Student Experiences at Western Governors University (WGU)

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NOLAJ

Ahhh, all the LET1 tasks are ready to be submitted when the term starts!

CompuTron99

NOLAJ wrote: »

Ahhh, all the LET1 tasks are ready to be submitted when the term starts!

That's great! It's nice to have 4 CUs completed the first week of the term.

erpadmin

CompuTron99 wrote: »

That's great! It's nice to have 4 CUs completed the first week of the term.

It's even better with 12 CUs.

[NOLAJ did the same thing I did in regards to doing LET1 before the term, plus I had ORC1/MGC1 scheduled that same week. Passed all three within my first 6 days of my second term.]

usagent27

Just passed Project + exam. My goal is to finish by 08/31. I am planning on starting Tech Writing next week while i work on the web classes. 1st task for Ket1 is submitted and 3 out of 4 for RIT1. Do you guys think i can finish by end of Aug?

Anyone have any ideas for Tech writing for a topic? i'm not exactly sure what i want to do

jmasterj206

Could someone give me an idea on what is required for the 2nd programming course (KFT1)? Is it actually 4 tasks? I know 4 is the actual program, but do you turn anything in for 1-3 or just get a partner signoff? I only ask since I have nothing to work on and the COS is rather vague and taskstream seems to be taking longer than ever to add classes.

CompuTron99

I ended up with 8 CUs within the first 7 days of term 2. I've been working on AIV1 which is taking a decent amount of prep time.

Raidersfan81

NOLAJ wrote: »

Ahhh, all the LET1 tasks are ready to be submitted when the term starts!

Nice!! How long did it take you roughly hours wise, to complete everything?

NOLAJ

briandy81 wrote: »

Nice!! How long did it take you roughly hours wise, to complete everything?

Not long. Maybe 5-6 hours. If you're familiar with the material, they're pretty simple tasks. Granted I may end up having to touch some things up after they hit Taskstream, maybe not.

themagicone

Tomorrow I'm going to call Student Services to complain about Taskstream. Not 1 of my classes has loaded yet - the one I had to have them manual load. Turned in a paper Monday morning - still nothing back. I know we are suppose to give 5 days BUT if it's this slow now, wait 2 weeks. How am suppose to keep working when I can't even turn my work in or get it back. I hate have to go back to figure out something wrong with a paper a week after I turned it in.

Hypntick

TWA1 submitted, now we play the waiting game...
And by waiting game, i'll probably start watching vids for GAC1 tomorrow

Pishof

Hypntick wrote: »

TWA1 submitted, now we play the waiting game...
And by waiting game, i'll probably start watching vids for GAC1 tomorrow

Nice, it's just a race to the finish now. All I have left is that last annoying humanities task I've been procrastinating on and then tech/capstone.

jmasterj206

Well I got the all clear for KET1(Intro to programming), which sucked by the way. The strange this is I never got an email from Taskstream with the evaluation complete. I just happened to notice it was gone from my degree plan. Just KFT1 (the second programming class) and I am done. I'm not too sure I like the fact that you have to work with others on the 2nd programming class since everyone's pace is different.

demonfurbie

jmasterj206 wrote: »

Well I got the all clear for KET1(Intro to programming), which sucked by the way. The strange this is I never got an email from Taskstream with the evaluation complete. I just happened to notice it was gone from my degree plan. Just KFT1 (the second programming class) and I am done. I'm not too sure I like the fact that you have to work with others on the 2nd programming class since everyone's pace is different.

yea that does suck, too bad im not in that class yet id partner up with ya

NOLAJ

Hypntick wrote: »

TWA1 submitted, now we play the waiting game...
And by waiting game, i'll probably start watching vids for GAC1 tomorrow

That's awesome!! When does your current term end?

Hypntick

NOLAJ wrote: »

That's awesome!! When does your current term end?

August 31st, depending on how long 70-680 takes me, I hope to be done by July.

