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Discussion Board Participation Points
You can earn 0-2 points per two week period for your participation in the course discussion board. These are extra credit points. Submissions are evaluated and points awarded at the end of each even-numbered week (week 2, week 4, week 6, week 8, and after the final exam.)
Submission are evaluated on quality and (to a lesser extent) quantity. Submissions that are more relevant, more detailed, more correct, more precise, and overall more useful to other students in the class will have a greater chance of earning credit. Spelling and accurate use of vocabulary words count as well. As the quarter goes on (and your mastery of the course material, in theory, improves), the standards used to judge the quality of discussion board posts becomes more strict. In other words, as the quarter goes on, strive to improve the quality of your posts.
One submission = one question or one answer. One submission is worth one point.
Any thread or reply that contains a significant conceptual or vocabulary error cannot earn credit.
Some discussion board questions may be used as exam questions, regardless of their credit worthiness. Therefore it is useful to read all discussion board posts, even if you do not post any yourself.
In order to make it easier to find questions and answers, please include the page number and problem number in the title of your new thread when asking a question concerning Thinkbook problems and solutions. Example: Thinkbook page 105 CFQ 1(a).
Similarly, please include the problem number, exam number, and quarter in the title when asking about an old exam. Example: Spring 2008 Exam 1 Question 6.
When you copy part or all of an answer from another source, you must cite the source. (A web link is useful for this.) As is true in any other circumstance, copying someone else's words without giving credit is plagiarism. Plagiarism is an act of significant academic misconduct, and carries appropriate penalties.
Profane, disrespectful, or inappropriate postings will be removed. Penalties depend upon the nature of the infraction and are decided by the discussion board moderator. Treat others as you would like to be treated.
For the purposes of this project, the two-week period starts Monday 12:01 AM (as determined by the discussion board clock) and runs fourteen calendar days. The last period begins Monday of week nine and runs until the moment the final exam begins.
You must be registered at the discussion board web site in order to make submissions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Question: What makes for a good post?
Answer: Accuracy, detail, and precision. General interest. Insightful questions. Feel free to ask for explanation of a fundamental idea that is well-covered in lecture or the textbook, but such questions are not worthy of discussion board participation points. Limit each post to a single question or single answer. (If you have more than one question, please submit multiple posts.)
Question: How many points have I earned this week, or so far this quarter?
Answer: Think of the discussion board as a project that lasts all quarter, but isn't graded until it is complete (like a ten-week long quiz). Just like a quiz, you can't stop in the middle and ask your score. Your discussion board participation point total will be written on the front of your final exam (after the exam is graded), so you can see your score when you collect your final exam. Like exam scores and course grades, discussion board participation scores cannot be revealed by email, IM, or phone. |
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