How to get the most out of the same time spent for the course and maximize the quality/grade?

You online attendance is automatically registered. You are required to log in at least once a day to see if there is any need in your reaction or something new and important has been posted  (like help materials and messages regarding the quiz, etc.). The most important parts where you get a lot of explanations saving your thinking time and enhancing the quality of your work can be found in Q&A forums – read them all as I assume that you did it, see the posts of the leading students doing the early work to which I usually comment if there is a way of improving the post. Read the News forum (if there is anything new – since MOST important messages will be posted there). A good way of keeping track of ALL my posts and responses (except of the blog) is to follow the method shown in Q&AW1P1 “How do I keep track of the professor's comments and replies?” Checking the bottom-right pane of the Moodle page for new posts is an easy way to follow the blog changes from the same Moodle page.