Melika635

Just submitted my capstone. Watch out Windows 7, I'm coming for you! Want to finish by June 15th. Sounds like a few of us are right there within a week or two of each other.

WGUGeekGirl

jmasterj206 wrote: »

Well I got the all clear for KET1(Intro to programming), which sucked by the way. The strange this is I never got an email from Taskstream with the evaluation complete. I just happened to notice it was gone from my degree plan. Just KFT1 (the second programming class) and I am done. I'm not too sure I like the fact that you have to work with others on the 2nd programming class since everyone's pace is different.

Wow, this is the first time I've heard about having to partner up with anyone for any WGU course. Has anyone already completed KFT1? If so what was that like?

NOLAJ

WGUGeekGirl wrote: »

Wow, this is the first time I've heard about having to partner up with anyone for any WGU course. Has anyone already completed KFT1? If so what was that like?

Nope. KFT1 is not part of my curriculum. Does WGU select a partner for you or do you have to pick your own?

Hypntick

Tech writing done, didn't think it'd be so fast. Updating the paper to cover capstone right now. However I still need the course added to my AAV.

WGUGeekGirl

Hypntick wrote: »

Tech writing done, didn't think it'd be so fast. Updating the paper to cover capstone right now. However I still need the course added to my AAV.

Congrats!

Hypntick

Capstone submitted, also submitted scheduling for GAC1, will give me 2 weeks to study for that. With my pre-assessment scores hitting around 62%, I feel this is enough time. Here's hoping my capstone is good the first time around. My goal of finishing by July is well within reach at this point. Getting a little giddy.

jmasterj206

Anyone have any good pointers on KFT1 for Task 4? Java for Programmers has helped, but not enough. I seriously think this one is going to keep me from ever graduating.

demonfurbie

jmasterj206 wrote: »

Anyone have any good pointers on KFT1 for Task 4? Java for Programmers has helped, but not enough. I seriously think this one is going to keep me from ever graduating.

what part ya having trouble with

Psoasman

There was a long post on the WGU IT community about this course. I've been copying all the little posts and observations for future use for this course.

Psoasman

damonhaastrup wrote: »

Hi...please every one i need your help/idea. i am an experience A+ guy, i want to have a degree but i dont want to study a 4yr or 3yr degree course in the uni.. I want am thinking of studying MCITP and progress to get a degree for a yr in the yr..pls what do u think..how else do u think i can get a degree with MCITP or what proffesional certificate do you suggest in getting a degree. URGENT RESPONSE.i am trying to make a decision

I've noticed that this is your 6th identical post all over the site. If you don't want to spend 3-4 years working on a degree, then your best bet is an Associate's degree. You can do that in 2 years or less, usually. WGU does offer degree programs with certifications, too.

Melika635

Tick tock..tick tock... my Capstone was finally picked up by an evaluator! (Cancel Submission button is gone!) Here we gooooo....

Hypntick

Melika635 wrote: »

Tick tock..tick tock... my Capstone was finally picked up by an evaluator! (Cancel Submission button is gone!) Here we gooooo....

Thanks...you just made me take a look at mine lol. Only 26 hours since submission, I think i've got a while.

NOLAJ

What topics have you guys used for your technical writing? I'm not looking to copy anyone's idea, I'm just trying to decide which way I want to go with the paper.

Psoasman

Just got an email from WGU, looks like they are cracking down on some of the exam policies. Pre-assessments required and longer wait times between exams. I wonder if certain exams are tripping students up?

Hypntick

NOLAJ wrote: »

What topics have you guys used for your technical writing? I'm not looking to copy anyone's idea, I'm just trying to decide which way I want to go with the paper.

I used the development of a comprehensive security policy that we (my job, an MSP) can shop around to clients as a managed security service. It covered pretty much every competency that they could want on the paper and was something I was in the process of doing anyways. On a related note.....capstone is passed!

No more Taskstream! GAC1 is scheduled for next Saturday night, and the practice tests that come on the 70-680 book CD i'm hitting 70% or better without studying, i'm feeling really good right now.