Tips for Online Learning

Read the syllabus: The syllabus provides specific information regarding the expectations for the course and descriptions of all assignments. Be sure you understand the assignments and if you do not ask questions early, days and weeks go by very fast.
Online students requires ACTIVE participation. Students must adhere to this rubric:

Parts of threaded discussions	Expectation	Max points
Responses to discussion questions	At minimum (weeks 1-4 and 6-9), Class instructor post one main question: Requires at least one (1) student response with a minimum of 300 words. Total three (3) Student responses should be: · Free of plagiarism; · In compliance with APA writing style, · Properly cited, and · Academically clear, meaningful, and vigorous.
Penalties	Anything copied from the internet or copied from another student will result in ZERO grade for both students. I will be checking all work against plagiarism. Allowed matching percentages: 1) First 30% is allowed with no deduction of points 2) 30-50% will lose 5 points from 20 3) 51%-70% will lose 10 points from 20 4) 71%-100% will receive ZERO
Protocol on classmate responses	Students should: · Post at least 2 comments on two classmate responses with a minimum of 50 words each. · Comment on a peer’s response must be of substance, not just “I agree,” “disagree” or “good answer.” · The purpose of discussion response is to shift the discussion forum into a quality academic and learning environment through which students increase and promote their knowledge, skills and understanding.

I cannot assess and grade your learning unless you demonstrate that you are researching and reading the required readings so ALL of your posts (original and replies), papers and assignments should include citations from the text and outside research to demonstrate learning. Do not just copy and paste but summarize and analyze what you have read to demonstrate your critical thinking skills. This is again extremely important.
At the beginning of each & every week read the Weekly Overview to ensure that you meet all required assignments.
Checkyour Canvas and IGU e-mails and ANNOUNCEMENTS in the course daily; if you don’t you may miss important information related to the week.
Be sure that you meet the required times for posting assignments in order to achieve full credit. Refer to course syllabus and discussion grading rubric for specific criteria.
Please refer to the late policy regarding late assignments (discussions cannot be made up) in the syllabus. I will adhere to the institution’s late policy.
For papersbe sure to follow APA guidelines. All papers should have a title page, brief abstract, main body (introduction/facts & statistics/conclusion with student analysis) and a citation sheet.

I hope this is helpful and again I want to welcome you to the class.