{"id":25498,"date":"2020-12-08T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=25498"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:27:40","slug":"hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2020\/hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for the best, plan for the worst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Hope for the best, plan for the worst\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Your students don\u2019t expect you to have it all figured out. They are also facing new challenges learning in the online environment, and by now, they have likely experienced some hiccups in the process. Being transparent and having solid back-up plans in place will help them \u2013 and you \u2013 feel more confident navigating the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Link-to-Twitter-Post-13-Hope-for-the-best-Plan-for-the-Worst.pdf\">infographic<\/a> for some suggestions to help you anticipate problems that may arise and be proactive to help you prevent common mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Link-to-Twitter-Post-13-Hope-for-the-best-Plan-for-the-Worst.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/Hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-worst-infogprahic-400x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of hope for the best, plan for the worst infographic\" class=\"wp-image-43141\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Click on the image for a full-size version.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your students don\u2019t expect you to have it all figured out. They are also facing new challenges learning in the online environment, and by now, they have likely experienced some hiccups in the process. Being transparent and having solid back-up plans in place will help them \u2013 and you \u2013 feel more confident navigating the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43147,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25498\/revisions\/43147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}