How can I improve my grade?: 10 steps to improvement

We often get the "How can I improve my grade?" questions at at grading periods. It's not that hard for the most part:

1. Submit your assignments on time.
2. Submit your participation elements early.
3. Ensure your assignments are complete.
4. Ensure your assignments meet the assignment parameters.
5. Review at the examples provided — learn from them: be inspired, but don't emulate.
6. Listen to your instructor critique: "applying feedback to improve your work" is a grading point. Get on that.
7. Listen to all of your peer-critique: absorb > synthesize > apply ...
8. Watch all of the requisite videos and read all of the relevant posts: leverage that wisdom.
9. Ensure your projects are complete, meet parameters, and are on time... Did i mention that one already?
10. Ensure your projects leverage what you've learned in your previous classes — these baseline learnings are table-stakes. We can't re-teach Type-1 in Type-3, for instance... it's a given that in Type-3, you're doing all of what you learned in Type-1 and Type-2 and building on that. Otherwise, you're literally not evolving... growing... learning... thriving.