 Good morning, everyone, and thank you very much for being here. My name is Andrej Kildad, Dean of the Faculty of Public Affairs. And thank you very much for joining us here today to learn a little bit more about how to be and what it means to be a Carleton FPA students. And to give you some insight into those issues, we have three students here to talk to you about their experiences and answer questions that you may have. So I will introduce all the students first and then turn it over to them. So first, please, I'd like to introduce Crystal, who is a fourth year Bachelor of Communication Media Studies student. Crystal is the incoming president of the Carleton University Filipino Students Association. Eddie is a third year student in the Bachelor of Media Production and Design, and he actually runs a sports blog called 613 Sports. And finally, Ben is also a third year student in the Media and Production and Design program. Ben is co-captain of the Carleton Men's Ultimate Frisbee Team. So with that in mind, I'll turn it over to Crystal. All right, hi, everyone. My name is Crystal. I'm going to talk about three points that would be helpful for you guys to know when coming to Carleton in your first year. So something that I learned in my first year that I found was interesting is that in the program of comms, Communication Media Studies, I found it interesting how there's so many paths of comms that you can pursue in the future. So for example, some paths may be like digital marketing, human resources, public relations, media law, advertising, I've done a list of journalism, broadcasting, public policy, or even game or web development. Like the possibilities are endless. That's why I really thought that comms was a really interesting program. And because it's really broad, I think it's really beneficial for especially first years to explore these different paths and to take courses in different topics or specialties just to know what you find interesting and what, oh, maybe broadcasting is something that I want to pursue in the future. And then because our program has so many electives, I think it's really great that we have all of these options and so many paths that we can go pursue in the future. Another thing that I found interesting was that our program has the co-op option. So you probably already know through high school. But yeah, it's just getting that hands-on experience within your program and to have that designation when you graduate as well. So right now I'm in my first co-op work term. I'm with Health Canada. And it's even though, despite it being a virtual environment, it's good to show that you're present and to take initiative and to try to exhaust the position as much as you can with the employer just because it is a challenge. So it's just important to, I guess, show your potential. And then another point that I wanted to bring up is my favorite extracurricular. So as Andre already mentioned, I'm the incoming president of the Filipino Student Association at Carleton. So you don't have to be Filipino to join our club. But it is encouraged that you join just like any club in general. You meet so many people. There's actually a lot of opportunities for networking as well. And it's nice to, I guess, as a Filipino, it's nice to see my culture represented on campus. And yeah, I would just still encourage you to attend or participate in club events, whether it be online or it most likely will be. Sorry about that. And then the one thing that I wish I knew when I started university was all of the available resources that are on campus. I didn't know that Kisa had free printing of 250 pages for the whole year. I figured that out halfway through my second year. And I was like, oh my gosh, I really paid money for printing. But yeah, resources like that or even the counseling services for mental health, it's really important to have that and to just self-care and just check up on yourself. And as well as the career services, which is really important for your career and developing your skill sets. And for resume writing and cover letter building, I find those resources the most helpful for me when I thought I wish I knew when I started university. And with that, I can pass it on to Ben and Eddie for their session. Yeah, so my name's Eddie, and I'm a media production and design third year. And really the first thing you should know about media production design is that it's such an interesting new program, basically, only three years of it. It basically takes all forms of media creation. Not three years of it, but there's only been three years. There's only been three years of it. But it takes all forms of media production of journalism or photography or even just drawing and brings them all together as a new kind of narrative. So in the first year, what you're going to do, you're going to end up actually, I don't know, how with COVID, but you will be ending up working with the Natural Museum of History using the nature in Ottawa, working with stuff like augmented reality. And that's the journalism side. So you're going to learn about how different kinds of medias, pictures, and even writing plays a part in this new kind of world. And that's why we're going to learn some computer stuff. We're going to learn how to create a website through HTML, which is pretty fun, actually. So you're going to be a lot of people with different kinds of backgrounds. What I noticed really fast was that there are people who are good at drawing, photography, writing. And we all came together as one to help each other. And it's been really, really fun. And as for extracurriculars, obviously, try to do as