Schedule and Assignment Due Dates
English 1301 ONL / section 169 / synonym 16443
Fall 2014 - 16-week semester
Instructor: Skrabanek
This course begins on August 25 and ends at 5 pm Saturday, December 13.
Do not submit work for grading before August 25 or after 5 pm December 13.
You may take quizzes in Blackboard as soon as you can log in.
IMPORTANT!
This course is self-paced only in the sense that students can submit coursework early, if possible. Late submissions are frowned upon and penalized.
The due date and time specified indicate when your work should be submitted. In the following Schedule, days means consecutive days, including weekends and holidays. In addition, these conditions will apply to assignment submissions:
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Assignments are due on the date and time stated in the following Schedule.
- If you submit an assignment after the due date, the assignment is considered a late assignment submission.
- Any student who has three or more late assignment submissions will not be eligible for a grade higher than C or an Incomplete.
- Any assignment submission except Assignment 4 that is more than 7 days late may not be graded. The end of that 7-day period is called a late submission deadline.
- If you miss one late submission deadline, you will be advised to withdraw from the course. If you miss two late submission deadlines, I will withdraw you from the course without notice. If the withdrawal date has already passed, then you will receive a failing grade in the course.
- Any required assignment revision should be submitted as soon as possible. A revision not submitted within 7 days of my return of the graded assignment will be considered as a late assignment submission. Any revision that is not submitted within 14 days of my return of the graded assignment may not be graded, and you may be dropped from the course for lack of progress. See details about late submission deadlines above. See special revision deadline for Assignment 4 below. In addition, I will not grade following assignments until preceding assignments are accepted.
ASSIGNMENT 4
Assignment 4 is the research project, which takes more time and effort, so I allow more leniency in submitting Assignment 4.
- If you do not submit an original Assignment 4 within 7 days of its due date, you cannot qualify for a final grade higher than C.
- If you do not submit an original Assignment 4 within 14 days of its due date, the assignment will not be graded and you will be dropped from the course without notice.
- If you do not submit an acceptable revision of Assignment 4 (if required) within 21 days of the Assignment 4 due date, the revision will not be graded and you will be dropped from the course. If the withdrawal date has already passed, you will receive a failing grade in the course.
These conditions will also apply:
- Assignments are graded in sequential order, so they must be submitted in sequential order.
- VERY IMPORTANT: No new assignment submissions or revisions will be accepted or graded during the last four days of the course, December 10-13. Only exams will be graded during the last four days of the course. Also, during the last four days of the course, you may submit only one item, an exam. This policy overrides any other late submission guidelines.
EXAMS
After you successfully complete Assignments 1-6 and the three quizzes, I will issue you a C Exam testing permit.
- You will receive your C exam permit with the return of your accepted Assignment 6 file. Then you need to go to an ACC Testing Center.
- There, you have the option to use computer-based online C exam testing using Blackboard. You can type your exam on a Testing Center computer and I can retrieve the exam by Internet. This process shortens the grading and feedback period. Computer-based C exam testing is available at the eight major ACC campuses and some of the outlying testing centers. You need to check with your chosen testing center to be sure it offers English 1301 online testing through Blackboard.
- If you handwrite the exam, during the last week of the course, you must handwrite the exam at the Rio Grande Testing Center to be certain it reaches me before the grading deadline.
- You should write your first attempt at the C exam as soon as you receive your permit. If you wait until the last four days of the course, you will not have the opportunity to rewrite the C exam if necessary. If your C exam is not acceptable and you don't have time to retest, your final grade will be D. Do not expect leniency in grading if you wait until the last minute to write the C exam.
- If you satisfactorily complete Assignments 1-6 and do not write an acceptable C exam, your final grade will be D. If you do not have time to write the C exam during the semester, you may qualify for an Incomplete. To qualify for an Incomplete, you must have fewer than three late assignment submissions and you must have completed Assignments 1-5 satisfactorily.
- You may not submit the B exam until after you have submitted the C exam. You may not submit the A exam until your C exam has been accepted and you have submitted the B exam.
All work is due no later than 5 pm Saturday, December 13. Work submitted after this time will not be graded.
Go to End-of-Semester and C Exam Details
These links take you to important course information:
Course Guidelines
Handy Links Page
C Exam Tips
B Exam
A Exam
Important Dates
August 25: Classes begin
September 1: Labor Day holiday -- College closed
September 15: Last day to request 70% refund (You must withdraw yourself at an ACC Admissions & Records office and complete a form for the refund.)
September 22: Last day to request 25% refund (Same process as above)
November 20: Last day to withdraw
November 27-30: Thanksgiving holiday -- College closed
December 13: Course ends (All work due by 5 pm.)
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To Make a Grade of C
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To Make a Grade of B
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To Make a Grade of A
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Satisfactorily complete Assignments 1-6
Satisfactorily complete three quizzes
Satisfactorily complete C Exam
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Satisfactorily complete all work for grade of C
Make fewer than three late assignment submissions
Satisfactorily complete B Exam
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Satisfactorily complete all work for grade of C
Satisfactorily complete all work for grade of B
Make fewer than three late assignment submissions
Satisfactorily complete A Exam
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Assignment and Quiz Due Dates
WORK DUE by 11:45 pm Friday, August 29
Complete Orientation Quiz.
(You must score 70% or better for a quiz to be acceptable. Quizzes are located under the Schedule & Assignments button in Blackboard.)
