Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

Grading: Final grades are made up of a running total of all graded items. Grades are weighted through point values, so the breakdown of assignments is as follows: 3 Multiple Draft Papers = 500 points each Other work = 10-50 points each • Discussion board responses, discussion questions • short writing assignments, quizzes, activities Midterm and Final Essay and Exam = Combined total of 250 points (for each assessment period) Paper Guidelines: All papers must be double-spaced, Times New Roman font, with 12 pt. font and 1” margins. Papers must also follow MLA-formatting guidelines, and must be completed on the bottineaupublicschool.org account in order to submit to Google Classroom. All major papers will undergo the revision process, and drafts not ready for revision feedback will result in late docking. All papers must be submitted to Turnitin.com prior to final Blackboard submission. Late Work: Students are expected to complete all assignments in a timely fashion, including assigned reading, work, and writing. Late work will result in a 20% dock. Student Email Policy – Dakota College at Bottineau: Dakota College at Bottineau is increasingly dependent upon email as an official form of communication. A student’s campus-assigned email address will be the only one recognized by the campus for official mailings. The liability for missing or not acting upon important information conveyed via campus email rests with the student. Student Technology and Email Requirements for this Section of English 110: This class will utilize both Blackboard and Google Classroom. It is advised that students acquire the mobile app for both of these lms systems. Students must use their bottineaupublicschool.org account for Google Classroom, and the use of Google Drive is required. Class notices will be delivered via the bottineaupublicschool.org email, and this is also the best way to contact the instructor. Academic Integrity: Policy on Plagiarism: Plagiarism can be defined as representing someone else’s ideas, language, or material as your own. In today’s digital world, it is all too easy for students to copy and paste others’ ideas into their work. Doing so will result in plagiarism. Anytime another’s ideas, language, or created material is used in your work, you need to cite the source, whether you’ve used a direct quotation, a paraphrase, or a summary. Work must be cited both in-text and on a Works Cited page.