Announcement posted November 17th
The semester is winding down and the class seems on track. Our final exam is coming up, but you won't need to do any extra preparation for that. The final will be much like our regular essays and you do not need to take it at the Testing Center.
Hopefully you are keeping track of your point totals and work I have received. There are a few students who have missed quite a bit of work. Please let me know if you have missed a lot of work and we can go over where you stand in the class.
Here is some old, but important information:
You receive "credit" for a full credit posting. Your credit on a "major"posting counts double. So for example, if you receive credit for a regular posting and then a major posting, you will have three credits. I will total all the credits available for the semester at the end of the year and then check your individual totals. If you have 100% of the credits you will receive the full 30 points for participation. If you have 90%, you will receive 27 points. I hope that makes sense, but feel free to send me an email if you would like more information
I give scores for the essays which you should save and total up. As the syllabus shows, the total points you earn will determine your final grade in the class. While the essays don't receive a grade, the points you score approximate the following:
10-9 = A, 8 = B, 7 = C, 6 = D
Brian Waddington
bwaddington@citruscollege.edu
Course Policies
If you are struggling with the readings or writings, please take time to ask questions and give an update if you are not able to send in an assignment during the week. If you don't receive a reply from me on an assignment or question within 48 hours, please send a follow-up message. If you don't receive a reply to your follow-up e-mail, then definitely use my voice mail. This can be found on our syllabus. If you have not received a score, than assume that you have no credit for the assignment and make sure to take the initiative to find out why.
Plagiarism is a common problem in academics and seems especially so in on-line classes. Some students copy directly from Internet sites, other texts or even other students' papers and fail to include quotation marks and citation. I run into numerous incidents of this each semester and am becoming increasingly less tolerant of this problem. I will approach incidents of plagiarism on a case by case basis. However, at the minimum, expect a failing grade in the paper if plagiarism is found. Also expect that I will file an incident report with Citrus College's Dean of Students. At the maximum, you will also receive an F in the course. Any questions? If so, please send them via email so we can make sure this doesn't happen to you.