Super-recap exam revision
Session 5 in the course: "Seaweed physiology and ecology" In this section, I have consolidated what I call “Lecture Extra”, these are essentially pod-casts designed to help students with some of the more important concepts covered in lectures. In this course, we are focussing on the amazing world of seaweeds. We cover their amazing life histories, through to how they respond to stressors such as light, salinity and temperature. As well as venturing in to the arms races of chemical defences that can occur between seaweeds and their enemies.
You require:
- Access to lecture Powerpoints on the Bangor University Blackboard site (sorry non-Bangor students, these are not available to you, but you can see the Powerpoint in the overlay on the video).
If there are any areas that you are stuck on, I suggest you try to figure it out yourself. This is the best learning tool possible. The last resort, should be contacting someone for help, here’s why and how I do it:
- Follow instructions first, and try to achieve the end product you want. If you can’t get something to work that way, try doing it in a different way. Randomly trying things using similar tools or approaches might yield your end product, but if it doesn’t…
- Search online using particular search terms around the area you want, this might yield some tips that you can follow to achieve your end product. Great tools to use are Google, stackoverflow and particular forums relating to the software or process you’re using. Still stuck?
- Go back to 2 and try again, but this time use different search terms, i.e. more specific or vague, but keep the software you’re using in the search to try to locate a solution. If that fails, then drop the software search term and try to find a workflow from a similar program.
- Final resort, throw your hands up and either write a forum post or contact an expert to help.
You might ask why I have written the above, well, it’s for several reasons but foremost is the value that you gain from finding your own answer is that over time you will be able to use very specific searches to find workflows or solutions that directly help you achieve your end product, and you will hardly ever require anyone else’s direct assistance. This speeds up your work, and increases your self reliance.
Seaweeds re-cap and exam revision – Lecture Extra 5 in the Seaweed physiology and ecology lectures
Watch the pod-cast below (make sure you are watching in HD mode):