Andy,
You do need to do some diagnostics to see what your students already know. That helps establish the amount of information you can cover in a course and how quickly you can cover the information. Also, providing information in a variety of ways to connect with all students is important.
BTW - be careful with your spelling. . .the students will call you out on it or they will use texting language. If you don't care if they use texting language. . .that's up to you.
Thanks for your input.
