BIO 304 . MODULE 0 . WELCOME DISCUSSION

Welcome to BIO 304

Introduce yourself to your classmates and your instructor.

Low-stakes. The point is to start building a class community and to let me know who you are. Post by Sunday of Week 1. Reply to at least two classmates.

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Deadlines and expectations

Three dates to put on your calendar.

Prompt opens

Mon, Jun 8

First day of the course

Initial post due

Fri, Jun 12

Friday, 11:59 PM

Replies due

Sun, Jun 14

Sunday, 11:59 PM

Your prompt

What to write about.

Take a few minutes to introduce yourself. Share whatever feels right, but please touch on each of the following so your classmates and I know who you are:

  1. Your name and what you would like to be called.
  2. Where you are in your education, and where you are headed. Pre-nursing, pre-med, pre-dental hygiene, pre-paramedic, pre-mortuary science, allied health, or something else?
  3. One specific body system or topic you are curious about. Don't worry about being technical. "How does my heart actually beat?" is a perfect answer.
  4. One thing about your life outside of school: work, hobby, family, pet, anything. Show us a little of who you are when you are not in class.
  5. What time of day you do your best thinking. The pre-work in this course is daily, and knowing your own rhythm will help you place it on your calendar.

I will introduce myself here too and respond to each of you in the first week.

Replies

What makes a reply substantive.

  • Substantive: enough to show you read the post. "Great intro" is not enough.
  • Build a connection: look for someone whose path overlaps yours, or whose time-of-day rhythm matches yours, or whose curiosity is the same. Tell them so.
  • At least two replies to different classmates by Sunday.
  • Tone: this is your introduction to the class culture. Be the kind of classmate you would want to read.
More on this discussion

A few extras.

How grading works on this discussion

Auto-credit posts the moment you post on time. I read and adjust if needed.

A note from Dr. Rennie

This first thread is not graded heavily, but it is the foundation of everything that comes after. The students who do best in this 8-week course are the ones who treat the discussion threads as a real conversation, not a task to complete. Start that habit here.

See you in the thread.

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Open the Canvas thread.

Post your introduction by Sunday of Week 1. Reply to at least two classmates.

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