The following page outlines course expectations. If you have any questions about these policies, please feel free to contact me.
Participation & Attendance
Collaboration
Technology Responsibilities
Major Assignments
Late Work
Academic Honesty
Disability Accommodations
| Participation & Attendance |
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Your participation and attendance are crucial to a successful and
productive graduate seminar on computers and composition theory.
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| Collaboration |
| Peer collaboration is encouraged in our course. In fact, the development
of rhetorical précis and discussion questions is a team effort.
Those assigned to a particular course day's readings should determine
the best method for completing those assignments. Because teams will
change, you must negotiate the best collaborative approach for all
of you. You also will participate in peer presentations of your pedagogy project, the distribution of your resource reviews, and peer review of your seminar paper. These opportunities will allow you to further develop your presentation and editing skills. Each class member should respect the working style and efforts of others. For the betterment of all of us, foster collegial relationships and help strengthen one another's ideas and works. return to top |
| Technology Responsibilities |
| You will be asked to use Microsoft Word to prepare
your rhetorical précis. This technology requirement will allow
for easier exchange and collection of summaries. In addition to using
Word, you will need to have frequent access to an email account. You
will be required to send email messages to the listserv and to me
and your peers. You also will be asked to send email attachments of
Word or other files when necessary. Besides frequent use of Word and email, you should familiarize yourself with web page development and use, online library databases, image editing software, MOO's, and other technologies available to you through campus computing. Many composition programs emphasize the technological aspects of writing, and thus, you should see this course as an opportunity to develop new technological competencies. return to top |
| Major Assignments |
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You must complete all major assignments and create required supporting
materials in order to pass the course. To emphasize both theory
and practice, you will develop four major assignments: 1) rhetorical
précis and discussion questions, 2) resource review, 3) a
pedagogy project, and 4) a researched seminar paper.
These projects and grading of them is discussed in more detail
on the course projects page. I hope you take
these projects as an opportunity to learn more about computers and
composition and to contribute to the development of that areas of
rhetoric and composition. I am amenable to different interpretations
to these assignments as long as those interpretations follow these
general guidelines and those provided on the course projects page.
If at any point, you would like to discuss your ideas for project
development, please don't hesitate to make an appointment. |
| Late Work |
| All major assignments and their support materials are due on the
dates listed on our course schedule. In certain
cases, I am willing to renegotiate a due date for your work--this
renegotiation does not, however, apply to your collaborative work
with your peers. In the event of an emergency or if you anticipate an absence that cannot be prevented, please contact me. return to top |
| Academic Honesty |
| You are expected to cite, in APA format, any resources that you
use in the development of your course assignments. If you have any
questions about citing resources, please don't hesitate to ask me. return to top |
| Disability Accommodations |
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Students with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations
are encouraged to contact me via email or during my office hours.
last updated 8.12.02 |
