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Quick start guide for FINA150

Quick start guide for FINA150 – Economics and Personal Finance

After getting registered for the course, students should

  1. Read the course syllabus, welcome letter, and watch introductory video.
  2. It will take 2-3 days from registering until you receive your login credentials. You will receive and email from IT (like this) with instructions sent to your personal email. Please keep an eye on your spam folder.
    1. If you have not received an email with 4 business days, please call or email helpdesk at 434-395-4357 or helpdesk@longwood.edu. The help desk is NOT OPEN on weekends!!!!
  3. You may start viewing course material located at com. You may watch video lectures, lecture PowerPoints, and take practice quizzes.
  4. Once you have your email and CANVAS login credentials, you may start taking graded assignments. Additional course information can be found on CANVAS
  5. The course is divided into 23 modules, 9 in economics and 14 in personal finance. These modules are broken up into 3 sections (3 exams).
  6. For each module, student should
    1. Read assigned material and watch lecture video.
    2. Take practice quiz, which is located at end of each module and can be taken multiple times (these practice quizzes on drbenniewaller.com are NOT graded). Review any material which posed difficulty including re-reading the material, re-watching lecture video, and asking for help from the professor.
    3. Take graded quiz which is in CANVAS. Again, review any material which posed difficulty including re-reading the material, re-watching lecture video, and asking for help from the professor.
    4. After completion of all modules in each section, take the exam in CANVAS.

Remember that students may work ahead to complete assignments but may not complete any assignments are the due date.  No Exceptions!!!

I realize that taking a college course is new to you all, as such, you may not know fully what to expect.  If you are not ready to tackle a college level course, it is completely understandable as expectations at the college level are significantly different than in high school.  One such difference is that the student must communicate with the faculty and NOT the parents.  This is a course offered by a 4-year college and taught by university professors with PhDs, not a junior college course taught at the high school.  As such, you are expected to read and follow instructions and take initiative to solve your problem before sending an email.