SUMMARY:
Course date: December 20th, 2015 - March 9th, 2016
Task 1: 5 pages including cover and citation page. Accepted on 1st submission.
Task 2: 5 pages including cover and citation page. Accepted on 1st submission.
Task 3: 7 pages including cover and citation page. Accepted on 5th submission.
Task 4: 12 pages including cover and citation page. Accepted on 3rd submission.
December 20th, 2015
After a couple days off, I've started TFT2. This is going to be a harder one because of the amount of reading material. Did I mention I hate reading? Oh joy!
After reading a little bit, I decided to skip ahead and take a look at Task 1. After seeing it, I felt pretty confident I could knock it the task out and continue reading while it is in for review. I usually am around 100 in line on TaskStream, 47 this time, woot! Should get word back tomorrow, I hope.
December 21th, 2015
Task 1 accepted on first submission!
December 22nd, 2015
Task 2 submitted. Number 77. I don't expect to get word back until the 24th.
I found this task much more difficult than Task 1. You really think about what would prevent the breach and then look through a lot of documents to find standards and recommendations to keep it from happening in the future. Figuring out how to cite the ISO documents....well, I'll find out IF I figured it out when the review is done, haha.
December 22nd, 2015
Task 2 accepted on first submission!
March 2nd, 2016
Yeah...that's right, over 2 months later, ha! After Task 2, I got off course and took a month and a half break. Finally I started working on Task 3 and it kicked my butt for a month! After 5 revisions, the paper was finally accepted on 2/20/2016...almost two months since Task 2! Yikes! Finally getting that paper completed gave me the boost I needed to keep going. Yesterday I submitted Task 4, the final task for the class. I'm hoping to hear back tomorrow or the following day for sure. Until then, I've already started on my third class, Risk Management.
March 6th, 2016
Task 4 was sent back for some revisions. Knocked the revisions out in a couple of hours and resubmitted.
March 9th, 2016
Task was sent back because I lacked a few key words in my long explanation of two sections. Added, submitted, passed! TFT2 is complete and now time to focus on JIT2.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Friday, December 18, 2015
Current and Emerging Technology - LYT2
SUMMARY:
Time to complete course: November 1st - December 18th
Task 1: 7 pages, 3rd attempt
Task 2: 12 pages, 2nd attempt
Task 3: 14 pages, 1st attempt
TIPS: Can not stress enough to read the scenario and course mentor tips CAREFULLY! Doing this will help allow you not to have to do any revisions.
November 8th, 2015
I originally started out with the Risk Management course but the school suggests a specific order to take the courses in, so I followed their recommendation. Instead I'm now in my first class, Current and Emerging Technology (LYT2). I started the class a week ago and I've already completed 47% of the class! I must say though, the first chapter out of a book that they have you read, I thought I may have to quit, that I was in over my head. It was very dry and hard to follow, reading instructions on how to set the time on a VCR would have been better. However, after I finished the chapter and moved on, chapters from other books and articles have been pleasant to read. One issue I ran into is that I have my first task done (Friday), a paper that's a response to an RFP, however, I can't submit it as there's an issue with my TaskStream account. I'm hoping that this issue is resolved so I can submit it tomorrow (Monday). The nice thing is that this isn't holding me up at all as I just went ahead and continued diving deeper into the course material.
November 10th, 2015
Finally gained access to TaskStream yesterday but I'm just now submitting my paper tonight. After a few reviews, I realized that my paper was lacking content. I ended up adding 3.5 more pages, with graphical examples of my solutions to the RFP. I just uploaded it and sent in to TurnItIn. I'm hoping to have it reviewed by TII in the next hour (I'll check after tonight's episode of The Flash...). After that, I'll hit the fancy submit button and see if I can pass the task on the first try! Fingers crossed!
Oh, and I'm now 58% complete with the course. My goal is to complete the course by the 23rd...13 days left...well..12 pretty much!
November 12th, 2015
Now 74% complete with the course. I could have been done with the reading and on to the last two tasks, but I haven't done too much the last two days as I've been under the weather. My first task got returned today, after almost 48hrs since I submitted it. I had to revise 1 out of 6 objectives, which wasn't bad. I wrote an additional page and half, better explaining the decisions and submitted it again. Not expecting to find out the status for another two days. I really like that they show you the position of your paper in the line to get reviewed. The first submission, I was #90, new submission was #101.
My second weekly call with the mentor was tonight. It lasted almost 20 minutes because I had a couple of questions. I expect future calls to be about 5 minutes.
I should have all reading done for the course by Saturday and take all of next week to complete the last two tasks. I originally wanted to complete the class in two weeks, but there is a lot more reading than I thought there would be....and I hate reading....so three weeks is the new goal which half the time the expect you to complete it in.
