Induction New Students 24 January 2011

Induction 24.1.12 bapp

BA Honours Professional Practice (Arts): Induction January Starters

Tuesday 24^th January 2012  Trent Park Campus Mansion Building

10am             Welcome and Introduction to Middlesex University

Room 218 (10am -11am)

Introductory PowerPoint about expectations of course; important dates, academic adviser role, the use of social media, the Programme and Module Handbook and online resources such as the BAPP

Read these.

11am                         Library Visit: Introduction to IT Literacy and Library facilities

Library Reception Trent Park (with Adam Edwards and Rosie Sinden-Evans)

PowerPoint available under the Induction tab.

12 - 12:30      Lunch

Student Union

12:30-1pm    Informal questions and enrolment issues

Room M209 (12:30pm – 3pm) also Avni Shah and Gifty  Ohemeng M219

1pm                Expectations of BAPP(Arts) Programme

Brief discussion about scheduling in time for the course (6 hours per week estimated as being required)

1 - 2pm          Communication/writing exercises

·       What’s on your mind? Drawing exercise (Paula)

·      Group activities: looking at advertisements for simple visual messages

·       A brief discussion about the use of effective writing on the course, and a 5 minute writing exercise

2 - 2:30pm    Introduction to the 1^st Module (Alan Durrant)

2:30-3pm      Discussion of tasks and sample blogs

                        A brief tour of the BAPP(Arts) Libguide

3pm                End of Session