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WEEK #1:
GETTING STARTED
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AND…..We’re off! • 6 weeks
• 38 days
• 7 days a week
COMMENCEMENT
• All material for Week #1 is under the
“Commencement” page.
• It is also duplicated under the “Course
Documents” page.
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WELCOME STATEMENT
• First, if you have not already done so, watch
the “Learn Orientation.”
• Then read the “Welcome Statement” under
the link on this page:
• A copy is also under “Course Documents.”
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ACADEMIC HONESTY
• Next, read the “Academic Honesty Policy.”
• Then take the “Academic Honesty Quiz” linked under this icon:
• Both of these items appear on the bottom of this “Commencement” page.
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ACADEMIC HONESTY
• ALL quizzes will be linked under the ASSESSMENT tab in the Course Menu tool bar, at the left of the screen:
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RETURN to the PAGE
• Then return to the “Commencement” page: • Click on the word “Commencement” in the bread crumbs
in the middle of the screen OR go back through the Course
Content (homepage) page on the menu bar at left.
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COURSE DOCUMENTS
• Once back to the “Commencement” page
• Read the other Course Documents --
– Syllabus
– House Rules
– Class Schedule
– Essay Basics
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CLASS SCHEDULE
• The “Class Schedule” is duplicated under the following pages:
Commencement
Course Documents
Schedule
• Each page contains the same file, the same information.
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CLASS SCHEDULE
• Here’s a screen shot of a typical calendar-
class schedule page:
In this last column, you
will find what’s due and
on what day it’s due for
each week
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TURNITIN.COM
• Now, set up your account on Turnitin.com.
• The directions sheet is also under the
“Commencement” page
“Course Documents” page
• Both our Class ID and our Enrollment Code are on the directions sheet.
– You won’t be able to create an account w/o them.
• UNFORTUNATELY, the English
Department has decided to
DROP its Tii subscription.
• SO….
• You do NOT have to set up an
account.
• You do NOT have to submit
your papers there too.
• Please IGNORE any reference
to it throughout the course.
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WEEK #1 QUIZ
• After reading all the COURSE DOCUMENTS
• Take the Week #1 Quiz
– which basically confirms you have read and
understood that important material
• As with all quizzes, access it under the
ASSESSMENTS tab in the Course Menu (at left)
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ESSAYS
• All essays will be submitted to the “Assignment Drop Box” in Learn.
• This is the ASSIGNMENTS tab in the Course Menu at left
– Assessments = Quizzes
– Assignments = Essays
• Please Note:
– Use WORD files only (.doc, .docx)
– NO Open Office or Google Docs
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DISCUSSION GROUPS
• Open the “Discussion Groups” page
through its Course Menu link:
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DISCUSSION GROUPS
• Read the links on Etiquette and Directions.
• These files also appear on the “Course
Documents” page and the “Week #1” page.
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DISCUSSION GROUPS
• Each topic is listed in order.
• Each topic has its own set of instructions
for each task.
topic
directions
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DISCUSSION GROUPS
• These postings are the “homework” for the
course and are synonymous with journals
and activities and exercises.
• Generally speaking, these assignments are
journals; thus, they are concise, insightful
– one-page documents (unless otherwise noted)
– and the NOT 3-4-page essays
• If you are unsure of the directions for a
particular posting, please ask me.
• one-page documents (unless otherwise noted)
• and the NOT 3-4-page essays
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DISCUSSION GROUPS
• Once you have read the Discussion Groups
Etiquette & General Directions, you will post
your first one:
– “DG #1: Process Essay Topic & Outline”
– This concerns the 1st essay
• Process Essay, due Friday by 11am
• The directions for this are next to that topic.
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DISCUSSION GROUPS
• One of the reasons I chose the Discussion Groups format is that students can read each other’s postings to get some idea of what is going on.
• That’s “read,” not “copy.” – Academic Honesty!
• You can “discuss” ideas with each other by replying to a post, very much as you would reply to an email.
• You can also check (not copy) homework to see how accurate your answers are.
• The DG page allows students an opportunity to communicate and commiserate.
• Having said all that, I remain the authority on all matters, so ask ME if you are lost or if you have questions.
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GRAMMAR
• We’ll spend the first few weeks on grammar
• For Week #1, you have a Pre-Diagnostic due
– under “Assessments”
• For Weeks #1-4, you’ll have grammar
Readings & Exercises to complete
– Readings = in the LBE book
– Exercises = on Grammar Bytes site
• self-grading
• *must achieve at least 70*
– Quizzes = by Monday 11am
*Work on these Monday
through Friday; take the
related QUIZZES by
midnight Sunday.
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GRAMMAR “&” ESSAYS
• Concurrently, we will begin with the
RHETORICAL STRATEGIES (types of essays)
– I have tried to group the weeks by the RS
– so you will have Grammar and RS work
SIMULTANEOUSLY for the first few weeks
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WEEK #1 CHECKLIST
• Course Materials:
Orientations, Academic Honesty Policy
Syllabus, House Rules, Schedule
• Related Quizzes:
AHP Quiz
Week #1 Quiz
• 1st Essay:
Read Essay Basics.ppt and Process.ppt
Read the DG background material & submit DG #1
Submit essay by Friday, 11am
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WEEK #1 CHECKLIST
• Grammar:
Grammar Pre-Diagnostic
Readings & Exercises (M-F), Quizzes (Mon.11am):
Wk.1: Subject-Verb Agreement
Wk.2: Pronoun Agree. & Reference, Parallel Structure
• 2nd Essay: (Wk.2)
Read Example/Illustration.ppt
Post DG #2 & #3
Read “Tweens” article
(Illustration Essay = due W-6/7/17, 11am)
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• If you have any questions, please e-mail me
through LEARN – via the MAIL link on the
Course Tools Bar, circled below
• IF (and ONLY if) Learn is down, email me at
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*THE END OF THE*
WEEK #1
ORIENTATION
*PLEASE CONTINUE*
by completing the work for
WEEK #1