November 27th, 2015
I took a couple week break from WGU as I got discouraged from Task 1 being sent back twice. After the break, I took a deeper look into the task area that I was messing up on and finally figured out where I was going wrong. I started from scratch on the one area, finished and resent it in. Two days later I woke up to an e-mail saying that all area goals were met and Task 1 is now finally complete. My original goal was to complete the course in 2-3 weeks, but now I'm looking at 5 weeks. I've finished all the reading and just have to sit down and work on Task 2 and Task 3. I'm hoping to complete them both over the next week and move on to the next course.
Task 1: 7 pages long. Accepted on 3rd attempt
December 9th, 2015
I'm disappointed to say that I'm further behind that I wanted to be. I wanted to have this class completed several weeks ago, but I'm a huge procrastinator, haha. I just submitted Task 2 tonight and don't expect to hear back for about 48hrs as usual.
December 12th, 2015
Task 2 sent back for revisions for just one section. Wrote an additional page and half to add more information and clarify my previous response. Task 2 resubmitted and now on to Task 3.
December 13th, 2015
Task 2 Accepted!
Task 2: 14 pages long counting a cover page and 2 pages of citations. Accepted on 2nd attempt.
December 15th, 2015
Task 3 submitted. Fingers crossed.
December 18th, 2015
Came out from seeing Star Wars (awesome), to see I have a new e-mail....Task 3 passed with no revisions needed! Wow, I'm honestly surprised! haha. I hated this task because I felt it lacked a wealth of information about the servers that would help better write the paper (help to figure out actual visualization requirements). In the end, it didn't matter, I just did what was asked by making up some BS here and there and they dug it.
Task 3: 14 pages long counting a cover page and 1 page of citations. Accepted on 1st attempt.
COURSE COMPLETED!!!!
Time to complete course: November 1st - December 18th
Task 1: 7 pages, 3rd attempt
Task 2: 12 pages, 2nd attempt
Task 3: 14 pages, 1st attempt
TIPS: Can not stress enough to read the scenario and course mentor tips CAREFULLY! Doing this will help allow you not to have to do any revisions.
November 8th, 2015
I originally started out with the Risk Management course but the school suggests a specific order to take the courses in, so I followed their recommendation. Instead I'm now in my first class, Current and Emerging Technology (LYT2). I started the class a week ago and I've already completed 47% of the class! I must say though, the first chapter out of a book that they have you read, I thought I may have to quit, that I was in over my head. It was very dry and hard to follow, reading instructions on how to set the time on a VCR would have been better. However, after I finished the chapter and moved on, chapters from other books and articles have been pleasant to read. One issue I ran into is that I have my first task done (Friday), a paper that's a response to an RFP, however, I can't submit it as there's an issue with my TaskStream account. I'm hoping that this issue is resolved so I can submit it tomorrow (Monday). The nice thing is that this isn't holding me up at all as I just went ahead and continued diving deeper into the course material.
November 10th, 2015
Finally gained access to TaskStream yesterday but I'm just now submitting my paper tonight. After a few reviews, I realized that my paper was lacking content. I ended up adding 3.5 more pages, with graphical examples of my solutions to the RFP. I just uploaded it and sent in to TurnItIn. I'm hoping to have it reviewed by TII in the next hour (I'll check after tonight's episode of The Flash...). After that, I'll hit the fancy submit button and see if I can pass the task on the first try! Fingers crossed!
Oh, and I'm now 58% complete with the course. My goal is to complete the course by the 23rd...13 days left...well..12 pretty much!
November 12th, 2015
Now 74% complete with the course. I could have been done with the reading and on to the last two tasks, but I haven't done too much the last two days as I've been under the weather. My first task got returned today, after almost 48hrs since I submitted it. I had to revise 1 out of 6 objectives, which wasn't bad. I wrote an additional page and half, better explaining the decisions and submitted it again. Not expecting to find out the status for another two days. I really like that they show you the position of your paper in the line to get reviewed. The first submission, I was #90, new submission was #101.
My second weekly call with the mentor was tonight. It lasted almost 20 minutes because I had a couple of questions. I expect future calls to be about 5 minutes.
I should have all reading done for the course by Saturday and take all of next week to complete the last two tasks. I originally wanted to complete the class in two weeks, but there is a lot more reading than I thought there would be....and I hate reading....so three weeks is the new goal which half the time the expect you to complete it in.
November 27th, 2015
I took a couple week break from WGU as I got discouraged from Task 1 being sent back twice. After the break, I took a deeper look into the task area that I was messing up on and finally figured out where I was going wrong. I started from scratch on the one area, finished and resent it in. Two days later I woke up to an e-mail saying that all area goals were met and Task 1 is now finally complete. My original goal was to complete the course in 2-3 weeks, but now I'm looking at 5 weeks. I've finished all the reading and just have to sit down and work on Task 2 and Task 3. I'm hoping to complete them both over the next week and move on to the next course.
