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Discussion board assignments are due at 10:50 p.m. on either Thursday or Sunday. Responses are due at 11:50 p.m. on either Friday or Monday. Quizzes are due at 11:50 p.m. on either Thursday or Sunday. You MUST begin the quiz at least 15 minutes before its due time, or you will not be able to take it. Check the schedule for due dates of documents and exams. Participation points will be posted in the Quiz section of WebCT at midterm and the last week of class. I will always post a message to the Announcements section of the discussion board once I have finished grading documents and exams. At that time, you will be able to access your grades using the My Grades feature of WebCT. You will be able to access comments in the Quiz section. |
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The online orientation will be open on Saturday, August
25th. Check your PALS email for a welcome message and
instructions. Week One (Monday, August 27th
-- Sunday, September 2nd) Required Textbook Reading: Chapters 1 and 2 Orientation Instructions: Log
into the SAC Portal
(PALS), click My Courses, click English 2311, and take the orientation
quiz. You must receive a grade of 100% on the orientation in order to
be
allowed access to the rest of the course. If I have not received
the correct
orientation by Thursday at 9:50 p.m., you will not be able to turn in
the first assignment. Writing Assignment: Log
into the SAC Portal,
click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion
Board, and complete
a discussion board post in
response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board
post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content
on the syllabus
page under #12. In the Class Introductions section of the discussion board,
post a 100-word narrative introduction of
yourself . Tell the class your name (the one you prefer to use in
class), your major, and your reasons for taking the class. ("It's a
requirement" is NOT acceptable as a response.) You may also include any
personal information you wish to share (family, pets, hobbies, age, or
other appropriate facts). Explain how the class pertains to the type of
writing you do now at your job or
hope to do someday in a future career. You must use specific
examples to support your ideas. This counts
as attendance credit only. Quiz Assignment: Online
Quizzes 1 and 2 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide
the password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Other: I will
be holding an optional campus orientation on Tuesday, August 28th at
6:00 p.m. in Gonzales Hall 220. If you have not taken an Internet class
before, would like extra help with the orientation, or want to meet me
in person prior to the midterm, you are welcome to attend. Due Dates = Tuesday, August 28th (optional campus
orientation)
Thursday, August 30th, 10:50 p.m. (discussion
post) Sunday
Topics: Understanding the Writing Process, Writing Collaboratively Writing Assignment: Log into the SAC Portal, click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion Board, and complete a discussion board post in response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content on the syllabus page under #12. Quiz Assignment: Online Quizzes 3 and 4 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide the password in the Announcements section of the discussion board.Due Date = Sunday, September 2nd, 10:50 p.m.
(discussion
post) Week Two (Monday, September 3rd - Sunday, September 9th) NOTE: Monday, September 3rd is Labor Day.
Campus is closed and office hours are cancelled. NOTICE: If you have not completed orientation with a grade of 100% by Monday, September 3rd ( the last class day before Census Date), you will be dropped from the class on Tuesday morning. I do not file reinstatement slips for any reason. Thursday's Topics: Analyzing Your Audience and
Purpose, Researching Your Subject Writing Assignment: Log
into the SAC Portal,
click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion
Board, and complete
a discussion board post in
response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board
post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content
on the syllabus
page under #12. E-mail me privately (at
the delmorem address) by Friday, September 7th at 6:00 p.m. concerning
your
preferences for partners. You should name a specific person
or people. I will do my best to accommodate
special requests. You may also contact individuals in class to set up
your own partnerships. Research teams will be groups of three or
four.
Partners will be posted on the discussion board in
the Announcements section on Monday, September 10th during online
office. Due Date = Thursday,
September 6th, 10:50 p.m. (discussion post) Sunday's Topics: Organizing Your
Information, Communicating Persuasively Required Textbook Reading:
Chapters 7 and 8 Writing Assignment: Log into the SAC Portal, click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion Board, and complete a discussion board post in response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content on the syllabus page under #12. Quiz Assignment: Online
Quizzes 7 and 8 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide the
password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Due Dates = Sunday, September 9th, 10:50
p.m.
(discussion post) Quiz Assignment: Online
Quizzes 9 and 10 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide the
password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Due Dates = Thursday, September 13th,
10:50
p.m. (discussion post) Sunday's Topics: Effective Sentences,
Designing Documents Required Textbook Reading:
Chapters 11 and 12 Writing Assignment: Log into the SAC Portal, click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion Board, and complete a discussion board post in response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board post. Quiz Assignment: Online Quizzes 11 and 12 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide the password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Due Date = Sunday, September 16th, 10:50
p.m.
(discussion post) Week Four (Monday, September 17th -- Sunday, September 23rd)
Come to Gonzales Hall 220 on Tuesday, September 18th at 6:00
p.m.
with your student ID or a state-issued ID to take the midterm
examination. E-mail your partners and finalize your topic
choice for the Completion Report and team roles (leader, editor, and
researcher(s) for the first phase of the project). Your team leader
must
send me a private e-mail (delmorem@accd.edu
) that provides me with this information by Thursday, September 20th at
10:50
p.m.
Additionally, let me know if anyone does not communicate with other
team
members. Also, post your team's topic and assigned roles to the
discussion board under research projects. Due Dates = Tuesday, September
18th,
6:00 p.m. (midterm exam) Sunday's Topic: Creating Graphics, Writing
Instructions and Manuals Required Textbook
Reading: Chapters 13 and 19 Writing Assignment: Log into the SAC Portal, click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion Board, and complete a discussion board post in response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content on the syllabus page under #12. Quiz Assignment: Online Quizzes 13 and 19 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide the password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Due Dates = Sunday, September 23rd, 10:50
p.m.
