First, watch the Narrated Presentation

Next, read the content on the web pages.

The web content goes into greater detail and gives graphic and video examples to illustrate the ideas. To conserve bandwidth, use the CD-ROM copy of the course. The examples will also be found on the web site, but due to their very large file size, will take a long time to load.

Read the on-line Readings where indicated in the web page. Some of these will be from Adobe documents you must download and read, others will be from web sites.

After reading and viewing the web page, click on the "Readings" menu for additional reading assignments.

Finally, click on the "Assignments" menu and follow the discussion in Angel Discussion Board
        A full 25% of your grade comes from your Angel discussion participation.

You have the option of purchasing the "IDS 3301" CD-ROM available at the bookstore. This course uses extensive video clips which cannot be effectively viewed over the Internet unless you have a broadband connection. If you have broadband, all the content is available through Angel and the web site.

Electronic bulletin or message boards are simply computerized versions of the cork bulletin boards with which we're all familiar. Just as with traditional message boards, users of electronic bulletin boards may post new messages, read others' messages, and respond to others' messages.

The Angel Discussion Board will be used in class for electronic discussions. Students are required to participate in class electronic discussions. In other words, you are required to post messages and reply to messages on the bulletin board.

Your final grade will be calculated using the following weights:

25% Angel Discussion Participation
  Each week, I'll post several questions to Angel. If you answer all the questions, you'll earn a "C".
    Both your classmates and I will post follow-up questions, based on your answers. If you respond to the follow-up questions, you'll earn a "B".
    If your answers are thoughtful and articulate, you'll earn an "A".

At the end of Modules 3, 4, 5, and 6, there will be a short essay test worth 15% each towards your final grade. These are "at home" tests, and you'll have a week to do them.

At the end of the semester, you'll have a "final" which will count 10% of your grade. It will also be a short essay test done at home.

The last 5% comes from the first Written Assignment.

Assignments

All assignments are to be submitted by the required date due. Late submission of assignments or projects will result in lowered grades. Students unable to submit assignments or projects due to illness or emergency will notify the course instructor and make arrangements for submission of materials. Alternate dates for submission of materials must be scheduled prior to the university's last scheduled day for final examinations.

Academic Integrity

All assignments and projects are to be completed solely by the student. Inclusion of facts, ideas, quotes, or other materials from outside sources must be cited and referenced in all work. Evidence of cheating and plagiarism are cause for disciplinary action by the university. According to the university, plagiarism and cheating refer to the use of unauthorized books, notes, or otherwise securing help in a test; copying tests, assignments, reports, or term papers; representing the work of another person as one's own; collaborating without authority with another student during an examination or in preparing academic work, or otherwise practicing academic dishonesty.

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