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Spring Online Activities - Welcome Week Plans

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Spring Online Activities - Welcome Week Plans

Welcome Week: Asynchronous Kahoot Monday, January 8 at noon – Tuesday, January 16 at noon

  1. 5-10 Questions about Northland shared via EVENTS on MyNCTC app
  2. One week to complete
  3. Use your real name (to determine winners)
  4. Top 4 scores get a Northland Game mousepad
  5. Second 4 scores get $5 gift card to Northland bookstore

 

Welcome Week: Complete D2L ORI 1001, January 8 at noon – Tuesday, January 16 at noon

  1. Go to D2L
  2. Find Fa23_ORI 1001 D2L Orientation Course
  3. Complete at least 80% of the course (estimated at 45 min to complete)
  4. Within the course
    1. Go to Assessments
    2. Select Class Progress
    3. Take a screen shot Make sure your name and completion % are visible in a single screenshot
  5. Submit the screen shot in the course D2L Orientation
    1. Select Assessments - Select Assignments - Submit in the appropriate folder
  6. 4 people who complete the task will be selected at random to win a NCTC stuffed animal

 

Welcome Week: Treasure Hunt – Website – MyNCTC – Pulse

Monday, January 8 at noon – Tuesday, January 9 at noon (times 8)

8 separate searches – one for each day

2 winners will be selected at random from the completers for a Northland item each day – Mug / T-shirt

  1. Mon-Tues, 8-9 Install MyNCTC app onto your phone – Say HELLO on Student Feed
  2. Tues-Wed, 9-10 Install Pulse app by D2L on your phone – screenshot of Northland 101
  3. Wed-Thurs, 10-11 edu – Current Students – under the Pioneers Athletics Team      Store (Scholarships is the answer) – share answer on Northland 101
  4. Thurs-Fri, 11-12 On Facebook – search for Northland Community and Technical College page – Find the post from November 21, 2023. Say what was promoted using MyNCTC – Lost and Found Chat
  5. Fri-Sat, 12-13             Using you Northland Email, send an email to Linda Samuelson…HELLO
  6. Sat-Sun, 13-14 Search for Star Alert – Sign-up and put screenshot on Northland 101
  7. Sun-Mon, 14-15 On the Current Students>Current Students Overview page, what is the section name and # where you can find Library & Resource Database? (Additional tools & resources, #12)

 

Online Synchronous Movie – Thursday – January 25 -

  1. Using CHROME browser go to https://www.teleparty.com/#show and install Teleparty
  2. A link will be shared on the MyNCTC app for the movie party – synchronous watching and chat
  3. January will be using Netflix - You must have your own personal access to Netflix??
  4. January 25, 1947 The first arcade game is patented - Thomas Goldsmith's “Cathode ray tube amusement device” is considered the ancestor of video games.
  5. Movie Options
    1. Super Mario Bros or Falling Into Your Smile on Netflix
    2. War Games (1983) on Max

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March 28, 2025 3:00 pm

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Northern Air

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