You are in the final week of UNIV103 and ready to see the course to completion! What impact has your participation in the course had on you, and what are your next steps? Taking time to reflect on your accomplishments and challenges is a powerful learning tool. Therefore, this Discussion Board assignment gives you an opportunity to reflect on your first course experience and to create personal academic goals for your use in moving forward in your academic journey.

Think about your accomplishments, and discuss the following:

Backward Reflection

List the biggest challenge you encountered in completing this course (time management, stress, technological problems, support availability, and so on)? How did you solve for it?

Inward Reflection

What assignment are you the proudest of completing in this course?

What motivates you to do well (intrinsic or extrinsic factors)? How did you use this motivation to keep going when this course got tough?

Outward Reflection

Based on what you have learned or experienced during the course and with your classmates or your support system, what would you have done differently?

Forward Reflection

What is 1 goal you would like to set for yourself for your next course? (Make sure it is measurable; review the process for writing SMART goals in your textbook and intellipath resources from Unit 1.)

Describe at least 2 strategies or resources that were especially helpful that you would use again and recommend to others.

Pick specific strategies that you learned about in this course, from the categories of study skills, time management, task prioritization, support systems, and building resilience.

Be sure to include detailed explanations and examples in your description.