Review each assignment and think about the writing you’ve done in high school and how these assignments might look different in your college composition classes.
From personal experience, the writing I did in high school was less specific and shorter, but still often contained elements of these writing assignments. Then again, my memory can be unreliable.
it helps to take detailed notes both when in class and when you read.)
This may just be a personal issue, but I often allow my note taking to get out of hand, so it could help to occasionally check the time in case it is in short supply.
Linguist John Swales defined discourse communities as “groups that have goals and purposes and use communication to achieve their goals.” Swales uses six criteria to determine whether a specific community is, in fact, a discourse community.
All 6 of these are important to some degree, as despite how it may first seem, it would be quite difficult to shrink the definition down any further. If you take out the expert members, vocabulary on a given subject, 1+ genres, active feedback/information, intercommunication, or common goals, then the discourse community would likely struggle to stay intact.
Is the forum private so that only your instructor or only a group of classmates or only a specific classmate can see it or is it public so that everyone, all of your classmates and your instructor can see your post?
It would be wise to make sure one's private notes are made in a private group, and that one's public notes are made in a public group, as doing so may save time spent fixing such a mistake, and any confusion potentially caused from that error. Generally, double checking things is a solid habit to get into.