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Coursework
Each module described above will contain some or all of the following required activities. Be sure to
check with your instructor for specific requirements.
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Readings: Read the
assigned chapter(s) in the e-text provided with your MindTap access code.
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Quizzes: untimed,
multiple-choice self-tests to be completed by 11:59 pm on the due date.
Quizzes are set to provide three attempts per question. After all questions
have been answered and submitted, any incorrect questions will be presented
a second (and possibly third) time with the incorrect answer selected.
Students are welcome to work ahead on these as they become available.
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SAM Paths:
A SAM Path is a learning environment customized for each student. A SAM
Path determines what skills, if any, you already understand. A customized
training is then created for any or all of the
skills you need to work on. You then take a test to demonstrate you have
learned those skills. A SAM Path consists of three parts described below:
1.
Pre-Test:
At the beginning of each unit, a pre-test
will be available for students to determine which skills, if any, they are
able to perform accurately and which skills require better understanding.
Pre-test questions are completed in a simulated Windows/Microsoft Office
365/2016 environment. It is not required that you have the Office software
installed to complete a SAM Path. Each task or question has three attempts
available. If the student can’t perform the task accurately in three
attempts, the task is marked incorrect. Students may skip questions and
return to them later, but the three attempts will not be reset. Note: Try
not to think of this part as a test. There is no expectation that students
score high or even above zero. These merely determine what training skills
each student needs on an individual basis. A low score on a pre-test does
not mean a low score for the unit!
2.
Training:
For any pre-test questions the student
misses, a training lesson will be available.
3.
Post-Test:
A post-test will be available based on the questions missed on the pretest.
The score for the SAM Path will be the sum of the questions answered correctly in the pre-test and
the post-test together.
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Capstone Projects: After
completion of the quizzes and SAM Paths, a Capstone Project will be assigned. These include instruction
files and one or more downloadable files that the student uses in the actual application to create the
described final product. Students then upload the finished project and
submit it for grading. Each student’s submission will be graded and
returned with a report containing feedback for any incorrect items.
Students then have four additional opportunities to evaluate the feedback,
revise the project and resubmit it for grading. (Five attempts total.) The
highest grade will be used in the calculation of the student’s final grade.
Please be aware that the SAM
Project grading system encodes the downloadable files and compares the
submitted work with the original. If the encoding does not match, the
software flags the submission as a possible integrity violation. Both
parties are identified even if students are in different sections, courses,
or even schools. In such a case, both parties will receive a grade of zero.
“Borrowing a friend’s computer” and accidently submitting your friend’s
project file instead of your own is not an excuse. You and your friend will
both receive grades of zero. Leaving a file available for others to access,
even inadvertently, can result in a zero for the project.
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Any other assignment as
indicated in Blackboard
There will be NO a cumulative final exam.
Course
grades will be calculated using the following weights:
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Unit-1
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20%
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Unit-2
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20%
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Unit-3
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20%
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Unit-4
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20%
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Unit- 5
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20%
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TOTAL
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100%
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The weight of each activity within a module
will be indicated in Blackboard.
Grading Policy
Course
grade: A = 90-100%, B = 80-89%, C = 70-79%, D = 60-69%, F = below 60%.
Within a course grade the grade modifier -/+ will be assigned as follows:
A > 95 A- >= 90 B+ >= 86 B >= 83 B- >= 80 C+ >= 76 C >= 73 C- >= 70 D+ >= 66 D >= 63 D- >= 60
Incomplete
grades
Incomplete grades are given only very rarely
and only when the student is
- Otherwise passing the course,
- Prevented from completing the course by
verified unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the student.
The instructor MUST be able to certify all of
these factors to the chair before assigning a grade of
"I".
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