Overview of the STEPS in Evidence Matters and the Points for Completing ALL STEPS

This information is repeated in each STEP

STEP 1: Reasons (besides points) Why You Want to Do What Is Covered in Evidence Matters

Two links:

· No One Would Pay You (or Employ You) if Evidence Doesn't Matter to You

· Over 50% of Good, Smart People Like You Did Not Know These Basics about Evidence

STEP 2: Without Loss of Points, Measuring What You Know and Don’t Know about Evidence and History

Two quizzes:

· That have low points (.01 per question) and those points are extra credit.

· That you can retake later for the full 5 points each.

· That—if you retake them later—earn 2 points each extra credit for these self-testing ones

Just answer these questions without any preparation:

· Basics of the 5 Good Habits for Evidence You Need to Know and Do - for Self-Testing (Only .01 points each)
Requires the password onetimeonly - 5 minutes – Total value .05

· Basics of History You Need to Know and Do (Also in Unit 1 Objective Exam) - for Self-Testing (Only .01 points each)
Requires the password onetimeonly - 20 minutes – Total value .2

STEP 3: What You Use and Do If You Missed a Question on the Good Habits for Evidence Quiz or about Evidence or Quotations on the Basics Quiz

Several resources

· 5 Good Habits for Evidence, a tutorial with self-tests within it and with links to help you teach yourself the habit that you miss

· If you need them, definitions

· 4 pages from The Bedford Handbook, with the purpose of each page explained in its name

FYI: A bibliography is not required because you can only use the textbook and primaries provided within the course. Specific instructions for using a simple version of endnotes for this course are provided with these assignments:

· Unit 1 Writing Exam and Unit 2 Writing Exam

· Analysis of Primaries

STEP 4: Forum for Questions about Evidence Matters

Use this forum within the module Evidence Matters. You will need to review all of the materials there to answer accurately and to ask what you don't know. This is a graded forum and the basic rules covered in Course Orientation apply to it.

STEP 5: Retaking the Self-Tests for 5 Points Each – Caution: you must DO these actions when writing, not just click the answers in the quiz.

After you have clicked Mark Review on the 5 Good Habits for Evidence tutorial, you see

· Basics of the 5 Good Habits for Evidence You Need to Know and Do
No password and multiple retakes - 5 minutes – Total value 5

· Basics of History You Need to Know and Do (Also in Unit 1 Objective Exam)
No password and multiple retakes - 20 minutes – Total value 5

Note: retaking each of these quizzes also earns 2 points extra credit for each one you did in STEP 2.

STEP 6: Submitting Your Personal Responsibility Form to Turnitin

These items:

• A link on how the method for grading makes it efficient for a professor to prove any problems with evidence and shifts the responsibility to the student
• The file you download and enter the information at the top in the yellow areas
• Instructions from Turnitin on how to submit within Blackboard
• The Turnitin Assignment itself

What are the Points for Evidence Matters?

This is some additional detail added to the form you complete.

Work You Do in Evidence Matters – You must follow ALL STEPS.	Regular Points	Extra Credit Points
Basics of the 5 Good Habits for Evidence You Need to Know and Do - for Self-Testing (Only .01 points each)	-	.05
Basics of History You Need to Know and Do (Also in Unit 1 Objective Exam) - for Self-Testing (Only .01 points each)	-	.2
That—if you retake them later—earn 2 points each extra credit for these self-testing ones	-	2 2
Participate in the forum on Evidence Matters @ a maximum of 20 points if you do the minimum of post and/or reply at least 3 times and with full points if you are helpful to others	20	-
Retake the 2 quizzes for points @ 5 points each	10	-
Submit the Personal Responsibility Form for the 5 Good Habits for Evidence to Turnitin If you follow all 5 Good Habits for Evidence with all writing assignments, you keep your 30 extra credit points. If you do not follow them for 1 assignment, you temporarily get a 1.11 for this extra credit. If you either talk with me for help or just change on your own, you can earn having those points back.	-	30
Total of 64 points (30 Regular Points and 34 Extra Credit Points)	30	34

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