Paper homework (Done on paper, submitted on paper at the time of each test.)

To earn a good grade on these, read about how I will grade them from the Grading page, on the left here.

Relevant links: instructions for preparing these five assignments | five assignments themselves |
Submit each of the five assignments by paper mail (US mail or campus mail) on the day you take the relevant test.

Weekly participation messages

There are two ways to earn your participation grade each week.

Main: Be caught up, having completed that week's assignments, by 5 p.m. on Friday. This gets you an automatic perfect grade on participation for the week.

Second method: If you have not finished all the material for that week by 5 p.m. on Friday, then you must email me with your answers to these questions below. This email must be sent sometime between the end of the day Wednesday of that week and the end of Saturday of that week. Students who miss two or more of these may be withdrawn from the course.

1. What was the clearest topic you learned about in this class this week?
2. What was the most difficult topic you learned about in this class this week?
3. When do you plan to have the material for this week completed?

In general, as long as you are submitting plausible plans for catching up and are meeting those plans for catching up, you will earn full credit on this portion of the course. The main focus will be on continuing to communicate with me and mostly meeting the plans you submit.

Each week's participation grade is on a scale of 0-5. At the end of the semester, I add your participation grades and determine what percent it is of the total possible participation grade. That percent is your overall participation grade. We'll do this for 11 weeks, so the total possible grade is 55.

Tests in your chosen ACC Testing Center (Approximately every other week.)

You will be required to take five (5) exams that are not on the computer. These will be paper and pencil tests administered at one of the ten ACC testing centers. More information about the tests is available on this website. When you fill out the Online Orientation Form, you will choose the testing center you will use for all of your tests. For each test, there will be a scheduled period of several days in which you must go to a testing center and take the exam. (You are also required to keep working on new lessons in the material during that time.) This is not a self-paced course. If you are working ahead and want to test early, please contact me at least one week in advance to see if I can get the test to your testing center early.

If you miss a deadline for a test, fill out the form to request to take the test late. Questions about late tests are answered here. If you make a low grade on a test, in some circumstances, I will drop one test grade and use the final exam grade instead of that individual test grade, as well as having it count for the final exam. I will do that only for one test and only if your online quiz average for the new material covered by that test is at least 80. If it is not that high, then you will need to go back and re-take some quizzes (up to three tries for each quiz are allowed.) If, after three tries on the quizzes, you can't get the quiz average to at least 80, please email me about this, and I'll provide you with alternative make-up work.

Before you go to a Testing Center, read the rules at http://www.austincc.edu/testctr/ .

Be sure to pay careful attention to the hours of the Testing Center and the rules. Some of the testing centers are fairly crowded and so you may have to wait in line, especially if you go in the late afternoon or early evening. Do not wait until the last day to take the test and NEVER start a test if you don't have at least 1 1/2 hours available to take it before the Testing Center closes and you must leave. Allow more time if you are slow at working the problems in your homework.

Is late work accepted? (Some no, some yes, some with penalty. Read this discussion if there is anything you are not able to submit on time.)

Submitting late work.

Quick link to the Late Test Request form.