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ENGL 1121 Syllabus
Course Description and Outcomes
Course Assignments
Due Dates
Grade Requirements
Course Policies
ENGL 1121: Course Policies
Class Participation
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Plagiarism
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Disabilities
Class Participation
Regular class participation is mandatory and
counts on your final grade. You participate by creating a student
homepage to introduce yourself to your classmates, by making the required
discussion postings at our D2L course site, and by submitting completed assignments on time.
On-line students
are expected to post a student homepage and to contribute to class
discussion weekly by posting your comments and questions to the
online class discussion at our D2L course site. If you do not post weekly
to the class discussion, you will not receive credit for completing the
current project assignment. This is not an electronic correspondence
course. Interaction with other writers and readers is an essential part
of the learning process. You will practice reading, writing, and thinking
collaboratively as well as individually.
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Conferences
I will be available for conferences with you
during office hours and by appointment throughout the semester. Please
talk with me about your ideas, about comments you don't understand, or
about problems you're having with learning in this class. You should conference
with me about your writing at least once during the course--probably around
midterm. We can conference in person, in our D2L chat room, by telephone,
or by e-mail.
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E-Mail Guidelines
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All online students are required to activate their METNET
student email accounts. For instructions on how to do this, go to
http://www.anokaramsey.edu/it/emailmetnet.cfm. All course email will be
sent to/from these METNET accounts. Please put the course number with the
section number in the SUBJECT line of the email message, e.g., ENGL 1121.30 or ENGL 1121.31.
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You may also send messages to me and to each other by using
the PAGER at our D2L course site. Click on the PAGER button in the
button in the upper right corner of your D2L screen. If you do not see the
button there, then go to CLASSLIST and click on the name of the person to whom
you want to send a page.
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I will attempt to answer all pages and e-mail within
24 hours on weekdays and 48 hours on weekends. I will log in regularly
during posted office hours and chat sessions.
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The online class discussions are asynchronous.
There is also a class chat room; meeting times will be posted on the D2L
Course Home Page. You are not required to participate at the posted
times, but I do expect you to read all postings to the class discussion page and post
your comments weekly.
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Postings to the class discussion and chats
are informal and spontaneous. Although your writing should conform to the
rules of netiquette,
you do not have to be concerned with forming your thoughts into complete,
grammatically perfect sentences. In other words, substance, not form, is
what I'm looking for in the online discussion. However, please
avoid text messaging acronyms (e.g., lol, btw ...) and do follow
conventions for correct capitalization.
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Due Dates 
Due dates for assignments are posted on the
"Grading Requirements" page in the Syllabus and in the
D2L ASSIGNMENTS DROPBOX. Use the
DROPOX
Tool at our D2L course site to submit projects. Detailed instructions
for this tool are given in HELP. I expect assignments to be
uploaded by 11:59 p.m. on the date due. DO NOT FALL BEHIND.
Fifty percent of online students fail to complete the course because they
do not submit assignments on time. Once you fall behind, it is very
difficult to catch up.
This is a FOUR-CREDIT CLASS. That
means that if you were taking this course on-campus, you would be required
to attend four hours of class per week, and you would be expected to spend
at least 8 hours a week on homework. The same is true for this online
course. You must PLAN TO SPEND AT LEAST 8 TO 12 HOURS PER WEEK ON
THIS COURSE WORK.
No late work will be
accepted.
The D2L assignment dropbox
will lock 24 hours after the due date. Work submitted after the due date,
during this 24-hour grace period, will have a 1-point late penalty. You
are expected to work steadily on assignments throughout the semester.
Procrastinating writing until the night before an assignment is due does NOT
allow time for good practice of the writing process. When you
procrastinate, you risk submitting first drafts rather than your best work.
I do not encourage procrastination. The grace period should be necessary
only in emergencies, such as computer crashes. In the event that you
do not submit an assignment before the dropbox locks, then that assignment will receive a grade of
zero or F. This may be the lowest grade that is dropped on the chapter 1-5
assignments.