many clubs. But for sure, if you're heading to this, you have some kind of hobby related to creation, anything, music. Try to see if you can link up what you learn in the program into what your hobby is. So for example, me, I liked writing. And I created a blog in 2017. And once I got into this program, I was able to increase the volume more by learning how to make my website look nicer or learning how to write better or learning how to use graphs or pictures. So if you're able to connect what you learn with something that you like, you can have so many career options moving up. And one thing I wish I knew, heading into university, was how much free time you actually have. Compared to high school, where your whole day is just basically classes. In university, your schedule is all over the place. You could have some days we're in class all day, and some days you have one class. So finding time to make sure you do your work, but also have some fun, have free time. You're in university, try different things. You don't have to do work all the time. And you're going to have a lot of time to do both. So just make sure you find that balance and learn how to work. And university would be the best place for you. I'm Ben. Cool. Yeah, I'm Ben. I'm also third year in media production. Going into the program, there are a couple of things that I wish I had understood about it before going into it. And they're not things that made it difficult or hard, but just it would have been nice to know. Especially just outside the program, I'm doing a minor in film studies. I didn't know really much about how minors worked at Carleton. And with media production, I'm not sure how many of the students in here are in media production. But if you are looking into things like minors, our program has 12 required credits, and most minors require four. So if you're looking for doing a double minor, which I know a lot of journalism and comm students do, that's something you need to look into pretty much as soon as you start, because minors will take up four credits and 20 credits is the amount of courses you have during four years unless you take extra. So it's difficult to take a double minor if you come into that late. But yeah, so Eddie mentioned some of the things we do in first year in the program. It's such a diverse program in itself. There are so many different things we learn. In second year, we go from web design in the programming to focusing more on data analysis and data presentation. And you learn a lot about how to use data and graphs to tell stories as well as learning how to make sure you aren't being as much like showing any bias in what you're presenting in your writing or studies. And we went from working with the Natural History Museum to doing projects for the National Art Center across from the Parliament building. And each group in our program got to select a piece of art or just a piece of it. It's very obscure things that they have presented there, but we all had to create a project based on that. And yeah, at Carleton, obviously, there's many, many things that students do and use the skills that we learn in our program for clubs. We have two students who do the illustrations and drawings for the Charlton newspaper. And they're very talented artists and I've worked with them on projects. And they've been amazing. And just so many different skills that students have are used all over Carleton, not just in our program. Students create, there are graphic designers who create logos and jerseys for teams on campus. And then outside of that, we have students who have already created their own businesses. There's media freelancers that have started business this summer, as Eddie has his blog and works with. What is it, Eddie? What's the soccer team in Ottawa that you work with? Aletico Ottawa. Aletico Ottawa. And yeah, it's a very small program. So getting to know everybody is very, it's a lot easier than, say, I don't know, comms has a lot more students. And you're not in as much of a confined space with just a few people. But yeah, it's a great program to utilize the different skills that everybody has because everyone comes into it for a different reason. And yeah, that's all I have to say. Yeah, but I'm a group chat. Try to make a group chat and get to know people. Because I know it's going to be harder with online. But if you get to know them, you can actually make a lot of your friends. And they can help you with different stuff. You'll never know when. Yeah. I think that's all from us. Fantastic. Thank you guys so much. I really appreciate it. For everybody who's hearing me talk right now, my name is Stephanie. I'm the event assistant for the Faculty of Public Affairs and the Office of the Dean. I was the one sending you all the emails with regards to registration and things like that. I will also be sending you an email for your feedback and with the link to the recording of this session. So if it cut out or you missed something or if we have questions at the end that we can't get to, then we'll be able to look at that script and answer those questions with the email. OK, without further ado, we are going to enter our question and answer section. So anybody who would like to ask a question can write it in the chat function. I will read it out. And one of our ambassadors will answer the question. You can ask all the ambassadors or you can single out an ambassador based on what they said in their experiences or based on their program. So just to recap, Crystal is in communications and Ben and Eddie are in media production and design. I'd like to also mention that you please keep the questions to