Participation (10%)
and Attendance (5%)
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Students are expected to come to class each week, stay for the entire class session, and to be engaged in the class activities. Missing class will have an impact your attendance grade. If students attend class every week, they are guaranteed 100% of their attendance grade.
To earn your participation grade, students are expected to:
- complete all assignments on time
- watch lecture videos before class
- complete ungraded mini-quizzes in Moodle
- take notes and ask questions about video lectures
- ask or answer questions in class
- actively participate in:
- class exercises
- class discussions
- discussion forums on Moodle
- be prepared for class, including having slides, handouts, and exercises available when needed
- contribute extra postings to the discussion board (beyond the minimum requirement)
I consider the Moodle forums an extension of the classroom, so if students do not feel comfortable speaking up during class, they may compensate for this by participating more fully on the discussion boards, (e.g., posting 2 or 3 times per unit instead of once).
Attendance and participation can greatly affect students' final grades for the better or for the worse. One needs to be active and involved in the class. If students are silent, uninterested, or otherwise disengaged all semester, they should not expect to earn a high participation grade.
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