December 2, 2009, is the last
day to withdraw with a grade of W. Students
who are behind in course work on this date are advised to withdraw. All course work must be completed and turned
in by 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
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Plagiarism
You commit plagiarism when you present the
work or ideas of someone else as your own. Plagiarism is theft. It is illegal.
This is why it is so important to cite your sources accurately and correctly
both in the body of a paper and in the list of works cited at the end of
the paper. Neglecting to cite sources is an act of plagiarism, and the
paper will receive a grade of "F."
It is your responsibility as a student
writer to demonstrate that work presented for a grade is your own work.
Therefore, in addition to citing your sources, you are required to save
all your working drafts. You may be asked to show these to your teacher
to demonstrate your writing process and show the development of your ideas.
The research project also requires you to present a complete search file
that includes all three different types of sources: print, electronic,
and personal. When a research paper lacks these support materials (working
drafts and search file), I may assume it is not your own work, and the
project will fail. Telling me that you don't have working drafts because you
revised and replaced documents on your disk will not excuse you from this
requirement to show me your working drafts. Print out each draft or rename your
drafts and save them each as a separate computer file. I may submit your papers
to TURNITIN.COM to test your work for plagiarism. For more
information about plagiarism, please consult the "Research Resources" at Turnitin.com <http://www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.html>.
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Writing Tutors
The ARCC Academic Support Center (ASC) provides free, drop-in tutoring and
online tutoring in English. Contact the Academic Support Center as soon as you
feel you're having difficulty with an assignment. Do not wait until the end of
the semester. The ASC wants to put you in charge of your own learning through
collaboration with peer tutors. If you are frustrated or confused, you can get
clarification. If you already feel confident in your work, you can improve even
more. A tutor can provide feedback about how to clarify your ideas for a paper
and give reader-response to your working drafts. To contact an online
tutor send an email message to
arccwritingtutor@att.net.
In your email describe your
concerns or questions about the assignment and attach your working draft.
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top of this page.
Access for Students with Disabilities
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, ARCC provides an
accessible education to students with disabilities. If you have a disability,
you should contact the college's
Access Services at (763)433-1350. The disabilities coordinator will
work with you to acquire the services you need to succeed in your academic work.
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Plagiarism | Tutors | Access for Students with Disabilities
Class Participation
Regular class participation is mandatory and counts on your final grade. You participate by creating a student homepage to introduce yourself to your classmates, by making the required discussion postings at our D2L course site, and by submitting completed assignments on time.On-line students are expected to post a student homepage and to contribute to class discussion weekly by posting your comments and questions to the online class discussion at our D2L course site. If you do not post weekly to the class discussion, you will not receive credit for completing the current project assignment. This is not an electronic correspondence course. Interaction with other writers and readers is an essential part of the learning process. You will practice reading, writing, and thinking collaboratively as well as individually.
Return to the top of this page.
Conferences
I will be available for conferences with you during office hours and by appointment throughout the semester. Please talk with me about your ideas, about comments you don't understand, or about problems you're having with learning in this class. You should conference with me about your writing at least once during the course--probably around midterm. We can conference in person, in our D2L chat room, by telephone, or by e-mail.Return to the top of this page.
E-Mail Guidelines
- All online students are required to activate their METNET student email accounts. For instructions on how to do this, go to http://www.anokaramsey.edu/it/emailmetnet.cfm. All course email will be sent to/from these METNET accounts. Please put the course number with the section number in the SUBJECT line of the email message, e.g., ENGL 1121.30 or ENGL 1121.31.
- You may also send messages to me and to each other by using the PAGER at our D2L course site. Click on the PAGER button in the button in the upper right corner of your D2L screen. If you do not see the button there, then go to CLASSLIST and click on the name of the person to whom you want to send a page.
-
- I will attempt to answer all pages and e-mail within 24 hours on weekdays and 48 hours on weekends. I will log in regularly during posted office hours and chat sessions.
- The online class discussions are asynchronous. There is also a class chat room; meeting times will be posted on the D2L Course Home Page. You are not required to participate at the posted times, but I do expect you to read all postings to the class discussion page and post your comments weekly.