experiences and what you think about transitioning to university. Any questions about getting into specific courses or what courses would fit you best would be good for an academic advisor. Everybody's experiences are different for university. So definitely utilize your academic advisors on campus. You can find them based on going to the Carleton website and being able to go from there to look at online appointments with them. All right, so in the chat right now, we don't have any questions. However, we did have some questions in a previous session that I feel were good for everybody to know. So I'm going to ask a couple of questions to start it off to all of our ambassadors here today. So how do you find the workload in person versus online? I mean, I can take it from my experience doing summer courses this year and comparing it to how it felt just during the semester and how that was and the end of second semester. It's, for me, it really depends on the environment I create for myself. Going into class is very similar to what you're used to in high school, not in the timing, but you're in class. You're doing your work there. That's how it works. And then when you're home, it's just I find it really important that you create an environment that allows you to feel like you're in a place where you need to get work done. For instance, when I had to go home to my family home back in Niagara and I felt it was very difficult for me to get anything done unless I was closed off in a room by myself. And now that I'm back in Ottawa, I feel like I have my own space that I can get work done. So as long as you have the ability to create that environment for yourself, it's doable. And the workload isn't too much. But it's very, very, you have to work on managing it a lot more than you do when it's going into class. Yeah, for online, I would say it's kind of the workload kind of user to go into class. Because you have transportation and actually sitting in class. We're just actually doing the work you're given and stuff. Like Ben says, though, you need to find a place where you can actually do it. Because it's very easy to still lay it off. Because it might seem easy. But once you start doing it, like, all right, I might need to put some time. So you just put enough time every day. You'll have the rest of the day to do whatever you want, basically. Yeah, and then just to build on Ben and Eddie, it's just really important to, I guess, have a set schedule. I guess you'll have to, yeah. I guess for me, I usually like working in the library, like the fifth floor, the silent floor. So I need to be closed off in a room by myself with my laptop just focused. And then I have my set schedules of, OK, I'll do work from this time to this time. And then I'll take a break. It's really important to take breaks, too. You don't want to stress yourself out or just overwhelm yourself with all the things that you have to do. So it's just really important to, again, take care of yourself, too. And self-care is really important, as well. Go ahead, Ben. I just haven't mentioned that. I don't know how to answer the question, but I think Crystal might not answer the question. The question in the chat? So for those who can't see the chat, just in case, Moon is asking, other than communicator position in government jobs, would you give me more ideas which part of government job I can do after graduating? Begins slash communication and media. Is that like a double major? Like begins and comes? There is a world communication specialization within Begins. We've had a few students coming out of the Begins program last year who kind of did those types of issues. So somebody now working, for example, for Heritage Canada. There's somebody working in indigenous relations, doing both research and some more communication stuff. And of course, there are other people who are more tied close to what foreign affairs is doing. And so those are the kind of the basic areas where people in government, where some Begins students have found employment in government after the degree over the last few years. Yeah, I didn't know. But I know that, well, from my experience, I'm working with Health Canada right now. So it is related to communication specifically, but the work that you're doing can definitely transfer the skills that you've been developing throughout your undergrad. And you can easily transfer those skills into that department. I know some of my friends, they work in, I think, yeah, what Andre mentioned, as well as immigration and policy. There's also public affairs, HR as well. There's so many different departments and branches within those departments that would probably best fit the intertwined well with Begins and communication and media studies. And QSA, yeah, QSA means the, oh, sorry. That was me, sorry. In one of your session experiences, I think it was actually Crystal, you said QSA about the printing of the pages. And just in case some of you don't know that acronym, QSA does mean Carleton University Students Association. So you could find them on the web. And if slash when, we're all on campus. They're on the fourth floor at the university center. And also, if we when we're back on campus, Crystal also mentioned that the fifth floor of the university is a quiet floor. For those of you who want that bit of insight and a quiet place to study, that is the place to be. Oh, sorry. It's the fifth floor of the library. Oh, did I say university center? Yeah. I meant the library. Thank you. It's a really nice floor. Lots of sunlight. Oh, yes. All right, so we don't have any more questions in the chat. But I do have another one for you guys. What