Skills Labs

Skills Labs are self-paced, and you have many options to complete the 4 Skills Labs to earn credit in the Skills 232 course.  You can choose what you want to learn and how you want to learn it!

The Skills Lab Sheet is a handout that guides you through the lab topics.

Submit your four labs on CATALYSTby the deadline, usually Friday of Week 8, 11:55 pm.

Types of Skills Labs include:

• Skills Workshops
• Skills Books
• Internet Videos
• Internet Workshops
• Learning Strategies (by Subject)
• Textbook Activities (by Subject)

Lab Requirements:

• Four (4) labs are required by the lab deadline, usually Friday of Week 8 at 11:55 pm (see current Course Syllabus for exact due dates).  Each lab takes about one hour to complete. 

• Label each Skills Lab with the type of lab (i.e. Internet Video) and topic of lab (i.e. Textbook Reading).  See the Skills Lab Sheet for information.

• Each lab requires one page of Notes:
  • Outline form, follow the Cornell note-taking method, or a bullet-pointed list of information.
  • Typed using size 12 font and single-spaced.

• Each lab requires a Journal: 
  • Short discussion (200 - 250 words minimum) about how you will use the information from the lab activity to enhance your college or career experience. 
  • Typed using size 12 font, and single-spaced or double-spaced.  
    

• Lab materials are submitted through CATALYST, DeAnza's online course management system.

• Labs are graded Pass or No Pass using a scale of 100%.  75% is a Pass grade.

• Labs are graded approximately a week after the ProPoint deadline (end of Week 6) and approximately a week after the Skills Lab deadline (end of Week 8).

• Lab Credit is documented in your Catalyst SKILLS course Gradebook.

 Study Skills Inventory

It is recommended that you refer to the results of the Study Skills Inventory completed during the Online Orientation to focus on a specific area or topic that may enhance your academic success. Skills Labs include Goal Setting & Motivation, Time Management, Note Taking, Test Taking Anxiety, Textbook Reading, and many more.  Please refer to the Skills Lab Sheet for more details.

Computer Lab:

Students registered in a SKILLS course may use the Academic Skills Center during office hours to read a book or complete the online orientation and labs in a quiet study area. Students can complete online work from any location with Internet access. Printing is not available in the Skills Center computer lab.