WORK DUE by 11:45 pm Friday, September 5
Submit Assignment 1 .
(See Assignment 1 Lecture for requirements.)
Complete Purposes and Patterns Quiz.
(You must score 70% or better for a quiz to be acceptable. Quizzes are located under the Schedule & Assignments button in Blackboard.)
WORK DUE by 11:45 pm Thursday, September 11
Submit Assignment 2 (Info Game Tutorial worksheet).
(See Assignment 2 Lecture for requirements.)
WORK DUE by 11:45 pm Thursday, September 18
Submit Assignment 3.
(See Assignment 3 Lecture for requirements.)
WORK DUE by 8 pm Thursday, October 2
Submit Assignment 4.
(See Assignment 4 Lecture for requirements.)
IMPORTANT: Note these conditions regarding your submission of Assignment 4:
- Do not submit Assignment 4 until you have successfully completed Assignments 1-3 and the first two quizzes, even if the delay causes your Assignment 4 submission to be late.
- Do not submit Assignment 4 until after you receive your graded, accepted Assignment 3 file.
- If you do submit Assignment 4 before you have successfully completed all the preceding coursework, your report will not be considered submitted until all preceding coursework has been completed satisfactorily.
- If you do not submit Assignment 4 within 7 days of its due date, you cannot qualify for a final grade higher than C.
- If you do not submit Assignment 4 within 14 days of its due date, the assignment will not be graded and you will be dropped from the course.
- If you do not submit an acceptable revision of Assignment 4 (if required) within 21 days of the Assignment 4 due date, the revision will not be graded and you will be dropped from the course. If the withdrawal date has already passed, you will receive a failing grade in the course.
WORK DUE by 11:45 pm Thursday, October 16
Submit Assignment 5.
(See Assignment 5 Lecture for requirements.)
Complete Grammar and Punctuation Quiz.
(You must score 70% or better for a quiz to be acceptable. Quizzes are located under the Schedule & Assignments button in Blackboard.)
WORK DUE by 11:45 pm Thursday, October 30
Submit Assignment 6.
(See Assignment 6 Lecture for requirements.)
Thursday, November 20: Last day to withdraw
Students are responsible for submitting work on schedule and according to the conditions stated at the top of this Schedule. If you fail to meet these conditions and fall behind in the course, please withdraw yourself or request that I do so. If you wish for me to complete the withdrawal paperwork, you must notify me by Blackboard Messages no later than 5 pm November 17. Be aware that I withdraw only those students who have missed two late submission deadlines or the Assignment 4 deadlines. Otherwise, you must withdraw yourself or request that I withdraw you.
End-of-Semester Details / Exams
- As soon as you have completed Assignments 1-6 and all three quizzes satisfactorily, I will issue you a C exam permit. The permit will be included with your accepted Assignment 6 submission or revision.
- The C exam must be written in an ACC Testing Center, by special arrangement at an ACC Office for Students with Disabilities, or at a pre-approved alternate facility. Arrangements for testing in facilities other than an ACC Testing Center must be made in advance (before the semester begins) and must be approved by me.
- IMPORTANT: You should write your first attempt at the C exam as soon as possible after you receive your permit so that you have time to retest if necessary. If you wait until the last four days of the course, you will not have the opportunity to rewrite the C exam, if necessary. If you wait until the last days to write the C exam, and it is not acceptable, your final grade will be D. Do not expect leniency in grading if you wait until the last minute to write the C exam.
- If you satisfactorily complete Assignments 1-6 and do not write an acceptable C exam, your final grade will be D. If you do not have time to write the C exam during the semester, you may qualify for an Incomplete. To qualify for an Incomplete, you must have fewer than three late assignment submissions and you must have completed Assignments 1-5 and all three quizzes satisfactorily. You must specifically request an Incomplete from me before the closing time of the semester.
- During the last week of the course, any handwritten C exam MUST be written at the Rio Grande Testing Center (unless previous arrangements have been made and approved by me). Otherwise, you can type your C exam on an ACC Testing Center computer at one of the eight major ACC campuses or some of the outlying testing centers until 5 pm on Saturday, December 13. You should call your chosen testing center ahead of time to see if the online English 1301 C exam using Blackboard is available there. All the major ACC campus testing centers have the online Respondus C exam testing through Blackboard.
- You may not submit the B exam until after you have submitted the C exam. You may not submit the A exam until your C exam has been accepted and you have submitted the B exam.
- IMPORTANT NOTICE: All work is due no later than 5 pm Saturday, December 13. Work submitted after this time will not be graded.
Read more about the C exam by clicking here.
B Exam
The B exam emphasizes the analysis and comparison-contrast of two assigned articles on a similar topic (minimum 1000 words, maximum 1250 words). To qualify to write the B exam, you must satisfactorily complete the C exam and have fewer than three late assignment submissions. The B exam is a "take-home" exam; it is not written in the Testing Center. You must have your C exam accepted before I will grade your B exam.
Click here for the B exam requirements.
A Exam
The A exam emphasizes persuasion, research, and the use of MLA documentation. Write a 1000-1250 word persuasive research paper. To qualify to write the A exam, you must satisfactorily complete the C and B exams and have fewer than three late assignment submissions. The A exam is a "take-home" exam; it is not written in the Testing Center. You must have your C exam and B exam accepted before I will grade your A exam.
Click here for the A exam requirements.
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