 Hi, welcome to Business 210, Corporate Communication. The goal of this course is to teach you how to apply the concepts of effective communication in a business setting. This video is meant to help you understand how the course is organized and to help you start to put together your own personal study plan. First things first, make sure to pay attention to the learning outcomes at the beginning of each unit. They are going to tell you what you should know or be able to do by the end of the unit. As you work your way through this course, you'll notice that every subunit corresponds to a chapter in the textbook, Business Communication for Success. There are many videos throughout this course and they will all help to reinforce the content of the textbook. However, it's important to note that the learning outcomes in the final exam are based on the contents of the textbook, not the videos. Every resource in this course is introduced with extensive instructions. We believe that it's going to be very important that you don't just skip over these and that you give them a real good look because these introductions provide additional perspective, make connections among resources, clarify key points, and prompt extensive activities and participation in our discourse discussion forums. Make sure to take part in some, if not all of these activities. They're designed to test your knowledge and connect you with your fellow learners. And last but not least, each unit ends with an assessment. These are quizzes designed to test your knowledge of that unit's content and to prepare you for the final exam. Take the feedback from these assessments seriously. Look at your strengths and weaknesses and go back and find resources to help sure up your knowledge for the final exam. We understand that these materials may seem excessive, but that's not an accident. We understand that different people learn in different ways. So we've provided all these resources in the hopes that you'll discover the way that works best for you. We hope you've found this video informative and best of luck. If you think you're ready to start the course, you're already on the right page. If you'd like a little look at what's to come in units one through three, you can continue this video series right over here.