March Blog - Online Switch Over Week

               Due to the COVID-19 Virus Seneca had to shut down all classes for a week to reduce the spread of the virus. This gave students a one week break from classes, as the school and faculty sought after ways to bring classes onto an online shared space. Of course this class was no exception. I don't personally believe that this had a large affect on this class, because so much of the content was already online on the CDOT wiki and on google.
               While there were no classes i decided to try to relearn the subject and practice a bit more. After last weeks miserable attempt at Lab 5 it was clear that I was falling a bit behind and at my current pace I woudlnnt be able to pass the class. So for the week i was studying and doing the labs from scratch on my own so I can get a better understanding of the course material. I am planning on making a final blog post at the end of class that talks about this, and you would be able to find all completed labs in the blog. Aside from this there was'nt much else that happened during this week except for relaxation.

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