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How does this course work?
How does this course work?
This class meets Fridays from 9-10:50am in MS213.
You will be part of a learning community. This is not a self-paced course.
All activities, assignments, and content will be posted on Canvas. Each new week will open on Friday of the preceding week.
You will be expected to watch videos to learn the material on your own and we will work together during our class meetings.
weekly schedule
weekly schedule
Classes
Classes
In this course, we will meet once a week on Fridays. A typical class meeting will consist of:
A warm up exercise to either retrieve the new information you learned in the lectures OR to engage with the material in a way that values communication rather than correct answers.
A kahoot (online quiz) on the material you should have learned before class. This is not worth points, but is a way to review the main concepts in a slightly less boring way.
A short lecture on the material we covered before class. This will either be a review or an additional example not covered in the videos.
Time to practice what we learned in groups.
A preview activity of what is coming next!
Since we will be working together, please come to class ready to fully engage with the material and each other. There are options to complete the classwork outside of class, if you need to miss class for any reason. But if you foresee having issues making class, you may want to consider switching into my fully online section.
Online Work
Online Work
Before we meet, you'll typically watch lecture videos, filling in the corresponding lecture notes or summarizing in skeletal notes, and complete a knowledge check (quiz via Canvas). Those knowledge checks have two attempts and you only need to score 70% or higher to get the point for them.
After we meet, you'll finish up any activity that didn't get done during class and complete a discussion board by Sunday!
HOW will we be graded?
HOW will we be graded?
I threw out my normal system this semester for my own strange version of specifications grading. You will have 6 points worth of assignments due each week (only 4 in Week 16) and a 6-point project for a total of 100 points this semester.
You can find the things you will be graded on below. All components can be revised and resubmitted until full points (i.e. the standard has been met) or overall deadline for that material. Those deadlines are below:
Modules 1-4 must be completed by Week 5 (3/5).
Modules 6-8 must be completed by Week 9 (4/9).
Modules 10-12 must be completed by Week 13 (5/7).
Modules 13-16 must be completed by the course end date (5/31).
GRADED ASSIGNMENTS FOR Content Weeks
GRADED ASSIGNMENTS FOR Content Weeks
Content weeks are those dedicated to learning material. These are all weeks except our portfolio weeks when we get a bit of a break to catch up and build connections between what we just learned.
✔️ Knowledge Checks - 1 point
✔️ Knowledge Checks - 1 point
Knowledge checks are weekly quizzes on the material. They are due before class on Friday and if you score 70% or higher before class, you will be marked complete. They have TWO attempts and some helpful hints appear after your first attempt. You can use any resource - tutors, classmates, me, as you work on them, but make sure you understand since those tend to be my favorite types of questions! This is the only assignment with a hard deadline prior to our class meeting.
🧩 Online Activities - 2 points
🧩 Online Activities - 2 points
Every week there will be at least two 'activities' to complete either during our Zoom session or before it. Worksheets will be graded for correctness while some activities will be graded based on effort. All online activities can be resubmitted and revised as many times as needed to learn the material before the exam for that content.
💬 Weekly Discussion - 3 points
💬 Weekly Discussion - 3 points
Each week, there will be a discussion board or a project assignment posted on Canvas. These can also be resubmitted and revised as many times as necessary before the portfolio on the corresponding content.
GRADED ASSIGNMENTS FOR PORTFOLIO WEEKS
GRADED ASSIGNMENTS FOR PORTFOLIO WEEKS
On those weeks where we bring together the material from our larger themes of the course (Collecting and Describing Data in Week 5, Probability in Week 9, Intro to Inference in Week 13, and Inferential Methods in Week 16), you will have two graded assignments:
📂 Portfolio - 3 points
📂 Portfolio - 3 points
This will be a reflection focused on how you have demonstrated engagement, communication, understanding, and authenticity in the proceeding weeks.
📊 Mini Project - 3 points
📊 Mini Project - 3 points
Similar to the Weekly Discussions, you will complete a small project.
🏁 Final Project - 6 points
🏁 Final Project - 6 points
There will be a project that will be done collaboratively. All of the grades will be based on individual work and will be spread throughout the semester.
Note, these components are all set up to test your understanding of the material in different ways. Since you need only to get to 90 points for an A, my hope is that you can stumble in a particular way to show understanding on a weekly topic and still achieve the grade you want in the class.
Note, these components are all set up to test your understanding of the material in different ways. Since you need only to get to 90 points for an A, my hope is that you can stumble in a particular way to show understanding on a weekly topic and still achieve the grade you want in the class.
DROP FROM CLASS
DROP FROM CLASS
WARNING!
WARNING!
You can be dropped from the course after missing 1 week worth of class. This can be:
2 class meetings
2 weeks worth of online submissions
1 class meeting and 1 week of online submissions
What do I do if I miss a class meeting?
What do I do if I miss a class meeting?
Let me know what's going on! I will wonder where you were, so just check in. Everything you should need to complete will be on Canvas.
I do hope you use each other to learn the material, but I ask that the weekly discussions and mini projects are your own work. Since you can revise and resubmit, I hope that you will feel comfortable submitting something that isn't there yet for feedback!
Evidence of cheating - getting help from a PERSON or online tutor or AI for one of those components will result in a 0 for that week's worth of contributions until we have met and discussed how you will demonstrate your understanding of the concepts tested.
For further clarification and information on these issues, please consult with your instructor or see Procedure 3100.2, Student Disciplinary Procedures.
Final Course Grade
Final Course Grade
If you're new to Mesa, there are no +/- grades.
Your final grade in the class will be based on your overall percentage:
A: ≥ 90% | B: 80-89.9% | C: 70-79.9% | D: 60-69.9% | F: <60%
A: ≥ 90% | B: 80-89.9% | C: 70-79.9% | D: 60-69.9% | F: <60%
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