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!obert Harrisrharris,00-./email.phoenix.ed 0University of Phoenix1Facilitator "#ailability" am available from 9 a.m.29 p.m. +astern *ime on most days. "f yo (ant to speak (ith me personally over the telephone yo mst first send me a Private &essage sing the Private &essage #apability in the &ain Classroom and in that message give me spe#ifi#s of (hat the dis#ssion (ill be abot and (hat yo (ant to a##omplish. $in#e " re#eive alerts on my handheld for Private &essages " (ill see it immediately and give some type of response. Please des#ribe the prpose for the re3ested dis#ssion in as m#h detail as possible.*his gives me the opportnity to do some ba#kgrond (ork! if re3ired." (ill de#ide if a telephone #onversation is needed and if so " (ill provide yo (ith my telephone nmber and a time range (ithin (hi#h yo may #all.&ore likely than not all isses #an and (ill be handled by Private &essage! (hi#h provides do#mentation for both of s."t is by far the best (ay. *he above email address #an be sed if yo have some type of emergen#y and are for some reason nable to log on to the #lassroom to send a Private &essage.Please do not notify me of non2emergen#y te#hni#al isses.4o shold al(ays dire#t those to U5P *e#hni#al $pport so yo are not delayed. Policies 6or U5P poli#ies! please see the Poli#ies link provided on the pper right side of the home page. 6a#lty and stdents%learners (ill be held responsible for nderstanding and adhering to all poli#ies #ontained (ithin that link. University poli#ies are sb7e#t to #hange so please be sre to read them at the beginning of ea#h #lass as it may have #hanged sin#e yor last #lass. Poli#ies may be slightly different depending on the modality in (hi#h yo attend #lass. "f yo have re#ently#hanged modalities it is important yo read the poli#ies governing yor #rrent #lass modality. Late Assignments

8ate assignments re#eive a 9: ded#tion for ea#h day they are late if assignments are not posted by ;;..2>,22->=.! or se the e2mail spport form.Ans(ers to the most #ommon isses are fond in the ?no(ledge @ase by #li#king Aelp! fond at the top of every stdent 'eb site. Please do not #onta#t me for problems of logging on or not being able to a##ess videos! et#.*heonly ans(er " #an provide is to #onta#t te#h spport.Feedback

+a#h (eek! " (ill provide grades or s#ores and #omments on assignments (ithin a maximm of =days of (hen they (ere sbmitted. Usally " (ill give yo feedba#k (ithin 2 days. " (ill send feedba#k to the Assignments se#tion of the #lassroom and the Gradebook. " (ill send feedba#k ea#h (eek! " (ill post a notifi#ation in the $lass %essages that " have done so. Grading FormulaAssume student earns 150 points out of a possible total points of 160.His/Her percentage is 93.That is an A!. Course Description

Please refer to the Corse 5vervie( sele#tion.Course Topics & Objecties Befer to the Corse 5vervie( sele#tion.Course !aterials

They can be found within the Learning Activities in the Syllabus.Point Values for Course Assignments "lease refer to the s#llabus for this information. &rading$everal assignments are designated as APA only papers. *hey (ill not be a##epted if they are not in APA format."f sbmitted on time " (ill inform stdents if they are not APA formatted and a##eptable! and '(s&rade 99CA 9029- A2 >.2>9 @C >-2>= @ >02>, @2 ..2.9 CC .-2.= C .02., C2 =.2=9 DC =-2== D =02=, D2 E996 stdents (ill have - days (ithin (hi#h to sbmit them properly formatted.8ate penalties (ill also apply.A link to a sample paper has been posted in the Annon#ements on the Class Aome page and a link is also provided in the dire#tions of the t(o assignments. *hat link takes yo to the Center for 'riting +x#ellen#e and in the left #olmn yo (ill see a heading for APA re3irements.4or sele#tion (ill be nder that heading for ndergradate #lasses. " re#ommend yo go to this (eb2site and keep it handy as it (ill tell yo everything yo (ant to kno( abot APA formatting." do not engage in instr#ting on APA formatting be#ase of the detailed level of the sample paper.*here are also too many available resor#es that enableyo to handle that one yorself.&!")I*& $!I+,!I"- .ritten "ssignments- / "ll formal assignments will be graded on-0rgani1ation- 'ere the ideas presented logi#ally and as re3ested by the assignmentF Does the paper #ontain a #lear introd#tion and smmary statement0s1! logi#al%natral flo( of ideas! smooth transitions! and main points (ell spportedF Con#lsion! in#lding the smmation of ma7or points madeF 020: of the grade for the paper1."*) IF 203 )0 *0+ H"4, " &00) I*+!0)3$+I0*, 203 L05, 5 P0I*+5 "*) IF 203 )0 *0+ H"4, " &00) 53%%"!2 203 L05, 5 P0I*+56$ontent understanding7"pplicability- 'as there a demonstration of nderstanding the #orse #ontentF 'ere the #on#epts learned in #lass and text tied into the paper! (ith real (orld or (ork experien#eF Use of proper #itations and referen#es to ensre there is no danger of plagiarismF 020: of the grade for the paper.1 +his is essential- +here will be an automatic 18 point deduction for not including the required 2 outside readings as references in your written assignments +he suggested readings that are made a#ailable by 30P qualify as outside readings 9ust citing a dictionary doesn(t count and citing the te:t is fine, but it doesn;t count toward the outside references I want legitimate outside research done " minimum of 2 outside references are required F0! ,4,!2 .!I++,* "55I&*%,*+ 53