Posting your Assignments:

Assignments may be posted in several locations. Please use the chart and the calendar to guide you. Some assignments are for my view only and should be posted only in the Assignments newsgroup. If the instructions ask you to post in the Assignments newsgroup and the Main newsgroup, please do not post to both newsgroups at the same time. Post to the Assignments folder as an attachment, using APA formatting. Post to the Main newsgroup in the body of an OE note. (You may remove the cover sheet and page headings.)

For all assignments, including your introduction, please post in the body of the message rather than as an attachment. By posting in the body of a note in the Main newsgroup, rather than as an attachment, it will make it easier for discussion and replies. The exception will be your PowerPoint presentations, which must be sent as an attachment.

Sharing and Collaboration:

This type of work in the real world is rarely done by one individual in a vacuum. Most of these types of projects are the results of a creative and administrative team that works together to create a training program or individual training pieces. In the process, you will be required to share your work (your presentations, your web pages, your designs, etc) with your team members for evaluation and suggestions.

As a result, in this course I expect you to share your assignments with everyone else, not just for the purpose of evaluation and suggestions, but to get used to the idea of having your work looked at by others and being open to constructive feedback. A second benefit to sharing your work is that looking at other people’s work is one of the BEST ways to improve your own skills.

Likewise, I am going to expect you to give constructive feedback to your fellow students on their work. A nice way to give feedback that is easier to receive is by using the sandwich methods. Give them a compliment, then a suggestion(s) for improvement, followed up by another compliment or encouraging words.

I realize this is going to very uncomfortable for many of you who have been trained to be good ‘schoolies’, where you do you own work, are responsible for your own results, and it is just between you and the instructor. I’m sorry, but you won’t get the greatest benefit from this course if you never share and discuss.

There will be a few assignments that you or your team will turn into me through the Assignments thread, but for the most part, I will want you to post your assignments in the Main thread. If you have any concerns about this, please do not hesitate to talk to me about it.

Late assignments

Discussion Posts must be posted before midnight CST or CDT and I cannot allow for any flexibility in this because I look at the date and time that I see in my OE to determine participation. I can only go off of what is on my screen which displayed Central Standard or Central Daylight time.

Assignments are due by midnight (Central Standard or Daylight Time) on the due days listed in the Calendar (I allow a few hours grace period for delays caused by ISP traffic).

Assignments will be accepted up to two days after the due dates; however, 10 percent of the available points per day will be deducted . This is done in fairness to those students who turn in their assignments on time.

I create topic threads at the beginning of each week so that you can post your DQ responses and/or your assignments early if you want to.

No assignments will be accepted after two days past the due day, and no late assignments will be accepted after the last day of the course. All work is due by midnight CST or CDT on that last day of the class.

If you are unable to log-on on a particular day that an individual assignment is due, you are responsible for turning in those assignments early in order to avoid late penalties. In such instances, you are also responsible for making arrangements with your learning team members to accommodate and compensate for your absence.

In cases of emergency, please contact me to make special arrangements for turning in the assignment—in advance of the due date. Assignments will not be accepted after the last day of class.

There are no provisions for incomplete grades for this class.

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