Week 1 Module 1 Lecture Video BA 150 Online Winter 2025 2 6m 6s 11m 35s

So one thing I just want to make--

be very clear about in my class and, frankly,

in all PCC classes, is that, you know,

you guys are going to be completing

weekly online discussions this week;

you have two I'll talk about that in a second.

You are expected to be professional and kind, right?

That is the standard.

And if there are issues that you need to discuss,

then you need to talk about them with me.

But we're all adults, and I will just tell you that,I mean,

like, 1% of the time I've had to deal with something.

So, welcome.

I hope you enjoy the rich online community,

and get to know your colleagues and your classmates,

and enjoy everything this class is offering you.

So a key thing about the course schedule--

I'm going to jump over and show you the PDF

that you can download from the course calendar,

which is in the Course Information folder--

I'll show that to you in a second.

I think all of you are very familiar for doing this

fully asynchronous online course.

You're familiar with D2L.

This course runs on a Monday to Monday schedule,

so it means you've got that extra Monday

to get some assignments in,

get your three discussion posts in.

We aren't starting this week with an assignment.

And, in my class, you have two weeks

to complete every single assignment.

Just so you know, there are four, four main assignments

in this course.

We do have concept quizzes every week;

this week you have two quizzes.

You will see that there are two activities

you're doing this week to kick things off

that are due by Friday, the 10th.

That is the student introduction discussion,

so you're going to introduce yourself.

You're going to choose one of the seven entrepreneurial mindsets

after you watch the short videos,

and that mindset, you're going to focus on all term.

This is for you.

This is the you part of this class,.

You're going to do a little quiz,

test you on the syllabus,

and then you're going to open Module One,

and you're going to review Module One, Lesson in Practice.

and you're going to read Chapter One,

There's some videos and a couple articles in there

for you to read, and then you participate in our topical discussion,

which is the second discussion for this week,

and your first initial post is due Saturday.

And then you have three responses, as well,

in this discussion that are due by next Monday.

And then your Module One quizzes.

The module quizzes are always focusing on your--

your textbook reading, which this week is Chapter One.

So, if you haven't noticed by now,

since I'm sort of scanning over this,

your textbook is free.

So we're using an Open Stacks textbook.

I did not create this class around the textbook.

I curated this course, and then I added a textbook to add value,

to add some concepts and explanations

and descriptions of things that we are talking about.

We do not read the whole textbook.

You will also see, as we move through,

like for weeks three and four, we're only focusing on chapter four,

and so you'll notice we move around, all right?

So, in all, you are only reading nine chapters

out of this textbook.

They are all linked here in the class schedule,

which I hope you download this document to your computer.

They are also provided for you

in the actual course content, in the module.

So this is your landing page, your course home page.

Right here is my appointment calendar;

I'd love to meet with you.

Here's the announcements-- I-- this first week,

Just schedule some time.

there's going to be several, because I'm trying to keep you guys

up to date on what's happening.

So make sure you're coming in here and checking those out,

or you're going to your name

and you're clicking on notifications,

and you're making sure that you get reminders of due dates

and announcements; I really encourage that.

So, again, with every D2L course at PCC,

content is your main tab that you're working in.

Everything is linked here.

The Course Information folder

is what you need to open this first week.

You need to review the syllabus.

You can read my intro, if you want.

The-- again, the course schedule is here.

It is the web page but here is the link to the PDF

that you can download and keep on your computer,

and it's just two sided, okay.

So, in my opinion, this is much easier to read

than this big web page.

The other things for you to review this week are the style guide;

these are expectations around your writing.

In all business and entrepreneurship classes,

we create a style guide, because that's--

if you go work for a company, they have style guides.

And then, please take a look at the grading rubrics

for all the-- all the different assignments

that you're doing in this class.

I'm very transparent about grading

and and I also have a late policy.

If you read in the syllabus,

you'll see my late policy.

I do have a late policy.