FW: chem-1220 8 am lecture: coursework confusion

[Zellmer, Robert]

I received the following e-mail based on what I just sent about lecture coverage.

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Hello Dr. Zellmer,
How are you ? I am a student in your Chemistry 1220 morning lecture course. I wanted to inquire about the various emails you have sent out. The most recent one to be exact. With the various technology issues with access codes, and confusion from many of us not knowing what mastering we need to complete, is it still expected for us to have 13.4 and 13.4 along with EOC's done by tomorrow? I know personally, I have been trying to read all the syllabus and required emails for this course and just got
my book up and running and I am already overwhelmed. It is not about keeping up because I am doing that with this just being the first week, but on top of trying to review lectures along with the last minute publishing of the class this seems to be a little much and I along with several other classmates are confused. If you wouldn't mind clarifying what point we should be at right now because I am working on several things and that still doesn't seem to be enough or correct. Thank you.

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What I sent is  unrelated to the problems with Mastering.  There's no MC homework
due  for these sections until next Friday.  I'm trying to make sure everyone knows
what was covered and what will be covered and stays on task.  The worst thing you
can do in this course is fall behind.  If you fall too far behind it will be almost impossible
to get caught up.  If you haven't done any of this reading and some of the EOC problems
for the sections we covered yesterday you will be behind.  Generally speaking, you want
to finish the material covered in one lecture before the subsequent lecture.  If you don't
and I'm covering something new for which you need to understand the material
from the previous lecture and you will be quite lost with the new material I'm talking
about.  Plus, you want to be working every single day and not leave too much for a
single day.  The more you do in one day the harder it is to learn it and remember it.

I will be sending out more details about the EOC problems and Mastering shortly.
I'm trying to finish the audio/visual version of the syllabus.  I will also be holding some
meetings via Zoom about how to study and learn.  In the meantime look at that link
on my personal class webpage.

Remember, I'm must giving you the ideal things to do and give you an idea of
what you should be doing and when.  The actual application of what I'm telling you
is up to you and will vary from day to day and student to student.  I know some of
you may be a little behind right now due to the confusion of starting the semester
and the Mastering problems.  It may take you through the weekend to get totally
caught up but you should get done whatever you can before tomorrow.

I'm a bit behind myself because of the Mastering problems.  I answered e-mails
yesterday while on campus and had over 60 e-mails waiting for me after dinner
last night.  It pretty much took me all night to get through those, which didn't
all deal with the Mastering problems.

Dr. Zellmer

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