How To Be The Ultimate Taskstream Stalker

If you are a WGU student and you've had a performance assessment based class, odds are you are guilty of what we call Taskstream Stalking.  For those of you who don't know, Taskstream is where we send our papers and various tasks in for grading.  It can take up to 5 days for your task to be graded and those days of waiting and hoping can be tough.  Stalking becomes a solice.  

But did you know that you can have Taskstream come to you?  Instead of wasting all that time signing in and checking your status, you can set up text notification that will let you know the moment your grade is up!  I know...

So here is how to set it up...

From your WGU email account, click on the gear symbol in the upper right corner and select settings.

Click on the tab that reads "forwarding and pop/imap"

Click on "Add a forwarding address"

Type in your phone number followed by the appropriate ending below:

ATT: @txt.att.net

Boost: @myboostmobile.com

Sprint: @messaging.sprintpcs.com

TMobile: @tmomail.net

Verizon: @vtext.com

Click next

click on the "create a filter" link

In the "From" field, type "notification@taskstream.com"

In the "To" field, type your wgu email address 

Click to next step

Click "Forward it" and then click "create a filter"

Now you'll have Taskstream all over you.  No restraining order necessary.

Why Swagbucks Is Great For College Students

So far all of my posts have been about WGU but I've decided to add some basic student tips and tricks here and there to add some variety to the blog (and hopefully gain a few followers).  My first non-WGU post will be on something that has helped me considerably throughout my poor-student years...Swagbucks.

If you are not currently using Swagbucks, you are missing out on free gift cards to your favorite stores. Some of the gift cards offered include Amazon, Best Buy, Sephora, Starbucks, Target, even Paypal just to name a few.

The best part is earning gift cards is so easy, you won't even notice you're doing it.  As a student, I use a search engine several times a day.  By using the Swagbucks search engine (which I believe pulls up a google search.  I get the same results), I earn Swagbucks.  I do nothing more than what I would do anyway.

The way I earn the most Swagbucks though, is by doing my shopping through the Swagbucks "Shop" link.  Just about every store I ever shop from (seriously, I almost always find the store I want) is paired up with Swagbucks so that I earn about 3 (and up to 17!) swagbucks per dollar I spend.  Again, I am not doing anything more than my day to day online activities.  Even buying textbooks gets me swagbucks!

There are other ways to earn swagbucks as well, like following Swagbucks on Facebook and Twitter where they periodically post codes that you can enter for swagbucks.

Now, I am a makeup junkie (one of my only girly-girl traits) so I like to save up my swagbucks for Sephora gift cards which probably isn't the most frugal choice but hey, it is free makeup.  If you want to be a good college student though, you can get gift cards for Best Buy to go toward a new laptop, or Amazon for supplies, or even Starbucks for some coffee to help you pull that all-nighter.  Swagbucks is amazing and everyone should be taking advantage of free gift cards to places they love!

If you would like to start earning today, please sign up here.  Swagbucks has an awesome referral program that matches your referrals swagbucks up to 1000.  That means that while you're busy earning those gift cards, you are also helping to support my makeup habit (which I am so very thankful for).  So go do it!  You will be happy you did.  There really isn't any downside to it.

So Far...

I am completely happy and satisfied with my WGU experience!  WGU has exceeded my expectations.  I started January 1st and I have already completed three courses, on my way to a fourth.  Now, by no means am I implying that it has been easy.  I'm glad it is a challenge.  That is what I expect from a quality college.  What I do not generally expect is a school that truly cares about its students and does everything to help them succeed. WGU has been great in that way.  Everyone I have spoken to has been extremely helpful and very accommodating to me and life as a stay-at-home mom.  I love that I am able to work on my own time when my kids are asleep and I can take my exams from my own home.

Courses I have completed so far:

BCC1, QMC1, MYC1

Let me know if you have any questions about WGU.  I am more than happy to help!