Structure of the course:  This course is flipped.  All of the course lectures are on YouTube here.  Each week, students will study the lectures and the readings, linked on the schedule here And then they will take the first iteration of a quiz on those lectures and readings in Canvas here.  Then we will have an in-person discussion section in our assigned classroom on Thursdays from 1:30-2:45.  In this discussion section we will address students' questions about the material, we will supplement the lectures, and we will expand on the concepts, arguments, and issues from the lectures and readings.  Then, after the discussion section, a second iteration of the Canvas quiz on that material will open, and students can take it again.  We will take their highest scores from this pair of quizzes.  There will also be opportunities for in-class points in the discussion section.  

There will be two papers assigned in the course, and a midterm and a final exam.  And there will be weekly journal entries in your Google Doc.   See the schedule for details.  

Course Schedule includes links to all of the readings, all of the lectures, and all of the assignments.  

Course Policies are all linked on my webpage.  

Communication:  all course communication will be conducted through students' name@csus.edu email addresses.  Check that email daily.  I will not be conducting course communcations through Canvas.  

Google Doc:  all papers for the course and journal entries will be submitted through Google Docs.  

Create a Google Account:

1. Go to: https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount If you don't already have an account, create one with the link on the lower right. Please don't use a pseudonym that is not recognizable as your name--I won't be able to give credits for posts from a mystery student named "oNixJUmper3." If you already have an account with a pseudonym, email me with your name and the account name. Also put your name on the Google Doc you are creating for the course.

Video: Instructions for Creating a Google Doc for Prof. McCormick's classes.

1. After you have established a Google account, you can go to this page https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount to access other services, or you can go to www.google.com and login.  

2. In the upper right hand corner, there are links in a pattern of 9 dots. Click on that, and then click on Drive.

3. To create a new document, click "Create" in the upper left hand corner, and click on "Document." 

4. Type your work and edit it in the window that opens. 

5. Give it a title by clicking on "Untitled Document" in the upper left, and renaming it. Your work will be periodically saved automatically. 

You will create one document for this course. It should be named last name Mind.  

e.g. Smith Mind

I collect and put student work into folders by the title. Please do not put anything else in the title than last name Mind. No hyphens, quotes, dashes, commas, and so on. And please do not title the whole document after the heading for the first entry or I won't be able to find the work and give you credit for it.

All of your written work for the course will go into this file--Do not create multiple, separate files for the different assignments. One student, one document.

I will track when the projects and papers were completed with the Revision History function in Google Docs. Any changes made to the documents made after the due date and time will be recorded there and be treated as late work according to the late policies on the Office Hours and Course Policies page.

As each project is due, open the document and add the project for that week to the top so that the document will contain all of them at the end of the semester. Each project will have a section heading in bold listed in the assignments.

6. Save the document with the "Save" button in the upper right. 

7. Also on the upper right is a "Share" button. Click on it, then click on "Invite People." Be sure the "can edit" option is checked. If you don't share it with me as a collaborator, I cannot grade your work. 

8. In the box that comes up, enter my email address: mccormick@csus.edu

9. Click: Invite Collaborators

10. Be sure to put your name on the document and in the message to me with your assignments.    

11. Send it (bottom right), and be sure to send a copy to yourself for backup. 

12. Explore the other functions in the Google docs program.

13. If you prefer to write your work in another program, do so, and then cut and paste it into Google Docs.

If you do upload a document, be sure to re-title your essay according to step 6 and follow the rest of the steps. Also be sure that the formatting has been preserved.

Here are a couple of videos explaining how Google Docs works:

Google Docs in Plain English

Sharing Options in Google Docs

Mind Journal Entries:  During the semester, we will study a number of short video lectures and writings for journal entries that will supplement our class lectures.  Links to these journal assignments, which are due every Sunday night, are on the schedule.  Mind Video Projects.  All of the assignments must be submitted in a document in Google Docs.  

Academic Honesty Policy: 

No cheating of any sort will be tolerated in this course. All sources in papers must be cited and given appropriate credit. The author of any information from the Internet or another student from class must be given credit; using such information without indicating the source is stealing someone else's hard work and it is immoral. Cutting and pasting someone else's work is not acceptable. It is also unacceptable to make minor revisions in language to disguise someone else's sentences/ideas. From the university policy manual: Plagiarism at Sacramento State includes but is not limited to:

The act of incorporating into one’s own work the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof, or the specific substance of another’s work without giving appropriate credit thereby representing the product as entirely one's own. Examples include not only word-for-word copying, but also the "mosaic" (i.e., interspersing a few of one’s own words while, in essence, copying another’s work), the paraphrase (i.e., rewriting another’s work while still using the other’s fundamental idea or theory); fabrication (i.e., inventing or counterfeiting sources), ghost-writing (i.e., submitting another’s work as one’s own) and failure to include quotation marks on material that is otherwise acknowledged; and

Representing as one’s own another’s artistic or scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer programs, photographs, paintings, drawing, sculptures, or similar works.

Students are allowed to discuss lectures and even assignments with each other. Students are encouraged to collaborate on many assignments. But every students must do his or her own work. Be cautious of sharing your notes, ideas, work, assignments, or papers with other students. Once you have given them a copy of or access to your work, you cannot control what they might do with it. If two or more students' work are found to violate the policy, all of the students will receive the same punishment, even if one did the work and the other plagiarized. 

Here is the university policy on academic honesty: 

"The attempt by a student to cheat on an exam or other academic assignment or to engage in plagiarism is a violation of a fundamental principle of academic honesty and integrity and will not be tolerated in the University. Formal procedures exist for dealing with these cases and penalties will be imposed on students who are found guilty of academic dishonesty. In the event of expulsion, suspension or probation, a notation is made on the student’s transcript. Suspension and probation notations remain on the transcript for the life of the suspension/probation. For information, contact the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs."

All students will be responsible for reading and following the university honesty, plagiarism, and cheating policies. They are posted at: 

http://www.csus.edu/umanual/AcademicHonestyPolicyandProcedures.htm

Students with Disabilities

If you have a disability and require accommodations, you need to provide disability documentation to SSWD, Lassen Hall 1008, 916-278-6955. Please discussion your accommodation needs with me after class or during my office hours early in the semester.