Task 1: 7 pages long. Accepted on 3rd attempt
December 9th, 2015
I'm disappointed to say that I'm further behind that I wanted to be. I wanted to have this class completed several weeks ago, but I'm a huge procrastinator, haha. I just submitted Task 2 tonight and don't expect to hear back for about 48hrs as usual.
December 12th, 2015
Task 2 sent back for revisions for just one section. Wrote an additional page and half to add more information and clarify my previous response. Task 2 resubmitted and now on to Task 3.
December 13th, 2015
Task 2 Accepted!
Task 2: 14 pages long counting a cover page and 2 pages of citations. Accepted on 2nd attempt.
December 15th, 2015
Task 3 submitted. Fingers crossed.
December 18th, 2015
Came out from seeing Star Wars (awesome), to see I have a new e-mail....Task 3 passed with no revisions needed! Wow, I'm honestly surprised! haha. I hated this task because I felt it lacked a wealth of information about the servers that would help better write the paper (help to figure out actual visualization requirements). In the end, it didn't matter, I just did what was asked by making up some BS here and there and they dug it.
Task 3: 14 pages long counting a cover page and 1 page of citations. Accepted on 1st attempt.
COURSE COMPLETED!!!!
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Success Kit
My success kit came today. The main thing here is the webcam which is used to monitor you while you take tests so that they can see if you cheat or not.
The kit included:
- Web camera with WGU owl on the back of it, which is cool...but the picture quality of this camera is horrible....like 1996 camera horrible...like...flip phone camera horrible....yeah, it's pretty horrible...
- Plastic WGU coffee cup (I don't drink coffee, but it's still cool!)
- Vinyl WGU car sticker (Neat!)
- Magnetic whiteboard with marker....Dollar General doesn't even sell this crappy of a product...it's really bad...
- 2 sided door sign. I'm taking a test/I'm studying(Me and my kids, Meraki and Khaleesi)
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Officially starting classes!
Here we go! I'll only be updating from now on as I complete each class. I'm hoping to complete each class in 3-4 weeks. I've made calendar events for pretty much every part of my day to keep me on track. My phone alerts me when I need to study on my lunch break at work, when to eat dinner at home, to start studying for two hours after lunch, when to work out, free time, everything. Why? Because otherwise I'll push it all off and go do something else and try to go back to studying later...but will then get side tracked once again. Over the last week, the scheduling of my daily activities has greatly helped me stay on task!
Monday, October 26, 2015
Graduate Student Group Degree Plan Call
Attended a webinar tonight with host Bob Curtis (an IT Student Mentor), lasted an hour and was full of good information! One thing he mentioned is that we already have access to a lot of the course work and can get started to "try it before we buy it", making sure we know what we're getting into. You don't official get locked into WGU and owe money until you hit the "enroll" button on your degree plan, which has to also be approved by your mentor. I love that! He wanted to make it clear that there is a LOT of writing involved...which sadly, I already knew, ha. Looking forward to the challenge! So I'm going to get started tomorrow!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Mentor
Just nine days left until I start classes! I received a (generic) email from my student mentor, Kirk, today outlining several things, including two upcoming webinars to attend. Also, a couple pages of questions to answer and shoot back, basically asking my expierence, planned time to complete the degree, reasoning for obtaining the degree and so on. I should be receiving another email in the next few days to pick out an available time slot to speak with him on the phone. They expect it to last around 30 minutes according to the email, and what I've seen others say as well. Getting close!
After I start, there will be far less posts as the start process will be complete. Additionally, there's only so much I can really talk about once I start taking the classes since I can't post specifics at that point about the class and work itself. WGU has rules against that, plus it's not ethically right.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Orientation and a Webinar
My WGU orientation became available today. The orientation is to be completed before you can start your first course and is available starting on the 15th of the month prior to the month you're suppose to start your first term. They say it will take 2-6 hours, it took me about 4, with many breaks in between. My only complaint is that they go over things that you won't have access to until your first term. Not much more to say about this, it's an introduction to WGU and their system and 90% of it you will already know if you did all the research possible into WGU prior to applying, which I did.
I also came across today a note that there would be an hour webinar tonight for "Preparing for Success at WGU: Building your Writing Toolkit". They pretty much just go over writing resources and talking about APA citation.
One thing to note, while I can sign into My.WGU.Edu, I can't sign into their mobile app. Will be contacting support about this.
Finally, I'll be confirming course plan tomorrow with my console. Another update tomorrow if I feel it's needed.
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