Syllabus for Current On-Campus History 1301 Classes
Although you receive a printed copy of your syllabus on your first class day, in some cases you may prefer to use your syllabus online.
Click on the link for the Syllabus for History 1301 for your class. Your
Course Schedule is at the end of the syllabus.
If you would like a
larger print version of the grade sheet provided on the first day of class, you
can print or download this.
I will show you briefly in class how to download a file, but there is also a
link on your course homepage to a set of tips that may help you, including how
to download a file.
Interpreting Grades for Different Types of
Assignments
If you want to see how to interpret grades for
different types of assignments:
·
Scale
for 170-point Unit Objective Exams (Units 1, 2, and 3)
·
Scale
for 20-point Unit Essay Exams (Unit 1 and 2) – INCORRECT, but used for ALL
essays for Unit 1 once the error was made
o
Notes with the feedback
on Unit 1 Essays
·
Scale
for 20-point Unit Essay Exams (Unit 1) - CORRECT
·
Scale
for 40-point Unit 2 Essay Exam
o
If
your instructions say to write page numbers
o
If
you see a letter or a phrase as feedback
o
Best tips
– Check off each general instruction before you start or stop work
– Check off the essay instructions before you start or stop work
– If you don’t know, ask before you start or stop work
For the rest of your life, no one is going to pay you for words by the pound.
·
Scales and Rubrics for 100-point Major Essay
o
Rubric for the 1st
Page Comparison
o
Scale
for 75-point PART of the Major Essay – the 1st Page Comparison
o
Rubric
for the 2nd Page Ethical-Decision Making
o
Scale
for 25-point PART of the Major Essay – the 2ndPage Ethical Decision-Making
Seeing the Rubrics Used to Grade Written Assignments
All written assignments are
graded using these rubrics. They have exactly the same criteria and the same
requirements for Good Habits for Evidence. All that is different is the number
of points.
·
Rubric for a Unit 1 Essay worth 20
Points Each
·
Rubric for Unit 2 Essay worth 40 Points
·
Rubric for the Major Writing
Assignment worth 100 Points– The one difference is that in Turnitin within Blackboard the scale
goes from F to A instead of A to F.Link available when we can discuss it.
Seeing How the Rubric Determines the Good Habits for Evidence Points
The rubric determines the Good Habits for Evidence grade with each
written assignment you do:
·
Unit 1 Essays (40
points for 2 essays at 20 points each) and a Good Habits for Evidence grade of
10
·
Unit 2 Essays (40
points for 2 essays at 20 points each) and a Good Habits for Evidence grade of
10
·
Major Essay at
100 points with a Good Habits for Evidence grade of 20
The whole reason for the points for the Good Habits
for Evidence is to help you walk away
from bad habits and choose ones that will help you learn history—and anything
else that is real that you have to learn (like things for a job). If you
practice the Good Habits for Evidence, you earn points to help your grade while
you are developing new and good habits.
This chart shows how the
points for the Good Habits for Evidence are determined.
What the Marked Rubric
Shows |
Unit 1 or 2 Essays |
Major Essay |
If
plagiarism from the Internet |
0 |
0 |
If
2 or more problems in D and/or F column |
2 |
4 |
If
1 relatively minor problem in D or F columns |
4 |
8 |
If
nothing is marked in the D or F column, the full 10 points. |
10 |
20 |
WCJC
Department: |
History
– Dr. Bibus |
Contact
Information: |
281.239.1577
or bibusc@wcjc.edu |
Last
Updated: |
2014 |
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