Student interaction enables students to communicate with one another and with their professor to create class discussion and participation.
Students earn points by initiating or participating in discussions regarding readings, related web sites, or any other anthropological information.
Students must earn 100 total points in interaction for full credit. Points can be earned through message board participation only, or a combination of message boards and chat rooms. Each message board participation is worth four points, each chat participation is worth eight points. A bonus 20 points are available after the entire 100 required points has been earned.
Please read the ENTIRE post below before you email me with questions. I promise if you keep reading the message board, chat room, and bonus point questions will be answered. If you can't chat DON'T PANIC its an option for you to communicate with each other in real time to study or help with papers. You can earn ALL your required and bonus points from just the message board.
How the Message Board Works:
- The first week the student will click on the message board link and log onto the black board message board
- Students who are properly enrolled on time for the course will automatically be assigned a logon and password. Your log on and password are the same as the wingspan log on. If you join the class late, or are rolled out of the class due to non-payment you will be added after that but it takes usually 24 hours. If you are not seeing the message board on blackboard after 48 hours contact the de office and your professor. Office - online@citruscollege.edu -
- Please note we use Blackboard for the message board ONLY all other things are on this website, in your books, and over email. Your homework is sent to me over email.
- The professor will provide different discussion folders for particular topics. You can initiate discussion in one of the of the folders, or respond to a posted message
- Please note that if you do not choose to participate in the class with discussion it will significantly lower your grade and you cannot earn an "A" no matter how well you do on the other assignments. It can also cause you to FAIL yes FAIL the class if your other homework averaged together is lower than a B. Also note that the message board is the primary way the professor communicates with the students
How the Chat Room Works:
Chats are for students to have an opportunity to chat with each other in real time. You are welcome to study together, help each other with homework, bounce ideas off of each other for papers etc. Do NOT copy each other but certainly you are welcome to help each other. Tapped in sends you an archive of your chat. That is your proof to me that you did the work. If you are in chat for at least 1/2 an hour and are participating fully (not just lurking) and you are chatting about anthropology I will give everyone who participated 8 points. Yes double the points of the message board! I may also hold a couple of chats over the semester to help with some of the harder concepts. Remember chat is optional it is ok if you can't do it.
We will be using a free program called "tapped in". You will need to register and obtain a user name and password in order to participate in chat.
- Go to www.tappedin.org
- On the left hand side of the screen you will see a member sign in and guest sign in, above that is "sign up for free membership" fill everything out and they will send you a log on and password to your email
- When it is time for chat go to the main page www.tappedin.org and sign in with your user name and password. I will put a spot up on the message board where you can ask and confirm chats with fellow students.
- Click the "search" tab in the upper right hand side of the screen and then click "groups" third from the left on the second level (its purple)
- Type in the name "MaiaCitrus" and hit the find it button and it will take you to the room.
After the first time you enter chat you should be able to find it by going to the small window underneath the four tabs on the right hand side, if you click the little arrow down it should have saved the chat window you were in last time and take you there.
How You are Graded:
- All students receive four points per message board interaction so you need to post at least 2 times per week to get full credit plus bonus. Students who do not earn 100 points in participation will be severely affected in their final grades. Without full participation a grade can go down an entire letter, i.e. an A to a B.
- Students will NOT be graded on postings that says things like "I agree" or "I disagree", it must be discussion
- Students will not receive points for unrelated topics it must somehow be related to anthropology. This is however a very broad area and can apply to many things
- Students will also not receive points for distasteful or offensive subject matter If distasteful matter is brought up the student will be warned in private by the professor, if it continues the student will be removed from the message board and all previously earned participation points will be taken away. This includes being RESPECTFUL. We are going to be discussing some things that not everyone will agree on. Remember that everyone is entitled to their opinion and you are not entitled to oppress them about it.
- Students will not receive credit if all discussion is lumped together at the end. All participations must be spread over the semester
THIS IS MY LAST WARNING! YOU MUST DO ALL YOUR INTERACTION OR YOUR GRADE WILL SUFFER GREATLY. I WARN AND I WARN AND YET STILL STUDENTS DO NOT BELIEVE ME UNTIL THE GRADES COME OUT. I JUST HAD A STUDENT WHO RECIEVED A AND B WORK ON ALL WORK BUT ENDED UP WITH A C FOR THE CLASS LAST SEMESTER BECUASE THEY CHOSE NOT TO POST ON THE BOARD. THEY THEN TRIED TO FIGHT ME FOR A HIGHER GRADE AND TRIED TO CLAIM I NEVER SAID THEY HAD TO PARTICIPATE. I SAY IT HERE, ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, ON THE SYLLABUS AND WILL SEND OUT WARNINGS AT MIDTERMS SO PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU DO YOUR POSTING OR YOU WILL GET A BAD GRADE!!!!!!! DID THE STUDENT END UP WITH A C YES THEY DID. WERE THEY BEYOND ANGRY YES THEY WERE, BUT IT WAS THEIR PROBLEM AS THEY CHOSE NOT TO LISTEN TO ME SO ARE YOU SCARED YET? DO YOU PROMISE TO POST YET? DO YOU VOW THAT IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO POST THAT YOU AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD GET A BAD GRADE BECAUSE YOU KNEW THE RISKS? IF THE ANSWER IS YES TO EVERYTHING THEN ON WE GO :)
What to Talk About:
- Students may discuss anything as it pertains to anthropology but in general there are some guidelines to follow
- Discuss concepts that appear in the chapters and how they relate to everyday life
- Attempt to draw conclusions between the chapter terms and the assigned articles
- Ask other students or the professor questions about material that the student does not fully understand
- Research and look up related web sites and present them to the class
- Discuss topical material from everyday life (newspapers, t.v., school, work etc.) as it relates to anthropology
- In the beginning the professor will throw out questions to answer, or topics to discuss, but it is ultimately up to the students to maintain discussion
BONUS POINTS!!
Students are required to earn 100 points for full credit. Any postings or chats over 100 points will be counted as bonus points. Students may earn up to 20 bonus points pre semester. Bonus points can be earned through either message board or chats.
Potential Problems and Solutions:
- I cannot log onto the message board:
-Make sure that you are using the correct log on and password
-Make sure that you are properly enrolled in the class, if you signed up late or didn't pay contact the prof immediately.
- I got on the message board but I don't know how to post
-Read the instructions on the "getting started" portion of the Citrus College website
-Email your professor with specific question
-Go to the learning center computer lab in the EDC building for computer help
PLEASE NOTE: All student interaction e-mail is public to all students please do not discuss things on the student interaction message boards or in chat room you do not want your fellow students to know
If you wish to turn in homework, papers, or communicate strictly with the professor use mcunningham@citruscollege.edu