are the differences between a lecture, tutorial, and discussion class? For us, in MPAD, we have our lectures and tutorials, which are normally combined into a 3 and 1 half hour of class with a little break in the middle. So the lectures are where we'll have the prof at the front of the class and they'll be going through their slideshow or whatever content they have for us at that point. And you learn. And then you take a little break. And then the tutorials are when we do the hands-on things based on what we were taught, because our program is so applicable to them hands-on with most of what we're learning, we do a lot more tutorials than lectures for our programming courses. Most of what we have is going through code and going through our content with the prof as he's teaching us. So it's strange for our program because our lectures aren't really, we don't really have lectures. It's almost all tutorial-based. We're learning hands-on as we're learning the content right away. And discussion groups, we don't have discussion groups for courses in our program, but for electives and most other courses, like for anything I'm doing with my minor, discussion groups are separate classes that are normally shorter with less students where you can have one-on-one interaction with the TA and talk about things that you learned in the class that week. And I find those actually probably are the most helpful to learning. They reinforce the important things that the prof goes over in the lecture. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, lectures usually are like, you're taking electives, like business or film. You'll notice that lecturers are in big lecture halls with a lot of people there. And it's just really you listening to the prof and taking notes versus tutorials which is more hands-on. You can actually talk to the prof, they can come help you. So for media production, like Ben said, because we're such a small program, most of our lectures turn into tutorials because we can just ask a question and we can actually apply, especially with the computer part where we do have a lecture where the prof teaching us coding and tutorial, we actually get to practice it and the prof can come and help us. You can talk to your friends or try to figure out. So tutorials are a lot more beneficial, I feel, for hands-on. But lectures are more for the theory kind of lessons where you just take notes and have to memorize stuff. For comms, the lectures, I would say you get more of them in your first two years. And then going in, well, I'm going into my fourth year. But once I hit third year, most of my courses, they became tutorials, just smaller classes, which I prefer because that way you'll be able to interact more with the prof and with your other classmates. There's more, I guess, activities. And it's just more engaging that way, whereas lectures in your first two years, you're just kind of taking notes, not as interactive because there's one prof and then more than 100 of you, all in the sitting in this giant lecture room. And then our program has more discussion groups, which are, I guess, very similar to tutorials. But I guess you guys, Ben and Eddie, have more tutorials than discussion groups. We mainly have discussion groups where there are smaller groups where we basically go over the lecture content. So usually it's the lecture first. And then the discussion group is either right after the lecture. Or it depends which times you choose your discussion group for. And then, yeah, I think it's like 15 minutes, a small group of students in your program. And then you'll be able to go over the lecture content in case you miss something or if you want to seek any clarification on the content. So it's really helpful, especially in your first few years of the program. And Stephanie, is it OK that I answered the question? So Abigail is asking, Crystal, what are exams like for communications and media? Yeah, so I guess this is similar to what I said about the first and second year of comms. Like it's very, I guess, theoretical. It's very, I guess, content heavy. So the exams are mostly multiple choice. You do get your short answer, long answer. But I feel like as you go into your second and third year, it gets more open-ended. You'll be able to elaborate more on the short answers and short answers, long answers, and essay questions. You'll be able to score more points that way by further elaborating your points. Whereas in first year, a lot of the exams were just multiple choice. There was no room to elaborate and explain your ideas. So personally, I find that a lot easier to write more, just because once you have it in your head and you've studied, you've done what you can. And then once you have it in your head and it's time for the exam, it all spills out. So I find that really, yeah, I guess, yeah, it's just personal preference, but I enjoy the upper year courses more, but definitely the first and second year courses are fundamental to build upon that. Thank you, Crystal. I also have a question from Luca. So most of the comms courses will be online in fall 2020 due to current situation. Yes, all of them will be. All courses on campus are to be online last that I heard and knew. So that actually leads into my next question for the ambassadors. And that is what is the best way to contact a professor and to have communications with them in the online environment and with time zones in the back of your mind? Well, they normally set times that they have for office hours where it's really confusing because what are office hours when you're not going into their office? But that's when they set times where