(discussion post) Week Five (Monday, September 24th
--
Sunday, September 30th) This Week's Topics:
Proposals, Formal Reports Required Textbook Reading: Chapters
16 and 18 Writing Assignment: Log into the SAC Portal, click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion Board, and complete a discussion board post in response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content on the syllabus page under #12. The Proposal is due as an attached document to my private
address (delmorem@accd.edu ) by
Sunday night at 11:50 p.m. Each team member must contribute to the
research and writing of the Proposal. Each
team member must have his or her portion of the document to the team
leader no later than 36 hours prior to the due date; otherwise, the
team leader does not have to include the work, and the writer will
receive no credit on the assignment. Do not put any non-contributing team
member's name on the document. Quiz Assignment: Online
Quizzes 16 and 18 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide the
password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Due Dates = Thursday, September 27th,
10:50
p.m. (discussion post) Week Six (Monday, October 1st --
Sunday, October 7th) NOTICE: Friday,
October 5th at 6:00 p.m. is the
deadline to drop Flex I
classes
at SAC. Students who fail to drop and accumulate three or more missed
discussion board
assignments
will automatically fail the course.
Thursday's Topics: Creating Web Sites, Integrating Borrowed Information Required Textbook Reading: Chapter 20 Required Web Page Reading: In-Text Documentation web page linked off the course's home site. Required WebCT Student Resources Page Reading: Chapter 20. Writing Assignment: Log into the SAC Portal, click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion Board, and complete a discussion board post in response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content on the syllabus page under #12. Quiz Assignment: Online
Quiz 20 and Integrating Sources Exercise in the Quizzes section of
WebCT. I will provide the
password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Due Dates = Thursday, October 4th, 10:50
p.m.
(discussion post) Sunday's
Topic: Writing Letters, Memos, and E-Mails Writing Assignment: Log into the SAC Portal, click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion Board, and complete a discussion board post in response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content on the syllabus page under #12. The E-Mail/Letter Combination is due. Check the Discussion Board for the prompt's location. It must be an attached document sent to my private address (delmorem@accd.edu ). For this assignment, you have the option of working alone or with one or more members of your team. If you choose to work as a team, each team member must contribute to the document. Each team member must have his or her portion of the document to the team leader no later than 36 hours prior to the due date; otherwise, the team leader does not have to include the work, and the writer will receive no credit on the assignment. Please
label the assignment Document 2-- Email and Letter in the subject line
of
your email message. Name
your file Document 2 Email Letter Your Last Name (or Editor's Last
Name). (For
example, if your team's editor has the last name of Jackson, the file
name would be Document 2 Email Letter Jackson.). The team
editor should submit a copy to me and cc all team members. Quiz Assignment: Online Quiz 14 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide the password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Due Dates = Sunday, October 7th, 10:50
p.m.
(discussion post) Week Seven (Monday, October 8th -- Sunday, October 14th) Thursday's Topic: Writing Informal Reports The Progress Report is due. It must be an attached document sent to my private address (delmorem@accd.edu ). Each team member must contribute to the research and writing of the Progress Report. Each team member must have his or her portion of the document to the team leader no later than 36 hours prior to the due date; otherwise, the team leader does not have to include the work, and the writer will receive no credit on the assignment. Please
label the assignment Document 3--Progress Report in the subject line of
your email message. Name
your file Document 3 Progress Report Editor's Last Name. (For
example, if your team's editor has the last name of Bryzinski, the file
name would be Document 3 Progress Report Bryzinski.). The team
editor should submit a copy to me and cc all team members. Quiz Assignment: Online
Quiz 17 in the Quizzes section of WebCT. I will provide the
password in the Announcements section of the discussion board. Due Dates = Thursday, October 11th, 10:50
p.m. (discussion post) Sunday's Topic:
Preparing Job Application Materials Required Textbook
Reading: Chapter 15 Writing Assignment: Log into the SAC Portal, click on My Courses, click the name of the course, click on Discussion Board, and complete a discussion board post in response to your readings. Respond to someone else's discussion board post. Be sure to review the guidelines for post form and content on the syllabus page under #12. The Resume and Job Application Letter are due. Check the
Discussion Board for the prompt's location. This is an
individual assignment. Please
label the assignment Document 4 Resume and Job Application Letter in
the subject line of your email message. Name your file Document 4
Resume Job Application Your Last Name. Due Dates = Sunday, October 14th, 10:50
p.m.
(discussion post) Week Eight (Monday, October
15th
-- Thursday, October 18th) Come to Gonzales Hall 220 on Tuesday, October 16th at 6:00
p.m.
with
your student ID or a state-issued ID to take the midterm
examination. See the Discussion Board under
Announcements for details. Also, each team member will be required to submit an affidavit
that responds to questions I post on the Discussion Board concerning
the
research project. Failure to do so will result in the loss of one
letter grade on the Completion Report for those individuals (not the
entire team). This is also due on Thursday no later than 11:50 p.m. Remember that each person receives an individual grade
on this assignment. The grade reflects 60% individual
contribution to the project as a whole and 40% quality of the overall
Completion Report document. Due Dates = Tuesday, October
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Updated 8/23/07. For further information, email Dr. Dawn Elmore-McCrary at delmorem@accd.edu
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