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Syllabus
Click this link to access the syllabus for Section 0509 (asynchronous)
Click this link to access the syllabus for Section 1002 (synchronous)
Section 1002 Weekly Zoom Meeting followed by office hour
Join Zoom Meeting
https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/84730291307?pwd=eFplWm5aVTczL3ljWW16NTJjSWxpZz09
Meeting ID: 847 3029 1307
Passcode: 963655
Section 0509 Office Hour – Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 818 9373 4560
Passcode: 689265
CAMERAS DURING ZOOM MEETINGS
Students are required to turn on their cameras and be visible during Zoom sessions of our class. This aids in learning and helps foster a sense of community. However, students are welcome to use Zoom’s virtual backgrounds. Students who are uncomfortable with this policy are encouraged to switch to a course in which video presence is not required.
Textbook Information
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This is a Zero Textbook Cost course, which uses OER (Open Educational Resources) in lieu of a textbook. All required materials can be accessed in the Weekly folders.
Mandatory E-Learning Orientation
Please visit the Blackboard home page for your section and access the E-learning Orientation on the gray navigation panel. This is a mandatory assignment and should be completed by the end of the first week. A 20-question quiz at the end of Week 2 will include material from the Orientation.
BMCC Grading System
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For access to the grading rubric, click here.
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Chromebooks and iPads for Students.
Thanks to our wonderful library, students can pick up a Chromebook or iPad for winter and/or the spring semester anytime the Library is open. Read on to learn the invaluable and extensive service and caring the library is offering!
The devices are due back at the end of the spring semester.
“If the student doesn’t have a photo ID, they need to provide some type of photo ID, anything is fine. We also require proof of registration for winter and/or spring. Students can show us their schedule using their phone or print it out before they come. If a student cannot enter the building they can set up an appointment with us to meet them outside.
“Please ask them to email loaner@bmcc.cuny.edu. Twenty-four hours notice would be ideal. If they just show up, they may have to wait until we can get downstairs. (We are thinly staffed this semester.) They can also call us at 212-220-1451 if they have questions or concerns. Feel free to also direct students and faculty to me at kdreyer@bmcc.cuny.edu or 212-220-1499.”
Commonlit Sign-up Directions
Click here to create an account with Commonlit. This is a zero textbook course (ZTC), and many of the assignments will come from this interactive website. Please create your student account right away so that you do not miss any assignments.
Your class code is: B973WW
The name of the class is: Introduction to Literature Spring 2022.
Thank you for your cooperation.
How the Online Class Works
If your section of the class is synchronous, you have a weekly Zoom meeting. If your section of the class is asynchronous, there are no Zoom meetings. Either way, you are responsible for completing 4-9 tasks. The tasks are varied and include reading, listening, viewing, and discussing activities. In the synchronous section, we will complete some of these activities. You will be graded on your responses to the discussion board, quizzes, and of course, on your essays. From time to time you will be directed or linked back to the Blackboard platform.
Information about Discussion Boards (DBs)
Even in an online course, lively discussions are at the heart of an interesting class. These are the main forums for interaction in an online course and are also the primary means of showing your presence in the class. The weekly discussions can be accessed through the main menu (above) or through the page for each week (side menu).
Directions for posting appear when you click on the discussion board. However, if you would like more detailed information or directions, please see the following documentation.
However, if you want more detailed information, click this link for an article on “how to post.”
For questions about the difference between a post and a comment, click this link.
Discussion Board Etiquette
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Please respond in full sentences in correct English (not in texting language)
Please use upper and lower case.
Disagreement with the opinions of others is fine–even admirable—but please show respect for fellow classmates in your responses.
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Discussion Board Grading
Class participation via the discussion board makes up a significant percentage of your overall grade (20%). To receive full credit for a DB your first post must be submitted by Friday of each week. One additional post, which responds to the comments of another student, must be submitted by midnight on Sunday at the end of each week. It is likely that posts submitted very late in the week will not be read by others, which defeats the whole purpose of the DB, which is to communicate and interact.