you know that they'll be available if you need to email them. But from my experience, most profs, all the profs that I've had for online courses have just been totally fine with you sending them email saying, hey, can we talk at some point tomorrow about this project? Can you just give them a little brief explanation of what you want to talk about? And most of them will find 15, 30 minutes during their day where they'll be able to talk to you or just send them an email during their office hours and they get back to you as soon as possible. Yeah, from my experience, professors really answer emails really quickly. Like whenever we've had questions or projects, we just email them and usually within like 30 minutes an hour they have an answer. And if we need to talk more, you can like bence their schedule like an online meeting through Zoom or something and you can discuss. So it's really easy. They're really easy people to talk to and they can really help you. It's honestly easier now that we're online to talk to them. And always remember that professors are people. They're there to help you. They don't mind answering questions. They are fantastic. I had another question in the chat. Just Oswin asked if there's any news in terms of the winter term? As far as we know, not yet, but you will receive an email when it is determined. So just remember that your emails are your best friends. That's where you're gonna get a lot of the communications about club expos, orientation and about what's going on with the current world situation and the university. I just want to add to that that we have made arrangements in the faculty of public affairs so that any student in first year in a program offered by the faculty of public affairs will be able to do their first year completely online if that's what they want. So that essentially we're already planning for winter 2021 to make sure that first year students can do the courses and complete and stay up in their program by reining online for that period. I can answer Roshani's question. So Roshani's question is what should I prepare or expect before classes begin in media production and design? So personally, because it's such a broad program, many like most of us come in with a main interest in like one or two of the four things that were being taught for the majority of the year. The way I prepare myself is I didn't know anything about programming whatsoever before coming into the program. So I learned and got just a basic understanding for what we were learning HTML, which is just web design. So I didn't teach myself how to do web design, but I taught myself how like just kind of the general idea of what coding is, because I really did not know. But if you do know coding, obviously don't do that. I'd say the main thing is just be ready to do a couple of things that you weren't or that you don't really know or didn't exactly expect from exactly what you're learning because it's so broad and you're learning so many different things in the first semester, especially that it's just got to be open to a very wide array of things. And there is, Eddie, there isn't animation, I don't believe. Yeah, there's IMD in first year where you learn like some general ideas about character design and story design in games and things like that. But no, we don't actually learn how to animate 3D characters or anything like that. No, yeah, basically come in with an open mind because you're gonna be doing anything you could think of really related to media production. We ended up doing augmented reality, none of us knew what to do, but it was fun. You end up writing, you're coding. So anything you think, like Ben said, you probably have like a main thing you wanna do. I was coming in like, I wanna do writing. And now I'm like, you know, like video creations from the I learned now and this is something pretty cool. So just have an open mind and just have fun trying new things. Perfect. So actually the next question to chat was basically answered in that first question. So Victor asked, is there any course that teaches animation? And Ben said not currently, but you could talk to an academic advisor and see what- There are courses we have with the IMD program in first year where you learn basics, but the IMD program is the one that students actually do learn about animation. There you go. I hope that helps Victor. So Abigail has another question for Crystal. So were the multiple choice exams in first year the ones where all the responses are somewhat correct and you have to choose the best answer, just like similar to the AP classes in high school or are they not that tough? Also what are you looking to do after you graduate from college? Yeah, so with the multiple choice exams you will have those answers where it's like, oh, B and C, A and D, none of the above. So it's really important to build your confidence and to be confident in your answers, especially in, I think my second year it was communication theory course. It was really tough, not gonna lie. We had, what is it, I think every like two, three weeks we had like a quiz and then, yeah, they were all multiple choice and then our prof, like, yeah, we had options like those and it was really, really tough, but it's, yeah, it's important to know what you're studying, see clarification when you need it, go to your prof's office hours, they will help so much. Like I don't know how I would have, what the result would have been if I wouldn't have like asked all those questions and it's also good to ask questions, like no matter like how many questions, like I'm one of those people who just boom, boom, boom, like I think that's really