Course+Procedures

Student Intervention Procedures and Report Forms
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Instructors must include a statement describing class expectations. These are recommended samples.

This take-home test is to be completed independently. You may use any resources on the Canvas site, in your notes, or from any of the readings you have done for the class to complete the test. You may not discuss the test with any class member or complete it as a cooperative group activity.
 * Take Home Test "Rule" **

General Course Expectations
I expect that you will contribute to a respectful atmosphere for learning. This includes: The inability to adhere to any of the criteria will result in lowering the final course grade by one letter grade.
 * No outside reading during class
 * No texting or phone calls during class; electronic devices must be turned off
 * Get out any food BEFORE class begins
 * Get to class on time and not leave early
 * Being fully prepared for class, having completed assignedreadings and otheractivities outside of class
 * Clearly attentive throughout all class sessions, making positive and meaningful contributions in large and small group activities or individual responses
 * Participation in class activities, which are an essential part of the instructional process
 * Not carrying on private conversations or disrupting the learning of others

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Class discussions and activities will indicate your understanding of and reflection on the reading assignments. Participate in the discussion of topics related to course content by making contributions in class, posing questions throughout discussions, and responding thoughtfully to class activities and questions posed by the instructor and fellow learners. Actively support other class members in their efforts to succeed.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The readings are integrally woven into the course. Each reading provides background information for the learning module and is attached to the activities in that module. The reading assignments prepare you to participate in activities; not reading can be frustrating to you and others.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Participation in class activities is an essential part of the instructional process, indicating your understanding of and reflection on the reading assignments. Making contributions, posing questions throughout discussions, actively supporting other class members in their efforts to succeed, and responding thoughtfully to questions posed by others constitutes active participation.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">In order to explore the variety of purposes of technology as well as communicate, online access is required for this course. It is essential that the instructor have an accurate electronic address for each student.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Online Access **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Students are required to purchase textbooks that are chosen with great care to provide important content. The readings from the course text are integrally woven into specific activities in each class session. Whatever technique you use – reading throughout the week or reading the night before – it is important to keep up with them. Reading the assigned text prepares you to speak with someone in class; not completing the assigned reading can be frustrating to you and others in the class.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Readings **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Please carefully review and consider the requirements for this course and your personal situation at this point in time. Be certain that you can reasonably manage both. Taking college courses is a commitment of time and effort.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">It is very important that you understand that the instructor is required to maintain fair and consistent course expectations for all students in this class. Therefore, the instructor is not able to change the course requirements to accommodate your personal situation at any given time. Please do not ask the instructor to do so.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Written work should be logically organized, clear and concise, grammatically correct and free from errors in usage, capitalization, spelling, grammar and punctuation. Work should demonstrate understanding of the topic, capacity for critical thinking, and analysis and synthesis appropriate to undergraduate study. Assignments should be an expression of individual ideas and impressions, not merely a reflection of readings. Work must be complete and responsive to the assignment. Points will be deducted for work that fails to meet these guidelines.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Some of the material covered in class is not included in the course text. Whenever a student is absent, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain notes and handouts for the class session from another student.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The course schedule and topics will be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the size, prior knowledge, and needs of the class.