Your SME may have posted an announcement on the competency homepage with an introduction. The best way to contact your subject matter expert is to message them through the “Connect with my faculty SME” discussion thread.
Make sure to click on “Discussion” within the competency you are working on, navigate to the “Connect with my faculty SME discussion thread,” and then post there.
Here’s how to start a new competency:
- Log into your Tempo Portal: myTempo.waldenu.edu
- Next to the competency you want to begin, click on “Start Competency”
Students can start up to three competencies at a time. Once you have three open, you will need to submit an assessment in one of the competencies, and once your Tempo portal updates, will be able to submit another. The Tempo portal is updated daily with information from our learning management system.
Our program is limited to three competencies at a time so you have a better overall experience with your Subject Matter Expert (SME). Once you submit the assessment for a competency, your Tempo portal should update within 24 hours, and then you’ll have the option to start another competency.
There are three steps to complete your competency:
- Engage with your faculty subject matter expert
- Check your knowledge:
- Through the completion of pre-assessments,
- Or if you program features them, through completion of a self-assessment survey and by completing all quizzes with an 80% or higher
- Complete the assessment
For more information about the classroom, please see this tutorial.
You can meet engagement by navigating to the discussion area of your competency. Depending on your program, you will need to either post in the Competency Discussion thread or post in the “Connect with my faculty” SME thread. For more information about the classroom, please see this tutorial. For specifics about your program, reach out to your academic coach.
To be eligible to submit the assessment for a competency, you will need to:
- Engage with your faculty subject matter expert
- Check your knowledge:
- Through the completion of pre-assessments,
- Or if you program features them, through completion of a self-assessment survey and by completing all quizzes with an 80% or higher
Once you are eligible to submit the assessment, you will then need to review the assessment instructions by clicking on “Assessment,” then “Assessment Instructions.” After you have reviewed them and you are ready to submit, click on “Assessment Submission.”
You should then see a submission link available where you can upload your work.
The Tempo portal is updated daily with information from our learning management system. If you are unable to open a new competency after 9:00 AM ET the following day after your submission, please contact your academic coach.
Your Tempo Orientation is meant to be a resource that you can visit as needed. As such, it will remain in your plan. If you’d like it removed, however, you can request that by contacting your academic coach.
If you are unsuccessful on your first assessment attempt, you will need to reach out to your subject matter expert in the Discussions area of the competency to address any questions you have about the feedback you received on your first attempt and to request that they open the 2nd (or 3rd) attempt for you.
Please make sure to contact your academic coach for instructions.
You should expect to receive a grade within 72 hours.
You should contact your academic coach for assistance.
You should contact your academic coach who can un-pause the competency for you.
For information on how to view your textbooks, please see this tutorial.
There are two ways to access the Walden Library.
Once you are logged in My Tempo Portal, click on Resources tab on the navigation menu. From there you will be able to access the Walden Library.
Or, from the Brightspace menu bar, you can click on Walden Resources and from the drop down menu, select Walden Library.
Information about academic skills support, including tutoring, can be found at the Academic Skills Center.
APA resources can be found here in the Writing Center.
For how to see assessment feedback, please review the tutorial here: Instructor Feedback
Turnitin is a tool that supports students in their efforts to create original content that appropriately credits the work of others, and as well as providing helpful feedback to improve academic writing. Tempo Learning provides the opportunity for students to check their draft work before submission and requires Turnitin to be utilized as part of the Assessment submission process on each attempt.
Review thisguide on using the TII draft area of Brightspace.
For additional information on using Turnitin (TII) drafts to preview your originality report, please visit: Using Turnitin
Your TII score will reflect the percentage match between what you submitted and what is available through the TII database. If you submitted an assessment that featured a template, then everything on the template will match prior submissions. Your subject matter experts will be looking at what parts of your assessment match other sources so you shouldn’t worry if the template text is a match with prior submissions.
If other parts of your submission match, you will want to make sure you are appropriately citing your work and avoiding plagiarism. For more information about plagiarism prevention, please see the resource kit.