To receive credit, comments must be substantive and help to move the conversation along. Comments such as “Nice post” or “I agree,” though friendly, do not qualify as comments and will not receive credit.
- Each DB is worth 100 points.
- Your initial post, which should be at least 150 words in length, is worth 80% of the week’s grade.
- Your follow-up responses to at least one other student should be 75-100 words in length. Follow-up comments are worth 20% of the week’s grade.
- Posts that are submitted on the weekend will not receive a grade higher than 75%.
- Posts submitted as Attachments will not be opened although you may include links to relevant items you might want to discuss.
- Discussion posts and comments must be submitted in the week in which the discussion was assigned.
- Discussion Boards cannot be “made up.” (This is because there will be no one with whom to discuss anything in a closed DB).
- I will make every effort to post grades for each DB by Tuesday of the following week.
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The High Cost of Plagiarism
Plagiarism will be dealt with firmly. A student who plagiarizes will receive a permanent grade of zero (0) for the essay or discussion in question. All essays will be submitted through Turnitin, which features plagiarism detection capability. Suspected plagiarism, even if it passes the Turnitin detection function, will be turned over to the Student Life Manager for Student Conduct and Academic Integrity. If you hope to pass this class, do not plagiarize.
Every student is required to view the short plagiarism video in order to have a complete understanding of what plagiarism is. This will preclude the excuse that anyone has “accidentally” plagiarized.
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Essay Due Dates and Submission Links
Essay Introduction due: Sunday, March 6 (See Week 5 for details and submission link).
Essay First Draft: Sunday, March 27 (See Week 8 for details and submission link).
Research Summary due: Sunday, April 10, (See Week 10 for details and submission link).
Essay Final Draft due: Sunday, May 1 (See Week 12 for details and submission link).
In order to be reviewed all essays must contain a signed Academic Integrity Pledge. Below the Work Cited page, please type the following and type your full name.
I hereby pledge that the information in this essay is my own original work and that all phrases or quotes taken from other sources have been correctly identified via quotation marks/in-text citation. YOUR NAME
How to View Instructor Comments on Written Work
It is very important that you review instructor comments on your graded essays. This way you can correct errors and do better on future essays. To see your grades, navigate back to your Blackboard course and follow these steps:
Navigate to Essay Submission Links on Blackboard.
Go to the Essay you want to review
Click on VIEW/COMPLETE
Click on the blue tab that says VIEW.
When you get to your essay, you will see my comments on the essay itself. Then, on the right-hand side, click the icon that looks like a piece of paper with a pencil on top of it (the third blue icon down). My written comments to you will appear in a small window to the right of this. Above this, you can click to listen to my Voice Comments.
How to Check Quiz Answers
Go to TOOLS
Click on MY GRADES
Scroll down to the quiz you want to review and select.
Under CALCULATED GRADE, click the blue score. The quiz will open and show answers.
A Message from the Writing Center
The Writing Center supports writing across the curriculum by working with students and faculty to maximize the effectiveness of writing projects and student awareness of best practices. We work with all students who have writing projects, including those from the Social Sciences, Critical Thinking and Writing Intensive courses.
Early in the fall semester, students are invited to join us for an orientation, in which they can learn more about the resources we offer and how to access them.
Help with Sentence Structure
Run-on sentences, comma splices, and sentence fragments are the most common errors in essays. Please review the quick guide below for correcting these mistakes in sentence structure.
For correcting run-on sentences and comma splices, review this PDF file.
For correcting sentence fragments, click this link for a short video.
Sentence Structure and Grammar Exercises
Click this link to access the OWL at Purdue Writing Center “Sentence Structure” Page. On the navigation panel on the left of the screen, you can choose from a number of lessons and practice exercises.
BMCC Writing Center Tutoring
Click this link to access online tutoring with the BMCC Writing Center.
Click this link for online tutoring schedule for this semester.
