To that effect, I plan to be looking at everyone's blogs once a week on Sunday afternoons. When I look at the blogs, I'll be checking for posts regarding the readings that were assigned up to that previous Monday. This means that Wednesday and Friday blogs are graded with the next week's Monday blog at the end of the next week.
More explicitly, this means that readings 1 through 6 are due this coming Sunday (the 20th). Readings 7 through 9 will be due the next Sunday. 10, 11, and 12 will be checked the next week, and so on. You'll have about a week to a week and a half of flexibility using this technique, but I recommend you try to keep up as much as possible.
A couple of notes:
- There are no late submissions for blogs. I will be checking for the assignments from the previous week only, and you will either receive the completion points or not. Honestly, it's not a big deal if you miss a few blogs since there are so many, which is why there's not a late policy.
- I've intentionally left the time I'll be checking vague. The reason I say Sunday afternoon is with the hope that everyone will finish everything by Saturday. If you want to try to get them in Sunday, that's fine, but it's a bit more of a gamble as to whether it will be before or after I've checked.
Email me if you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy.
Thanks Seth. And I wonder if grade will be partially based on the quality of our posts. If do you measure the quality?
ReplyDeleteYes, quality will be considered. I skim through the posts when checking them, and it must clearly demonstrate some effort. They are graded mostly on a credit / no credit basis, so posts that show reasonable effort will be fine. That's not to say you should feel compelled to write multi-page summaries each post, as some people do. A couple short paragraphs is sufficient so long as you communicate insightful thought and a meaningful summary.
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