Janet Bickham's How to Submit Homework

Janet Bickham
Professor of Mathematics
Pinnacle Campus

How to Submit Written Homework

Written Homework Guidelines

Heading

Your heading must include the following:

· Your First and Last Name

· Course Name or ID, such as MATD 0330 (or Basic Math), MATD 0370 (or Elementary Algebra), or MATD 0390 (or Intermediate Algebra)

· Homework Week # clearly indicated at the top of each page (Week # is in the left column of the Weekly Schedule posted at the Handouts web page and is also included in the right column before the homework due dates)

Each homework assignment should be submitted complete: not half of it one day and the rest of it later. I give the assignment for each week a single score when I receive it and will not modify that score later if more problems from the assignment come in. Please contact me if you are not able to finish on time. I may give you an extension if I know that you are working on it and have a reasonable plan to catch up.

Each week’s homework is considered a single assignment, and should be turned in together (not one section at a time) and kept separate from other weeks' assignments. It is fine to include 2 or more weeks’ assignments in the same envelope if you are submitting homework early, but please put them in order and indicate which week each section is for.

You will also be turning in the Review for each test, including the final exam. These Reviews should be completed before you take each corresponding test or final exam and should be turned in no later than the day that you take the test or final exam.

Each Section

At the beginning of each section, clearly label the section number. In order to receive credit, do the following:

· Work all problems in order.

· Label each with problem number.

· Show all your work for each problem.

· Check all answers. Rework incorrect problems. Seek help as needed.

Grading

Written homework is graded by completion. You are expected to check your answers and ask me, a classmate in the Discussion Board at http://pearsonmylab.com (formerly http://www.coursecompass.com/, which will redirect you to the new website), or a math tutor about any problems in which you cannot match the answers. In order to get a perfect score, you must:

· Not skip any problems. Instead, get help if you are stuck or uncertain.

· Follow the appropriate process, and express a correct answer using appropriate notation and units.

· Show all of your steps on exercises.

· Give a clear and comprehensive answer to writing questions. Even though this is a math class, the structure by which we understand and store information is often verbal. Therefore, you must be able to explain things clearly in complete sentences. J

Submitting Homework

Written homework should be submitted to your instructor in one of the following ways:

· In person, or put into the Pinnacle (PIN) faculty mail drop slot on the wall by the first floor restrooms

· By campus mail to “Janet Bickham: PIN” – go to the mailroom at any ACC campus, and ask for help (see NOTE below)

· By US mail – send to mailing address below, which is also at my contact info web page and at the top of my syllabus (see NOTE below)

· By fax – ATTN: Janet Bickham to 512-223-8900 [cover page must have instructor's name, total number of pages, your name, course name or ID (see above), and week number and section number(s) of homework being submitted]

· Electronically – use the "Written Homework" page in Blackboard, scan your homework, and follow the instructions given there to attach your homework in Blackboard. Please do not attach homework to email because ACC sometimes deletes attachments.

NOTE: Homework turned in by mail must be sent no later than its due date, but I will allow a couple of days for it to arrive.

My mailing address is:

Janet Bickham
ACC Pinnacle Campus
7748 Highway 290 West
Austin, TX 78736

My fax number is:

(512)–223–8900

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