- Postings to the class discussion and chats are informal and spontaneous. Although your writing should conform to the rules of netiquette, you do not have to be concerned with forming your thoughts into complete, grammatically perfect sentences. In other words, substance, not form, is what I'm looking for in the online discussion. However, please avoid text messaging acronyms (e.g., lol, btw ...) and do follow conventions for correct capitalization.
Due Dates
Due dates for assignments are posted on the
"Grading Requirements" page in the Syllabus and in the
D2L ASSIGNMENTS DROPBOX. Use the
DROPOX
Tool at our D2L course site to submit projects. Detailed instructions
for this tool are given in HELP. I expect assignments to be
uploaded by 11:59 p.m. on the date due. DO NOT FALL BEHIND.
Fifty percent of online students fail to complete the course because they
do not submit assignments on time. Once you fall behind, it is very
difficult to catch up.
This is a FOUR-CREDIT CLASS. That means that if you were taking this course on-campus, you would be required to attend four hours of class per week, and you would be expected to spend at least 8 hours a week on homework. The same is true for this online course. You must PLAN TO SPEND AT LEAST 8 TO 12 HOURS PER WEEK ON THIS COURSE WORK.
No late work will be accepted. The D2L assignment dropbox will lock 24 hours after the due date. Work submitted after the due date, during this 24-hour grace period, will have a 1-point late penalty. You are expected to work steadily on assignments throughout the semester. Procrastinating writing until the night before an assignment is due does NOT allow time for good practice of the writing process. When you procrastinate, you risk submitting first drafts rather than your best work. I do not encourage procrastination. The grace period should be necessary only in emergencies, such as computer crashes. In the event that you do not submit an assignment before the dropbox locks, then that assignment will receive a grade of zero or F. This may be the lowest grade that is dropped on the chapter 1-5 assignments.
December 2, 2009, is the last day to withdraw with a grade of W. Students who are behind in course work on this date are advised to withdraw. All course work must be completed and turned in by 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
Plagiarism
You commit plagiarism when you present the work or ideas of someone else as your own. Plagiarism is theft. It is illegal. This is why it is so important to cite your sources accurately and correctly both in the body of a paper and in the list of works cited at the end of the paper. Neglecting to cite sources is an act of plagiarism, and the paper will receive a grade of "F."It is your responsibility as a student writer to demonstrate that work presented for a grade is your own work. Therefore, in addition to citing your sources, you are required to save all your working drafts. You may be asked to show these to your teacher to demonstrate your writing process and show the development of your ideas. The research project also requires you to present a complete search file that includes all three different types of sources: print, electronic, and personal. When a research paper lacks these support materials (working drafts and search file), I may assume it is not your own work, and the project will fail. Telling me that you don't have working drafts because you revised and replaced documents on your disk will not excuse you from this requirement to show me your working drafts. Print out each draft or rename your drafts and save them each as a separate computer file. I may submit your papers to TURNITIN.COM to test your work for plagiarism. For more information about plagiarism, please consult the "Research Resources" at Turnitin.com <http://www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.html>.
Writing Tutors
The ARCC Academic Support Center (ASC) provides free, drop-in tutoring and
online tutoring in English. Contact the Academic Support Center as soon as you
feel you're having difficulty with an assignment. Do not wait until the end of
the semester. The ASC wants to put you in charge of your own learning through
collaboration with peer tutors. If you are frustrated or confused, you can get
clarification. If you already feel confident in your work, you can improve even
more. A tutor can provide feedback about how to clarify your ideas for a paper
and give reader-response to your working drafts. To contact an online
tutor send an email message to
arccwritingtutor@att.net.
In your email describe your
concerns or questions about the assignment and attach your working draft.
Access for Students with Disabilities
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act and the Minnesota Human Rights Act, ARCC provides an
accessible education to students with disabilities. If you have a disability,
you should contact the college's
Access Services at (763)433-1350. The disabilities coordinator will
work with you to acquire the services you need to succeed in your academic work.
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© Copyright 2009 the WorldWide Writers' PLACE - Elizabeth A. Nist All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including downloading and printing, photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the owner.