Course Information

Textbooks, Materials, and Technology

Required Textbooks

None

Required Materials and Technologies

A Composition Notebook that is used ONLY for this course.
Pens and pencils

To be successful in an online course, you will need the following understanding of technology.

A computer with an Internet connection and a web browser. It is NOT recommended that you use your phone to participate, complete and upload assignments for the course
Basic computer skills and a working knowledge of the Canvas learning management system
MS Word or other word processor software to complete assignments
Video and audio recording may be required for this course; information will be provided to make sure your web browsers settings allow webcam and microphone to be used
To complete some assignments you will be asked to work with a variety of digital tools, some that may require you to sign-up for FREE accounts

Recommended Materials

None

Web-Based Applications

In this course we will use several web-based applications. These web-based applications are 3rd party tool(s) to complete or participate in assignments, activities and/or access course materials. You may be required to establish a user name or password, submit work and/or download information from these tools. There is, therefore, some risk that individuals electing to use the products and services made available by these tools may place any student information shared with the tool vendor at a risk of disclosure. The instructor reserves the right to add additional web-based 3rd party tools throughout the course.

Terms of Usage

⁠⁠Perusall Terms of Use⁠⁠

Accessibility Statements

⁠Perusall Accessibility Statement⁠

To use the web-based 3rd party tool(s) responsibly please observe all laws, Phoenix College, and MCCCD policies that are incorporated into the Student Handbook.

Turnitin

Students must submit designated papers to Turnitin when instructed. Turnitin is an online plagiarism detection service that matches submitted papers to a database consisting of traditional publications, Internet publications, and other student papers. Information and instructions for Turnitin will be provided.

⁠Turnitin Terms of Use⁠

⁠Turnitin Accessibility Statement⁠

Cross Listed

I have combined multiple sections of this course on Canvas. You may interact with students from another class online. If you have questions, please contact me.

Grades and Late Work

Grading Standards

A = 100% - 90%

B = 89% - 80%

C = 79% - 70%

D = 69% - 60%

F = 59% - 0%

Assignment Categories

15% - Skills

15% - In Class Activities/Discussions/Participation

35% - Reading Strategies

35% - Academic Strategies

Late Work Policy

Assignments in MODULE 0 - Welcome to the Course - Getting Started WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATE. If you do not complete these assignments, you will be withdrawn from the course.

Activities completed In-Class cannot be made-up. If you miss class, you will miss the points for that activity.

If you miss a class and attend asynchronously, you have 24 hours to complete the In-Class activity.

Completing work on time is important to learning. You should make every effort to submit work before or on the due date.

If you cannot submit on the due date, you will have 2 weeks to submit late work with a 30% deduction. After 2 weeks, no late work will be accepted.

You must complete the modules in sequential order. In other words, you cannot complete work in Module 1 unless you have comleted Module 0, etc.

If you have not completed any work in the course for more than three weeks, you will be withdrawn from the course.

Final Grades and Moving on to Other courses

A-this grade will allow you to move on to ENG101 next semester and bypass RDG100. A student who earns an "A" in this course will be expected to meet the course competencies at a very high academic level. You will have satisfied the Reading pre-requisite for CRE101 and can take that course after meeting the ENG101 pre-requisite.

B-this grade will allow you to move on to ENG101 next semester and bypass RDG100. A student who earns a "B" in this course will be expected to meet the course competencies and perform at a strong academic level. You will have satisfied the Reading pre-requisite for CRE101 and can take that course after meeting the ENG101 pre-requisite.

C- this grade will allow you to move on to ENG101 next semester with a 1-unit support course, plus RDG100LL. A student who earns a "C" in this course has met or approached meeting most of the course competencies, but will get additional support in their ENG101 and RDG100 courses in the next semester.

D-this grade requires you to repeat ALT100. A student who earns a "D" in this course has not met the course competencies. The instructor may have insufficient evidence of meeting the competencies (missing assessments).

F-this grade requires you to repeat ALT100. A student who earns an "F" in this course has not given the instructor sufficient evidence of meeting any of the course competencies. In addition, an "F" may reflect academic misconduct issues, such as plagiarism, that are in direct opposition to our course competencies regarding citations, summarization, and paraphrasing.

Statement on Grading

ALT 100 is a course that is designed with the purpose of teaching you active reading strategies and academic writing that you can use in all of your college courses throughout your entire college career. Of course, all of the assignments are important, and all of the assignments build on each other; however, it is important to take note of the percentage weights. In the course, most of your grade will be based on Reading Strategies (40%) and Academic Writing (40%). These two categories are a major part of showing mastery of the content. In helping you master the content, it is also important that you learn and show understanding and mastery of the skills you need for active reading and academic writing.

Assignments will be given with feedback and you will have multiple attempts to show your understanding of reading and writing at the academic level.

If ever you have questions, please let me know. This is YOUR class and YOUR grade!

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