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The course, the purpose, the bouquet

After the past few posts, I realize I have everything established in terms of what I want to do and whom it is aimed towards. I would like to make a summary to have it in black and white, what I want to do. 

Who are my students: My students are freshmen to WIUT, over 1000 students who have just entered the university, graduated from a high school or lyceum. 

Their experience with LMS: I have to go from what I have heard from my students. I taught foundation level students for the past three years, where the last two were years that had exposure to online/remote learning. From my small research I have done, purely by asking, I know that most of the students have little to no experience with LMSs. They are familiar with certain platforms, such as Google Classrooms or the use of Telegram and other social media. However, only a few students talked about using any form of LMS prior to entering the university. 

My LMS of choice: I have picked Edmodo for a few reasons that I already talked about, but to mention them in a summary - students will be more familiar with a social-media-like platform, it easy to use and allows for quick communication with teachers.

Activities and Types: I and my partner are planning to have at least 10 hours of work for the students. We have a few interesting activities in mind, which I don't want to spoil until we get there, but this is the amount we are thinking of. 

This post is a small summary of the road so far. As we go further, I will describe what activities we made and why they were chosen. 

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