Learning How to Prepare for an Online Exam

Since you will be taking our first online exam soon,  let’s watch a video about How to Successfully Prepare for an Online Exam.  I want you to learn some tips that can apply to your other classes or future online professional development. 

Initial Post

1. Watch How to Be Successful Taking Remote or Online Exams in Any Subject (7:40)
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3. Watch Academic Integrity in Remote, Online, or In-Person Classes (5:56)
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5. Review what you wrote in your Week 4 Discussion

Respond to this discussion prompt by Tuesday 11:59 pm. Select the Reply box and write a paragraph for each of the following questions:

1. You will report on something good that happened to you, or an accomplishment of yours from the last 5-7 days. It doesn’t have to be chemistry or science or even school-related. Please keep it appropriate!
2. In the first video, what are some tips (~4) for the DAY BEFORE taking a remote or online exam?
3. In the first video, what are some tips (~4) for the DAY OF taking a remote or online exam?
4. In the first video, what are the two different approaches when taking an exam?  Which method have you been usually doing during an exam?
5. In the first video, what are some ways (~2 – 3) that we can manage anxiety DURING an exam?
6. In the second video, what was the exact quote by Madison Sarratt from Vanderbilt University?
7. In the second video, why do students participate in academic dishonesty (3 factors)? 
8. In the second video, what are some techniques (suggestions) to conquer “fight or flight” mode?  
9. Upload your lecture notes on Acids & Bases so that you can compare and contrast your notes with your classmates.

Reply

By Friday night at 11:59 pm, please reply to at least two of our classmates’ posts with ideas or suggestions as feedback by doing two of the following: 

1. You will share your reaction / emotional response to the poster’s good news, and/or ask follow-up question(s). (required)
2. Provide specific feedback about your classmates’ lecture notes in this discussion. “Specific feedback” means what you like and /or don’t like about the lecture notes so that your classmates can keep doing the good and improve their future note taking skills.
3. Ask a probing or clarifying question in response to one (or more) of your colleagues’ lecture notes, or
4. Correct any mistakes that you found in your classmates’ notes.

Suggested Topics in Acids & Bases for you to check when reviewing the lecture notes: 

• Weak acid including polyprotic acids or weak base solution – calculate the pH, initial concentration, % dissociation, or Ka/Kb. 
• Determine The Acid-Base Properties of Ions and Salts
• Understand the theory of Acid Strength and Molecular Structure
• 17.3: The definitions of acids and bases
• Arrhenius and Bronsted-Lowry Definition
• Lewis acids and bases (later)
• 17.4: Acid Strength and Ka
• what’s the difference between strong acids and weak acids when it reacts with water
• Remember all the strong acids, and the rest will be weak acids
• 17.5: Auto-ionization of Water, Kw, & pH
• 17.6: Finding the [H3O+] and pH of strong and weak acid solutions
• strong acids, [H3O+] = [acid molarity]
• weak acids, this is an equilibrium reaction so you need to use an ICE box to solve this problem. 
• 17.7: Base Solutions
• Calculate the pH of strong bases and weak bases  
• 17.8: The Acid-Base Properties of Ions and Salts
• Calculate the pH of strong bases and weak bases  
• 17.9: Polyprotic acids
• Polyprotic acids ionize in successive steps, each with its own Ka.
• Calculate the pH of a polyprotic acid solution
• Determine the concentration of the anions for a weak diprotic acid solution  
• 17.9: Polyprotic acids
• Polyprotic acids ionize in successive steps, each with its own Ka.
• Calculate the pH of a polyprotic acid solution
• Determine the concentration of the anions for a weak diprotic acid solution  
• 17.10: Acid Strength and Molecular Structure
• 17.11 Lewis Acids and Bases

• You will report on something good that happened to you, or an accomplishment of yours from the last 5-7 days. It doesn’t have to be chemistry or science or even school-related. Please keep it appropriate!  – Celebrated my Birthday in San Diego this weekend