In Order to Take This Course, You Must

COURSE TITLE

PURPOSE OF COURSE

{In this space, please introduce the course and the progression of topics it will follow. You should explain how this course fits into the course sequence as a whole, and present the basic goals of this course.}

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

In order to take this course, you must:

Have access to a computer.

Have continuous broadband Internet access.

Have the ability/permission to install plug-ins or software (e.g., Adobe Reader or Flash).

Have the ability to download and save files and documents to a computer.

Have the ability to open Microsoft files and documents (.doc, .ppt, .xls, etc.).

Have competency in the English language.

Have read the Saylor Student Handbook.

{Please add any other course prerequisites or special skills/technical requirements necessary for students to complete this course.}

COURSE INFORMATION

Welcome to {XXYYY}. Below, please find general information on this course and its requirements. {Feel free to expand as you see fit.}

Course Designer: {Optional}

Primary Resources:

Requirements for Completion:

Time Commitment:

Tips/Suggestions:

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Please make these as testable as possible.

CONTENT OUTLINE

UNIT 1: TITLE

Time Advisory: This unit should take you approximately {X} hours to complete.

Subunit 1.1: {X} hours

Subunit 1.2: {X} hours

{Etc…}

{In this space, please introduce the content presented in this unit and explain how it relates to the overall course and its progression. Highlight major goals and/or principles that students should focus on. Examples and engaging commentary are welcome.}

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

Please make these as testable as possible.

Standards Addressed (Common Core):

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2

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Reading: Saylor University: Professor John Smith’s “Reading”

Link: Saylor University: Professor John Smith’s “Reading”

Instructions: {Please not only explain what students should do when they click on the link above but also add framing notes for the resource. This is your space to engage the student, to draw attention to important principles, to relate your assigned materials to one another, and so forth. Beef this section up!}

Reading and taking notes on this text should take approximately xx minutes.

Standards Addressed (Common Core):

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2

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Web Media: Khan Academy’s “Stereoisomers, Enantiomers, Diastereomers, Constitutional Isomers, and Meso Compounds”

Link: Khan Academy’s “Stereoisomers, Enantiomers, Diastereomers, Constitutional Isomers, and Meso Compounds” (YouTube)

Instructions: Please click on the link above, and take notes as you watch the video (14 minutes). Listen to the presentation carefully two or three times until you are able to explain what diastereomers are and how to recognize a chiral molecule and a diastereomer. Note that diastereomers include cis-trans isomers, non-enetiomeric chiral compounds, and epimers.

Viewing this lecture several times and pausing to take notes should take approximately 1 hour to complete.

Standards Addressed (Common Core):

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2

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