English Course Update
Mrs. Gardner - 3/4/16
In This Issue ...
How to Avoid a Dropbox Zero
Plagiarism Policy
Spring Break Coming Up!
Please Check Your Grades!
All Grades have been updated as of the 2/25/16 Due Date.
After each due date, I will send a course update newsletter (you're reading it now) to let you know I have put in 0s for missing work. When you see a 0, be sure to look in the gradebook to see when that assignment was due. Students have 3 school days (5 days total) to submit work.
It is the responsibility of the student to review their grades and notify me if there are any issues in a timely manner.
After each due date, I will send a course update newsletter (you're reading it now) to let you know I have put in 0s for missing work. When you see a 0, be sure to look in the gradebook to see when that assignment was due. Students have 3 school days (5 days total) to submit work.
It is the responsibility of the student to review their grades and notify me if there are any issues in a timely manner.
If you see this image in your gradebook - you are missing an assignment from 2/25. At this point, you should look ahead and work on items due this week.
The GAVS late work policy looks like this...
Turn in all work, even if it is for a 30% deduction. It is always better to have a reduced percentage, compared to a ZERO. TURN IN WORK! Please remember that late work cannot be accepted after the Tuesday following the due date.
This Week's Upcoming Due Date...
Please Check the Files You Submit to the Dropbox for (1) Correct File Type and (2) Correct File
Grading Policies
* Dropbox items should be graded within 72 hours.
* Quizzes should be graded within 72 hours.
* Discussions may or may not be graded before the due date. Sometimes, I grade early and students may add more discussions before the due date. However, generally, discussions are graded ON or AFTER a due date. All 3 of the required posts to a discussion board must be complete by the discussion board's due date. Additional posts are not accepted after the due date. Please see the image below for more clarification.
* The discussion guidelines below exist because assignments are expected to be complete at the time of submission. A partially completed post at the due date is the equivalent of a partially submitted dropbox item.
* Quizzes should be graded within 72 hours.
* Discussions may or may not be graded before the due date. Sometimes, I grade early and students may add more discussions before the due date. However, generally, discussions are graded ON or AFTER a due date. All 3 of the required posts to a discussion board must be complete by the discussion board's due date. Additional posts are not accepted after the due date. Please see the image below for more clarification.
* The discussion guidelines below exist because assignments are expected to be complete at the time of submission. A partially completed post at the due date is the equivalent of a partially submitted dropbox item.
Spring Break 2016
GAVS does have a week long Spring Break (April 4-8).
You and your instructor are not expected to work during this time period, and there are no assignments on the schedule.
If your spring break falls during a different time period, please adjust your pacing so that you still meet GAVS' due dates. No extensions are provided for personal vacations or school holidays that do not align with our own.
You and your instructor are not expected to work during this time period, and there are no assignments on the schedule.
If your spring break falls during a different time period, please adjust your pacing so that you still meet GAVS' due dates. No extensions are provided for personal vacations or school holidays that do not align with our own.
Student Code of Conduct
Remember that ALL student work is expected to be original.
This applies to students who are taking a course for the first time.
This applies to students who are retaking a course for a second time.
Work should be original EVERY semester.
* If you use ANY other sources, you must cite them. Failure to do so is plagiarism.
* Do not reuse work from a previous class or semester and submit as current work.
* Do not copy and paste from websites without proper MLA citations & works cited page.
This applies to students who are taking a course for the first time.
This applies to students who are retaking a course for a second time.
Work should be original EVERY semester.
* If you use ANY other sources, you must cite them. Failure to do so is plagiarism.
* Do not reuse work from a previous class or semester and submit as current work.
* Do not copy and paste from websites without proper MLA citations & works cited page.
Plagiarism
Reminder:
1. You must submit new work for a course, even if you have taken the course before. Do not reuse old work.
2. Do not copy and paste without citing your sources in MLA format.
3. Ask me if you have questions about this policy.
2. Do not copy and paste without citing your sources in MLA format.
3. Ask me if you have questions about this policy.
Contact Me with Questions
If you have questions or concerns. These are the fastest ways to contact me (in order):
1. email
2. text
3. phone call
1. email
2. text
3. phone call
Email: kelly.gardner@gavirtualschool.org
Phone: 706-871-4287