Here's a quick list of the steps I follow at the beginning of the semester to set up my study environment for success.
- Grab the syllabi for each course and email them to the accessibility office. Review course assignment materials.
- Meet with the accessibility office to go over assignments in the course that may need accommodations, and communicate them to the professors.
- Identify large projects in each course, adding them to the calendar with appropriate due date and estimated length of time to complete.
- Identify all assigned readings, including articles and textbooks. Acquire them and add citations to Zotero.
- Create Google Drive folders for each class, and upload the syllabi there. Copy the grading rubric spreadsheet and enter in the assignments and their point values.
- For each reading, discussion, paper, or other assignment, create a card in Trello’s todo column. Make sure to set the due date accurately.
- Create a card for each week as a reminder to check in with the professors.
- For large projects without regular turn-ins, create mini-deadlines for parts of the assignment. Document them in the assignment’s notes doc. Add them to Trello.
- Participate in the introduction discussions. Try to learn a few people’s names. Post the link to the [https://discord.gg/mDRq3ZXKu4](peer support Discord).
- Make sure the dedicated study space is ready to go.
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