{"id":73,"date":"2019-05-24T17:17:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T21:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=73"},"modified":"2019-08-22T18:33:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T22:33:21","slug":"course-syllabus-scavenger-hunt","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/chapter\/course-syllabus-scavenger-hunt\/","title":{"raw":"Course syllabus scavenger hunt","rendered":"Course syllabus scavenger hunt"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Suggested course level<\/h1>\r\nBoth upper and lower level undergraduate courses\r\n<h1>Activity purpose<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Students will identify important information in the course syllabus.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Materials required<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Scavenger hunt handout<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Small prizes<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Activity instructions<\/h1>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Go through your course presentation and identify 7 \u2013 10 things that you want to highlight (how to contact you, late assignment policy, etc).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Turn these into questions and put them on a handout. (Example: What\u2019s my late policy? What should I do if I\u2019m going to miss a class?)\u00a0 I make sure to have at least one question about mental health resources or resources for students who are food\/housing insecure in order to reduce the stigma around these topics.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Then, break students into groups of 5, give each one a handout and send them on a \u201cscavenger hunt\u201d through the course presentation to find the answers to the questions. You can also have them use the course learning management system to answer a question. (I like to hide an \u201cEaster egg\u201d on the front page of Moodle).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The winning team will win a small prize. The first team to get all questions right is the winner, but make sure to carry the activity on until all groups have finished.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I like to suggest that teams who are finished should help those who haven\u2019t found the answers yet. After the activity is over, go through the answers and then discuss the rest of the course presentation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h1>Debrief questions \/ activities<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Ask me 5 questions about the course presentation.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Based on the course presentation, let\u2019s identify the top 5 things students can do to be successful in the course.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1>Activity variations<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>After the scavenger hunt is over, have students stay in their groups and go through the rest of the course presentation to come up with 3 unanswered questions.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Tags: <\/strong>first day of class, ice breaker, scavenger hunt, course presentation, syllabus","rendered":"<h1>Suggested course level<\/h1>\n<p>Both upper and lower level undergraduate courses<\/p>\n<h1>Activity purpose<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Students will identify important information in the course syllabus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Materials required<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Scavenger hunt handout<\/li>\n<li>Small prizes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Activity instructions<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Go through your course presentation and identify 7 \u2013 10 things that you want to highlight (how to contact you, late assignment policy, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Turn these into questions and put them on a handout. 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