedule: Once learners have created an account they should locate the Syllabus and Schedule for this session of the workshop in order to complete assignments as instructed in this electronic syllabus. 3. Introduction: Following instructions in the electronic syllabus learners will create an introductory thread and post it in the Introduction forum within discussion board. The content of their threads need to reflect instructions found on the actual forum. 4. Assignments: For this activity learners will be asked to save their introduction as a word document and to upload it in the Assignments forum of the workshop. 5. Email to instructor: As their last assignment for this session learners will have to use the email tool within the online workshop. Following instructions on their syllabus for emails content, learners will send an email to their instructor Session 3: 1. Scholarship Form: To start a brief exploration of scholarship possibilities, learners will be provided a handout containing a scholarship website. By following handouts instructions they should visit the website and fill-up a scholarship search form. 2. 1 Minute mini report: Once their form is completed learners will receive a list of scholarships. They will be instructed (via handout) to choose one scholarship from their list and prepare a bullet style 1 minute mini report reflecting scholarship information as indicated in their handout. 3. Presentation of mini reports: Once they have their mini reports completed learners will take turns and verbally share their finding with the rest of the class.

CSW-101 4. Email scholarship info to facilitator: To conclude this session learners will send an email to the facilitator containing a paragraph that shares which scholarship (name, requirements, and deadline) they chose. Session 4 1. FAFSA account: In order to continue their exploration of different ways to finance their courses, learners will locate the FAFSA website within the scholarship main website following their handout instructions, and will start a new FAFSA application. 2. FAFSA application: Once located and opened FAFSA main page learners will use this last part of the session to complete the demographic information of their FAFSA application.