Capstone strategy for UNT Library Science

As the capstone, or comprehensive evaluation approaches for the first Georgia cohort of the UNT LIS program, I am doing my usual over-preparation.  As I was preparing, I thought the steps I used might be useful to others in my cohort, so here they are:

1. Reset UNT password, so it won't need to be changed in the middle of capstone.
2. Create 3 folders for each essay, with subfolders for articles or however you organize such things.
3. Create 3 blank, formatted documents for each capstone essay in those folders, with header and margins and other formatting.
4. Collect bookmarks especially for referencing during capstone.
5. Risk management: multiple places to save (email, usb drive, hard drive, etc.) and multiple places to access the internet, multiple computers that could be used. I may even run full scans with various anti-virus and anti-spyware software.
6. Consider creating accounts in most-used databases (LISTA, LISA, LLIS) for saving searches.
7. Run some test searches, to make sure you can login to netlibrary and the important databases (or that you remember your login).
8. Download, review, organize and archive all of the discussions in the Capstone Blackboard site, using the create printable view feature.
9. Download, review, organize and archive all chats and resources from the Capstone Blackboard site.
10. Organize citations (in RefWorks, Zotero, etc.) from prior class work.
11. Organize readings and work from prior classes - perhaps into binders (or into folders on your computer, if you saved them electronically). Especially focus on CORE course materials (5000, 5200, 5600).
12. Plan a timeline, strategy, and location for attacking these 3 essays.