{"id":391,"date":"2016-12-09T14:47:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-social-psychology\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=391"},"modified":"2016-12-09T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:47:45","slug":"hints-on-how-to-succeed-in-this-course","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-social-psychology\/chapter\/hints-on-how-to-succeed-in-this-course\/","title":{"raw":"Hints on how to succeed in this course!","rendered":"Hints on how to succeed in this course!"},"content":{"raw":"The grades you earn on each assignment are up to you. \u00a0The documents below spell out in detail the requirements you must meet in order to earn an \"A\" grade.\u00a0These \"hints\"\u00a0give you a preview of those requirements:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The course consists of 5 nearly identical <strong>learning\u00a0modules<\/strong>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Be aware of the start and end date of each module.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Submit your initial posts within the first 3 days that the module starts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Participate in each of the discussion forums on at least 10 different days during the module<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Submit your blog\u00a0on the first day of the Knowledge Audit window<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\nI will accept some assignments late, but there may be a penalty built into the rubric:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The Internet Resources Review<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The Blog<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Exams<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If you submit any of these assignments late you must tell me or your grade will not change.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \t<li>Discussion posts that are submitted after the module ends are not graded.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>You will get no credit for a discussion post that violates either of the Two Cardinal Rules.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Frequently asked Questions:<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nQuestion 1: How will I be graded?\r\n\r\nAnswer: I use a grading rubric to provide feedback on every assignment. These rubrics are printed in the documents in this folder. \u00a0I suggest that you\u00a0review each of\u00a0your\u00a0scored\u00a0rubrics so that you are aware of any problems and do not make the same mistakes again.\r\n\r\nQuestion 2: Why is there a \"10 posts on 10 different days\" requirement\u00a0for full credit on the discussion forums?\r\n\r\nAnswer: \u00a0I have learned over my 20 years of teaching online\u00a0that the discussion forum is the primary learning activity. \u00a0To make an online\u00a0discussion as meaningful as a face-to-face discussion, it is necessary to have the same back-and-forth interaction. \u00a0This can only be done if you give the other participants a chance to respond before you get\u00a0back to them with your reply.\r\n\r\nQuestion 3: Why does my course grade go down at the start of each module?\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: small;color: #000000;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px\">Answer:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 1em 0px;padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;border: 0px;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: small;color: #000000;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px\">\r\n \t<li style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 13px;list-style-type: inherit\">Your grade changes each time I grade a discussion post, and I will attempt to grade your discussion posts every day.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 13px;list-style-type: inherit\">Your initial<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-family: inherit;letter-spacing: normal !important;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-size: 13px\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: bold;font-style: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 13px\">post<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-family: inherit;letter-spacing: normal !important;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-size: 13px\">\u00a0<\/span>to a forum may earn full credit, yet your grade on the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-family: inherit;letter-spacing: normal !important;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-size: 13px\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: bold;font-style: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 13px\">forum<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" style=\"font-family: inherit;letter-spacing: normal !important;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-size: 13px\">\u00a0<\/span>will be very low.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 13px;list-style-type: inherit\">Your grade on a discussion forum - and your current grade in the course - will improve each time you submit an acceptable discussion post.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 13px;list-style-type: inherit\">If you earn full credit for each criteria on the rubric, your final score will be \"100%.\"\u00a0 That can't be the case until the module is nearly over.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 13px;list-style-type: inherit\">Check your course grades by clicking on the \"My Grades\" link in the menu of links on the left side of the screen.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-weight: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-family: inherit;font-size: 13px;list-style-type: inherit\">Review your discussion forum rubrics frequently and you will always know how you are doing, and how much more work is needed to attain the grade you want.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>The grades you earn on each assignment are up to you. \u00a0The documents below spell out in detail the requirements you must meet in order to earn an &#8220;A&#8221; 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