1. Welcome

2. Syllabus Course Information Course Policies Guidelines Direction Contractual agreement

3. Communication Communicate with your professor. E-mail Telephone AOL IM Communicate with academic advising Communicate with tech support

4. Knowledge and encourage Share your thoughts Encourage each other Guide each other Support each other Give and receive knowledge

5. Remember the human, do no harm Communication should be about communicating. The sharing of ideas Helping each other Relating to each other Even though we cannot see each other we must remember that there is a real person receiving our communication Online we have only words, so be gentle, respectful, polite, and understanding.

6. Standards Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life. Actions have consequences.

7. Netiquette Etiquette is the proper and expected way for one to behave in a society or culture; and the cyber world has its own unique society and culture. Just as in business or a traditional university there are expectations and rules that should both govern and dictate our behavior online. We help ourselves, our fellow students, and our compatriots when we both remember and abide by netiquette

8. Last words on Netiquette Never post a message all in CAPS. Use boldface and italics sparingly Do not use “texting” lingo If you read something that hits your last nerve…… Walk away and come back to the message later – much later if necessary – after that nerve has healed.

9. Contingency Plan Always have a back-up. Access to another computer Library Cyber café Starbucks Kmart Local college or university Best friend Neighbor Mom or Dad, sister or brother

10. Contingency Plan Memory Stick Back up all your work to a memory stick. Get a study buddy A second e-mail account An external hard drive A CD or DVD

11. Never Wait………… Murphy’s Law The 59 th second of the 59 th minute of the 24 th hour of the last day. No all nighters!!! Manage your world do not allow your world to manage you.

12. Mechanics??? Spelling Grammar Punctuation Sentence structure Word usage Syntax

13. APA www.apastyle.org Double-spaced One inch margins on all four sides of the page Indent the first line of a paragraph five spaces Times New Roman 12pt font In text citations References

14. Turnitin.com www.turnitin.com Check a paper for passages that have not been cited and references Great tool for honing your APA skills Helps you to correct deficiencies in your writing.

15. The Writing Center Guidance on mechanics Guidance on APA Feedback The Reference Library Chat with a live tutor Review (not write) your papers

16. Smarthinking Tutoring Individualized tutoring Mathematics Economics Statistics Finance Writing

17. The Online Library Research articles Research periodicals Research scholarly writing Research books Information

18. Written Assignments Follow the directions! Demonstrate your understanding Show that you can use your course work Communicate Show your thoughts Let your fellow scholars hear your thoughts

19. What a research writer does P = Points I = Interpretation or Information P = Proof E = Explanation

20. Discussion Threads Initial posting Answer the challenge Demonstrate your understanding 100 words Mechanics

21. Discussion Threads Postings in comment/response (two) Challenge a fellow classmate Question a fellow classmates Drive the conversation forward Add value to the conversation 50 words Mechanics

22. Discussion Thread Headers Please include a header on all discussion thread postings They are: Initial posting from Dick Smith Comment to Jane Doe from Dick Smith Response to Dick Smith from Jane Doe

23. Questions?