Grading

Assignments and Grading Grading for this course may be a little different from what you are used to. Basically, when you begin an assignment, you are at ground zero for that assignment; as you proceed through the various parts of the assignment and complete them satisfactorily, you receive credit in the form of points.


 * = Assignment 1 (Short: 500 words) ||
 * = Task ||= Date Due || Points if completed on time ||
 * = Draft completed and submitted in correct GoogleDocs folder ("Collection") ||=  || 2 ||
 * = Conference with Instructor ||=  || 2 ||
 * = Final Draft ||=  || 5-9 (A=9, B=8, etc.) ||


 * Assignment 2 ||
 * ~ Task ||~ Date Due ||~ Points if completed on time ||
 * Rough Draft completed and submitted in correct GoogleDocs folder ("Collection") ||  || 2 ||
 * Online Conference with instructor ||  || 2 ||
 * Peer Reviews completed ||  || 2 ||
 * Final Draft ||  || 5-9 (A=9, B=8, etc.) ||
 * Collaboration Bonus ||  || 2 ||


 * Assignment 3 Multimodal Essay ||
 * ~ Task ||~ Date Due ||~ Points if completed on time ||
 * Rough Draft completed and submitted in correct GoogleDocs folder ("Collection") ||  || 2 ||
 * Online Conference with instructor ||  || 2 ||
 * Peer Reviews completed ||  || 2 ||
 * Final Draft ||  || 5-9 ||
 * Collaboration Bonus ||  || 2 ||
 * Collaboration Bonus ||  || 2 ||


 * Assignment 4 ||
 * ~ Task ||~ Date Due ||~ Points if completed on time ||
 * Rough Draft completed and submitted in correct GoogleDocs folder ("Collection") ||  || 2 ||
 * Online Conference with instructor ||  || 2 ||
 * Peer Reviews completed ||  || 2 ||
 * Final Draft ||  || 0-9 ||
 * Collaboration Bonus ||  || 2 ||
 * Collaboration Bonus ||  || 2 ||


 * Assignment 5 Research Paper ||
 * ~ Task ||~ Date Due ||~ Points if completed on time ||
 * Research Question Due ||  || 2 ||
 * Annotated Bibliography Due ||  || 2 ||
 * Rough Draft completed and submitted in correct GoogleDocs folder ("Collection") ||  || 2 ||
 * Online Conference with instructor ||  || 2 ||
 * Peer Reviews completed ||  || 2 ||
 * Final Draft ||  || 10-18 (A=18, B=16//, etc.)// ||
 * Works Cited and Proofreading Bonus ||  || 2 ||
 * Collaboration Bonus ||  || 2 ||
 * Collaboration Bonus ||  || 2 ||


 * Posting on **4 different days** each week to listserv, 50 words each, at least 2 clearly in response to a prior posting || 2 points for each week completed successfully ||


 * ~ Total Points Possible for Course: ||~ 114 ||