Attendance, Help,
& Integrity Policy
updated:
There are no required in class meetings for the course. However, there
is a right to arrange ad hoc meetings if deemed necessary (i.e. oral quizzing,
showing work). Student work on assignments must be individual. Copying
other's work or getting others to do assignments is a violation of CCP's Academic
Integrity Policy and disciplinary action will be taken.
Please SAVE ALL
OF YOUR scratch WORK during the class until the end of the following
semester, in the event you are ask to show any of your work In-Person
(or to attach to an email). Students must be able to show their work
NEATLY and READABLE upon my requisition. Failure to show work is noncompliance
with the CCP's Academic
Integrity Policy. Infractions can result in an "F" grade,
negative code of conduct being placed on a student's college record, and/or
expulsion.
Randomly guessing at assignment questions (i.e. multiple choice, fill-in-the blank) until the answer is correct is also a violation of academic integrity (“effort at deception…in completing academic work”).
Instructure Canvas
will be used as the primary communication platform (discussion board and
email). All correspondence (i.e. important announcements) will take place
in the Canvas Discussions tab. You should check Instructure Canvas at
least once per week to see if I've sent any class emails or
discussion posts.
Assignments are all done online in PearsonMyLab.com as
prescribed and completion of these assignments will serve as the basis for your
grade. Students are expected to login
into Instructure Canvas and PearsonMyLab each week. I
will be checking email, discussion posts, and your PearsonMyLab HOMEWORK
progress throughout the week. Almost every week there is an assignment. The
only graded assignments are under "Assignments" in PearsonMyLab. Anything else you do
(i.e. Study Plan, Text Exercises, Practice Quizzes, etc.) is just practice to get ready for the graded
assignments and do NOT count toward your grade. In PearsonMyLab, read the online text and PowerPoints
corresponding to the week listed in the syllabus, watch the Videos, and do the
online text practice exercises.
Then the graded assignment(s) should ideally be started by the following
Monday. Not starting an assignment
is the same as missing a class and will be used for attendance
reporting purposes. You can move
ahead to the next assignment at any
time. Also, you may reattempt any
question (up to the maximum # of attempts) until the due date. Click here for
more detailed Directions for Doing
PearsonMyLab Assignments (Statistics or Precalculus), in PearsonMyLab. We
will NOT cover every section in the text. Please only read and watch
videos/animations pertaining to the sections mentioned in the Syllabus.
Login to PearsonMyLab
through Canvas.
You MUST
eventually enter a purchased Pearson MyLab Access Code,
otherwise when the temp code
expires you will not show up with the rest of the class in my Gradebook and consequently, a final grade may never be
entered on your behalf for the course.
If you do NOT
log into PearsonMyLab by the Extension Date/Time listed in the Home tab in
your Canvas course,
then your attendance will be reported to the registrar as "Never
Attended" and you can be withdrawn from the course.
*College policy states that students missing
more than 2 weeks worth of semester work (1 week in Summer Session) may be
withdrawn from the course.
Please, follow your
syllabus for what you are to do week by week.
Then an extension date/time
is allowed and given in the Home tab in your Canvas course.
NO EXCEPTIONS BEYOND THE
EXTENSION DATES/TIMES!
Unlimited attempts are flexibly allowed
(up to the due date) to account for computer glitches and provide optimum
opportunity for success. You should be following the Syllabus as a
TimeLine. There is already a multiple week extension built into the
Extension due dates, so please do NOT ask for extra time.
Your assignment average will appear in GRADEBOOK (tab
in the left margin of PearsonMyLab).
Timeliness of doing assignments (as per the
syllabus), reading the discussion posts, and performance on the Final Exam will
be taken into account, especially in borderline and equivocal cases. You
must work on ALL assignments to
complete the course. Otherwise, a letter grade will be dropped for missing
assignments.
HINT: The Final Exam (with
unlimited attempts & best score counting) is available in Week 1 so take
the Final Exam midway through the course just to see how you do and to at least
get 1 attempt done.
Helpful Resources:
You will have computer issues. It’s not a matter of “if,” but “when.” The issue could be a temporary glitch with
Pearson, so first wait to see if it resolves itself. If you do indeed have problems with PearsonMyLab, contact their Customer
Technical Support or by phone (my recommendation is to use their chat
support). If you have other computer problems please contact your computer
brand's Tech Support. It helps to “refresh” your internet browser to update the
information saved in the “cookies.”
PearsonMyLab has Video instruction, PowerPoints, Animated instruction, and
worked out examples. In addition, for
Stats classes, I have provided Class Notes and Examples in my website.
Class Notes are meant to complement readings and contain definitions, concepts,
formulas (in the format you would put them in a graphing calculator) and using
technology instruction (StatCrunch and Excel).
I am available by email 24 hours, 7 days a week. Since I have about 180
students a session, please allow a few
days for a response. I have offices at Main B2-25J and NERC 328. Instructor help will only be given on
examples NOT graded exercises. It is best to post to the discussion board
so others can help, as well.
If you need regular tutoring, Learning
Labs are available at all CCP campuses (i.e. South Learning
Lab on Main Campus in B2-36, 215-751-8480) has group and
private tutoring. Also, click here for Pearson Publishing online tutoring.
Getting tutors to do graded assignments (Homework, Tests) is a violation of
CCP's Academic Integrity Policy (see above). Tutors can show examples
LIKE the question but cannot do the graded exercises.
Click here for CCP Distance Education Counseling Services
Click here for CCP Center on
Disability