Participation

Hon 12H/Hon12H Assignments & Grades/Participation

Participation (30%)

Our live conversations are crucial parts of the class. Participation in class includes clearly keeping your attention to the conversation, speaking both your ideas and questions in the sessions, taking notes in class, and staying in contact with professors outside of class as needed.

The participation assignments (PA) have 100-200 point participation expectations. There are also additional 10 point participation assignments throughout the semester that need to be completed in class. Participation activities may include:

Class Discussions
Preparation for class discussions
Peer reviews
Debates
Games
Surveys
Other in-class activities
Collaboration with other students

Live Class Attendance

Attendance is extremely critical in this course, since much of your learning will develop through class discussions, activities and peer collaboration. Please note that classes are counted based on the number of weeks.

If you miss a class session, you will need to turn in:

Any individual Canvas assignments from the week’s module submitted through Canvas
Documentation about absence (doctor’s note, etc.)
Written completion of any discussion questions missed in the lecture
Complete your portion of the collaborative assignment(s)

Homework due the day of absence is considered late if submitted after the due date. The absence documentation and discussion questions need to be stapled together, dated with the date of absence, and submitted to the professors within 2 weeks of returning to class.

Students who cannot physically make it to class but want to attend need to text Dr. Fish at least an hour before class so they can Zoom in.

Attending digitally does not count as an absence.

0 classes missed: All modules completed & all class sessions attended

“A” in Participation, rock star status.

1 sessions missed and/or behind a module

“A” to “B“ in Participation. Doing the classwork assignments independently and checking the class gSlides can earn additional points back; completion of discussion questions/missed assignments determines grade.

2 classes missed and/or behind a module or two

“C” to “D” in Participation. Doing the classwork assignments independently and checking the class gSlides can earn additional points back; completion of discussion questions/missed assignments determines grade.

3+ or sessions missed and/or behind three or more modules

Over 6 instructional hours missed. Saddleback policy is to drop students from course, or “F” in Participation grade and five percent from overall grade for each class missed after third class (depending on drop dates).

Note: Signing up to meet with the professor, then not showing up counts as an absence; cancelling without a minimum of 2 hours notice counts as an absence. Either can result in losing an additional 10 point penalty.

Student Workload Expectations

Your study and work habits outside of class are an extension of your time in class. The “Carnegie Units” or workload for this course is approximately 9 hours per week during 16 week classes (for live classes, that is three hours in class and sixe hours outside of class), and 18 hours per week during 8 week classes.

What does this mean?

This means that for every 3 hours of our time spent together during meetings, you should expect to spend at least 6 more hours on homework, reading, writing, and revising. Furthermore, even if a specific assignment is not due for the week, you are still expected to spend this amount of time on activities that will increase your understanding of the subject, such as re-reading texts, writing notes, reviewing course materials, working on upcoming assignments, researching, and pursuing independent reading.

As an important part of the learning process, basic time management strategies will be taught and supported throughout the course.

You will need to schedule time for the following:

Complete assigned reading.
Creating critical responses.
Commenting on others' critical response submissions.
Watch lecture videos or show up for live/synchronous sessions.
Complete study outlines that go with each lecture.
Complete smaller independent assignments and participation activities designed to build skills.
Collaborate with team members.
Post on discussion boards; one post is due each week by Saturday.
Reply to discussion boards.
Study.
Complete assignments, quizzes, and/or tests.
Prepare for individual and team projects.
Research for and the prewriting, writing, revising, peer review, professor conferences, and editing of essays and papers.

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