important to just be confident in knowing your content material. And for the second question that you had, what am I looking to do after I graduate? I'm really interested in like digital marketing. I'm really interested in wanting to like help a company like grow. And just to, I'm really interested in like the, I guess like the background work of how, I guess like clients or like consumers, like engage with the websites, like for example, if it's like a service, like how many people like engaged with or like clicked on certain things where these people are accessing the website from, like I'm really interested in like, like the Google analytics, like the AdWords, digital marketing stuff like that. So I guess that's something that I'm, yeah, I'm wanting to pursue in the future. You have to talk about a task space. The best strategy really is study with other people because everyone has different perspectives of the lessons and that they have different ideas. So if you study people, you can all put together your ideas and usually if you study the tasks, some of it will be difficult, but you'll do fine on tasks because the notes are all spaced off lectures. So if you study a lot of people, you're gonna get a lot of ideas and you can all make a study sheet and it will really help you. Fantastic, thank you so much. So in the chat, we had a question that was answered by the Dean also in the chat. So Kelsey asked, can you have a minor of film studies while studying global international studies? And the Dean has answered, yes, it is possible to do a minor in film studies while studying in global and international studies program. Kelsey has also asked after that how she's able to do that because she tried and it didn't seem to work. So that can happen as well. So the Dean has also written, you can only enroll in the minor once you've started your program. You cannot apply for admission to a minor from high school. So once you're in the program, say partway through your first year, you can talk to an academic advisor and get into the film studies minor. So this is due to the fact that in order to get to a minor, you have to have a certain CGPA at the university and you can't have a CGPA until you have grades. So partway through, halfway through your first year, that first semester you will have grades. So just to give a reason behind that. From my experience, because I am doing a film minor, I'm not in global international studies, but I knew I wanted to do a film minor. So if you take film 1001 in your first semester, if you can, that's what I would say to do. And then you can take second year film courses in your second semester and applying for a minor super simply, just like change program elements or something on Carlton Central. It's just like a couple of clicks and you apply. And I went, I did it. They came back with a response within a day or two. Yes. You done? Yeah, that's it. Yeah, so for whatever minor you wanna do, you can always look up the list of courses you need to take. So even if you have to wait till your grades come in to officially apply for the minor, if you take those classes right away, once you apply for minor, it'll count. So if you're wanna be in film studies, if you take film studies right away, once you do apply for the minor, that film studies credit will count for your thing. Yeah. Fantastic, thank you both. All right, so we do have about six minutes left. There are no questions in the chat right now, but I do have another question. We probably have enough time for one or two medium questions left. So with regards to textbooks, how will I know what textbook I need and do I need a soft copy, hard copy or both? Well, I can't remember what the site's called, but there is a like your syllabus will tell you what textbooks you need when the syllabus is released for your course. And then honestly, it's up to you what kind of textbook you want. If you can find an online copy or digital copy, which is normally a lot cheaper, and you're fine with that, go for it if you want a hard copy and wanna spend money on that, then go for it, it's just as long as you have it and you're able to read it, it's all you really need. And yeah, it'll say in the syllabus for what you need to purchase. I think the website, is it called, is it Slug Books? Is that it? I have no idea. I'll just look at the syllabus and then look up the textbook. Okay, okay. Yeah, cause I think Slug Books is like a cheaper alternative that you can find textbooks on cause textbooks can be really expensive. But what I do, or what I am glad someone told me in my first year, is even like Facebook Marketplace or even like the Facebook groups for like the Carlton books, there's so many of them there. And then you'll be able, you can literally like search up like the textbook you're looking for and then the results will show up and then you'll be able to coordinate with someone, meet up on campus and then you'll be able to do the like exchange there. Also, I prefer getting like just, I mean, I don't mind using like already used textbooks just because they are cheaper and if I'm able to like read them, if I'm able to like still like extract the content from those textbooks, then that'll work like perfectly. Sometimes in the syllabus, profs will have the books, like the textbooks available on the, what is it, the library reserves desk. I'm not sure if that will be available for this. Yeah, they have curbside pickup still for that. Okay. Yeah. Okay, good. Some profs are for us and for my like elective courses. If they say, like make sure you like wait until like, if they post the syllabus like late-ish or even when they do, I