Course Policies

Communication Policies

Contact Information:  

• Please contact me through the Canvas Inbox. This Canvas email is only for my students, my priority.   I'll respond to your messages within 24 hours Monday-Thursday and within 48 hours Friday-Sunday.  

• You are welcome to use Pronto to communicate with other students in this course, but I do not use Pronto regularly (it’s too distracting for me!).  

Office Hours:

• TBD

• Can’t make these office hour times?  Email me through Canvas and let’s figure out a time that does!  

Canvas Discussions:  

• I will be an active participant in course discussions, reading all your posts and responding to several students each week to further discussion and clarify comments.

Drop Policies

I want you to successfully complete this course!  That begins the first week. 

I need to make sure that you are active and present in the course.  That means, you need to complete all of the assignments in Module 0 & 1:

by Tuesday of Module/Week 2.  If you don’t complete this work by the date noted, you will be dropped from the course as a “no show.” You have not showed up to class. 

I also want you to be successful and active as the semester progresses!

That means you actively engage and participate in our online class each week by:

• engaging in Canvas discussions

• submitting your weekly journal and writing assignments

• responding to my emails (especially when I am reaching out to check in, which I do often if you stop submitting work)

Because I care about your academic success and record, I will withdraw inactive students by the withdrawal deadline. I define inactive as students who have not responded to my emails of concern within two weeks and/or have not submitted 50% of their course materials by the withdrawl deadline of the course. 

Work Policies

Learning to meet deadlines is an essential academic leadership skill, especially in a composition course; I provide timely feedback to encourage and guide your efforts for the next reading and/or writing assignments.    In this class, while you will have set weekly deadlines, some 

• Week 1-8 assignments will be open until the end of week 8. 

• Week 9-16 assignments will be open until the end of week 16. 

• Assignments will not be reopened after they have closed. 

While I will accept late work, late work will lose points (see rubrics attached to each assignment in Canvas).  And,  work submitted more than 1 week late will not receive extensive written or verbal feedback simply because my grading window time has passed for that assignment.