Complete the Course Plan and Submit Through This Assignment Tool
Look for the yellow to notice where you need to fill in. Caution: This is 2 pages. Do both pages. 
If you were previously in a class I taught, please answer: _ Online? or _ On-campus? What year?  ________ (approximately)
Making Sure Your Professor Can Help You If Something Goes Wrong 
Type your emergency contact information so I have several ways to reach you if it is in your interest if I contact you. Example of when I would call you: You did not complete the Final Exam and I am required to fail you for the course.
Your last name: _________________ __________     Your first name: _________________ __________     
Reliable phone number:  _____-_____-________      Alternative email: _________________ __________     
Deciding the Grade You Plan to Earn
Place an X in the yellow box to the left of YOUR planned grade in this 1000-point course and notice the required points.
	Final Letter Grade that You Plan to Earn	How Many Points That You Must Earn for That Grade	
	A (exceptional)	895 or above (Range: 895-1000 points)	
	B (above average)	795 or above (Range: 795-894 points)	
	C (average)	695 or above (Range: 695-794 points)   	
	D (below average)	595 or above (Range: 595-694 points)   	
	F (failing)	594 or less	
Making Sure You Do Enough Points for the Grade You Want to Earn
Place an X in the yellow box to the left of each assignment you will do so you earn the points you need for the grade you want. Caution: Do not assume you will make perfect scores on everything. That is not how life works for most of us. Tips: 
•	If you want an A, to be safe put an X in the yellow box by every assignment on both page—and do them.
•	To help you monitor your grade during the term, I post an announcement at the end of Unit 1, 2, and 3 so you can determine your current letter grade. 
•	Do not be click happy in Getting Started. History is different from other freshman classes, the writing is different, and the requirement for evidence is different. This course tries to help you, but you have to notice. 
Getting Started 
	Assignment 	Points	
	Take Syllabus Acknowledgement Quiz. (Caution: You must do it to stay in the course.)	1	
	Post your Introduction in the Discussion available from Getting Started.	4	
	Complete Your Course Plan for Your Grade and submit it in its Blackboard Assignment. 	20	
	Complete the Syllabus & Success Assignment and submit it in its Blackboard Assignment.	15	
	Total for this Section of the Course 	40	
Unit 1 
	Assignment 	Points	
	Take all Learning Quizzes in Unit 1. Tip: Each Learning Quiz is broken into:
•	A one-time Self-Test so you determine what you know and do not know. (Points: .01 per question as extra credit) If you make 80% or more on the Self-Test, you get the Full points for the quiz without taking it. (No busy work!) Once you take the Self-Test, you see content (if needed) and the Full-Test. 
•	 If you do not make 80% or more on the Self-Test, take the Full-Test to teach yourself. You can take the test as many times as you want, with the highest score counting. (Points: 1 per question)
If you make 80% or more a quiz’s Self-Test and/or its Full-Test by the date in the Announcement, you earn 1 incentive point for each quiz There are many small quizzes so these points can add up. 	70	
	Post and reply in Unit 1 Learning Discussion (Tip: If you post as its rubric explains and earn over 14 points and if you make over 60 on the Unit 1 Exam, you earn 10 extra credit incentive points)	20	
	Take Unit 1 Exam. (Tips: This is learnable. Over 30% of the questions are from the Learning Quizzes, and 70% are listed in the Unit Study Guide. Also, you can help each other in the Learning Discussion.)	100	
	Total for this Section of the Course	190	
Respondus Requirement So You Can Take the Final Exam 
	Assignment 	Points	
	Anytime during the 3 week period listed in the List of Due Dates, carefully look at Distance Education’s information and video on using Respondus Monitor. Practice. When ready, sign up for your instructor to review your video. If you met Distance Education’s requirements, you can take the Final Exam when it opens. If you a) exactly follow Distance Education’s requirements and b) do that in this 1st week, you earn 20 points, the highest points for this assignment. The syllabus covers the number of points if done later in the 3 weeks or if you have to do it multiple times before you follow Distance Education’s rules.	20	
	Total for this Section of the Course	20	
Evidence Quizzes & the 3-Part Writing (a discussion that your prof opens and closes for the 3 parts)
	Assignment 	Points	
	Complete at least the Self-Tests for Evidence Quizzes 1-4. Score at least 80%+ on each Self-Test or—if you did not—do its Full-Test to at least 80%. Use Course Messages to email your instructor that you have completed these Self-Tests, and she either confirms you can post or tells you what to do	40	
	Post the 1st Part (your paper) in the 3-Part Writing Discussion @ 100 points (50 points for content and 50 for Good Habits for Evidence). Caution: You must do the 1st Part to do other parts.	100	
	When the 3-Part Writing discussion reopens, peer review (2nd Part) 2 papers @ 50 points each (25 points for content and 25 for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence for each one).	100	
	When the 3-Part Writing discussion reopens again, reply to the 2 peer reviews of your paper @ 40 points (10 points for content and 10 for following all 5 Good Habits for Evidence for each one; if only 1 student peer reviewed your paper, 20 points for content and 20 for following all 5 Good Habits).	40	
	Total for this Section of the Course	280	
Unit 2 
	Assignment 	Points	
	Take all Learning Quizzes in Unit 2. (Tip: The same extra credit incentive as Unit 1.)	50	
	Post and reply in Unit 2 Learning Discussion (Tip: The same incentive as Unit 1.)	20	
	Take Unit 2 Exam. (Tip: The same opportunities for success in learning as in Unit 1.)	100	
	Total for this Section of the Course	170	
Unit 3 
	Assignment 	Points	
	Take all Learning Quizzes in Unit 3. (Tip: The same extra credit incentive as Unit 1.)	80	
	Post and reply in Unit 3 Learning Discussion (Tip: The same incentive as Unit 1.)	20	
	Take Unit 3 Exam (Tip: The same opportunities for success in learning as in Unit 1.)	100	
	Total for this Section of the Course	200	
Final Exam (Possible Total for Its Assignment and the Prior Assignments = 1000 points)
	Assignment 	Points	
	Take the Final Exam 	100