would say email them and ask them what they do in regards to the readings because I've had a lot of profs and it happened in first year where I purchased textbooks and the profs just ended up posting all of the required readings from the textbooks in PDF form on CU learn. And I spent $60 on something that I just could have clicked on for free. So just ask your profs if it's mandatory to purchase it because it'll say it's a mandatory reading and it's a textbook, but they might just post it for you to read. It's still mandatory to read, but you don't need to purchase it. Mm-hmm. Also our textbooks, if you want to use ones, there is a store in your campus called Havens bookstore. Basically it's all the used textbooks, a lot cheaper than you. I just, they're still got a copy, like they're not like broke or anything, but yeah, you can get them for pretty cheap prices. And another thing with textbooks is once you're done with them, you can always sell to someone. There's always people looking for textbooks, like Facebook, Marketplace, or even friends you know who might be taking class. You can always sell it, so you won't be really losing money. Mm-hmm. Fantastic, that is all wonderful advice. Advice that I wish I knew in my first year back in the day for sure. I spent far too much on new textbooks in my first semester and then found out about the different marketplaces and everything. Just a reminder to anybody making any trades, make sure that the trade is legit, is safe and make sure you stay healthy in social distance. So another student in the chat, Oswin, asked if there's any suggestions where to find the PDFs. So we did get a few answers to that. Miranda in the chat also mentioned that some of the course materials will be posted online or through library reserves. So again, your professors will have those in the syllabus. If they've got a PDF version, they will share it. Don't you worry. And a lot of them also give you links to where to look on the library's website. You will get used to using it for sure. And once you get used to it, it's a lot easier. So don't get too intimidated by how many resources are available on there. And Ben also mentioned that if the professors send out the syllabus late-ish, that would be end of August, early September. The CU Learn courses will be opening up and you should be receiving syllabus. That was a question from yesterday as well. So he kind of answered that for me. So that's perfect. Erica in the chat, for media production and design, what kind of devices and software are needed for the program? And this is our last question of the day. First thing I know is if you have a MacBook, I'm not sure it's quite good for the programming part of the courses. I know I've had friends who had MacBooks in there. I have MacBook, yeah. Did it work? It works. It's just for programming because it's a lot simpler on Windows just in regards to the programs you have. Like notepad, like it's easier. Oh, like I don't think there's anything you need. I know that- Adobe Creative Cloud. You need Creative Cloud for second year for sure. But I know that the profs have been working with Adobe and with the school to figure out how they can get like everybody access to it during class time. I know that while we were in class there, we used, for students who didn't want to purchase it, used free trials and used school codes to access it for a short period of time. I did purchase it. I don't regret it. We don't have textbooks for our media production classes. So paying the student fee for that wasn't a big deal to me. But I know we are looking into like having the programs available for students. But other than that, you just need a computer that has access to and any computer really does have access to programming software like Notepad, which is free. I have a Mac. I used Rackets, which is also free. Anything really works. You should get an email before like a couple of weeks before it basically will tell you like all like the computer details you need to and programs you might need to download. But once school starts, if the teacher tells you to download something, that's usually when. Like we really didn't know what to download. The teacher said, all right, next week we'll be doing this. So make sure to download this program. Also for computer, we all work in computer labs. So if your laptop doesn't work or even if you don't want to use a laptop, you have computers to use to have all the programs already. And- It'll be weird this year, but hopefully. Yeah. So for this one, yeah. But you should be getting an email telling all its specifics of programs and computer specs you should need. And the school has access to everything. Like in second year, we used a lot of cameras and panoramic photo things, but they're the, I don't know if it's the journalism school or what actually runs it, but the school will give you access to almost anything you need. Fantastic. There was a few other questions within the chat about Syllabus's will be released again, end of August, beginning September. They'll be available on C-Learn. Classes will be through C-Learn and various video conferencing software like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Big Blue Button. It just depends on what the professor is using. So with those last questions, I would like to thank you all for joining us today and sticking around for those final three minutes over time. But it was very helpful for me as I hope it was very helpful for you. And I wish you all the best in your coming academic year. Great. Thank you very much everybody. Thanks for being here. See you in different ways in September. Take care.