COURSE CONVENTIONS AND CONTENT What does course convention mean? Course conventions are the concepts and methods with which I will be presenting the course material to you. The content is broken down into several chapters, of which many are also subdivided into several smaller sections. Every time that I start a new section or chapter, I will mention its name to you. I will be presenting you with short quizzes throughout the course. You can find these quizzes in the Follow-along PDF Manual that I will discuss with you in a while. I suggest you take a quiz and refer to the answer key afterward to gauge how well you have retained the course material. Alternately, I will be discussing the correct quiz answers during the lectures. You can choose to pause the audio, take the short quiz, and then listen for the correct answers afterward if you don’t want to use the PDF manual. The quizzes usually consist of ten questions given near the end of each chapter. As a way of recapping a chapter, I will finish each one with at least ten takeaways . These takeaways are the key points to remember from the chapter. They will help you to retain as much information as possible the concepts you need to know. I mentioned a Follow-along PDF Manual a while ago. Each AudioLearn course comes with a Follow-along PDF Manual which acts as a companion study guide. You can choose to either print out the manual to help you along, or read it in digital format. These manuals contain quizzes, your final exam, learning summaries, and some links to additional relevant information. One good thing about printing the manual is that you can also use it to write additional notes and comments. This helps some people to better retain material they have learned. I find that it works for me, at least. Simply use the format of the Follow along PDF Manual that works best for you. If you have been paying close attention, you heard me mention a final exam. Included in this course is a one hundred question final exam. Take it after you complete this course. It will help you determine just how ready you are for the actual certification test. We have done our best to assemble questions that closely match up with what you will see on your certification exam. When you complete the course, take the exam, multiple
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