Fall 2016 Course Syllabi

failure of the course or suspension from the college. See the college’s policies for more information.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about these issues.

ADA Statement:

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, students with documented

disabilities can pursue accommodations as needed. To assure that accommodations and or

modifications will be available when classes start, students are encouraged to make request as soon

as possible. Students, who require some modifications of seating, testing, or other course

requirements, should contact the Dean of Students or academic adviser.

Nondiscrimination in Education:

It is the policy of Dakota College at Bottineau not to discriminate

on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity,

creed, religion, and actual or potential parental, family or marital status in its programs, activities, or

employment practices as required by state and federal law.

Evaluation:

1) Eight Weekly Threaded Discussion over assigned readings (

remember to respond to others

-- it is part of your grade!

) – 25 points each (200 points)

2) Eight Weekly Reading Quizzes – 25 points each (200 points)

3) 16 Weekly Assignments (response papers -- two each week) – 25 points each (400 points)

4) Three Essays – 100 points each (300 points)

5) A Final Exam – 100 points

Total possible points for course: 1200

Directions about the above assignments will be posted in the course.

Grading Scale:

Grades are assigned based on the following percentages: 100%-93% = A; 92%-90%

= A-; 89%-87% = B+; 86%-83% = B; 82%-80% = B-; 79%-77% = C+; 76%-73% = C; 72%-70% =

C-; 69%-67% = D+; 66%-63% = D; 62%-60% = D-; 59%-0% = F.

Help Desk (Technical Issues):

The North Dakota University System Help Desk is open 24 hours, 7

days a week and provides technical support for the following systems and applications:

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NDUS Account IDs and passwords

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ConnectND applications, including

Campus Solution/Campus Connection, Financials,

and

HRMS

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ALT applications of Moodle, Wimba Classroom, Wimba Voice Tools, and Blackboard IM

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Office 365:

Password changes

‘How To’ support for Exchange Email & Calendar

Lync Chat

Support for SharePoint, Lync Video, Unified Communication and Presenter, or

creating new resources or distribution lists is currently not provided

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Live@EDU--Best effort 'How To' support

Please visit the following link if you have issues with any of the above:

https://helpdesk.ndus.edu/