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This main SYLLABUS contains information and policies relevant to ALL of Prof. Keely's mathematics This document is supplemented by the CLASS SYLLABUS specific to your class [103 | 152] TABLE OF CONTENTS
Professor: Sally Keely, M.S., C.O.E. (Internationally Certified Online Educator; Certified Clark eLearning Professional) To email me, so that your email filters to top priority and forwards to my cell phone, please follow these simple format rules: IMPORTANT! Email format rules: I am here to help you be successful. While not available 24/7, I am active in the online classroom and check email several times a day six days a week and hold three office hours a week per Prof. Keely's Schedule. DISCUSSION BOARD: Content questions should be posted to the “Q&A Discussion Board” in our Canvas class (not emailed to me directly) so that everyone can benefit from the conversation. I check-in there regularly (a couple of times a day Monday through Saturday) and students are encouraged to engage in the discussions and assist one another. CANVAS MESSAGE: I prefer you do NOT "message" me through Canvas's "inbox", email me instead. (FAQ - canvas message) ONLINE OFFICE HOURS: To meet with me synchronously online office hours are conducted via live SMS texting (no video, no Zoom) 8:00-8:50am MWF during which you can text me anytime (no appointment needed). Send text to 360.992.2509 during these hours and I will respond immediately so we can "chat" in live time. Sessions are limited to 20-minutes. I encourage you to read my Philosophy of Education, my DEIJA Commitment Statement, and my Personal Mission Statement.
This is a fully online class, thus conducted completely asynchronously. This class is NOT a "remote learning" format, thus has no real-time class meetings (i.e. NO Zoom). FAQ - What's the difference between online and remote class? What does "asynchronous" mean? Access to your Clark Student Email (@students.clark.edu) is required because all email communications with the professor must be through this address not a home/work email address. To activate your account see FAQs - clark student email. Daily access to a computer with reliable internet connection is important. Being an online class, you should have a basic ability to use a computer, a browser, and the internet. For more details see FAQs - computer skills and FAQs - software and plug-ins. You are required to have a back-up plan for internet access in case of an interruption with your primary service. Consider Clark campus labs or library, a local library, friends or family computers. A mobile device might be able to serve as your back-up access. Ultimately it is your responsibility to have technology adequate to access all online class materials. An electronic grapher is required. I recommend the free online Desmos Grapher (also available as a free app for smart phone or tablet). No need to buy a handheld graphing calculator. It is your choice to use a free online graphing program (e.g. Desmos), graphing software on your computer, a graphing app on your mobile device, or a handheld graphing calculator. If desired see FAQs - graphers and FAQs - calculators for additional suggestions. (Required) CANVAS is where you will "go to class". CANVAS is a popular Course Management System (CMS). The modules in CANVAS guide you through the course providing links to all readings, assignments, assessments, discussion boards, and resources. Also, grades are kept current in the CANVAS gradebook. (Required) A Digital Learning Platform (DLP, a.k.a. "Platform") is an online course delivery system, usually produced by a textbook publishing company. It is where you master objectives by working problems, completing assignments, and taking tests. Your DLP may also include e-textbook and tutorial videos. The modules in CANVAS link directly to your platform and guide you through what to study.
 (Optional) Prof. Keely's Mathematics Online Web provides supplemental resources including Lesson Notes and FAQs. You never need to visit this site directly, but it does provide handy access to class information (e.g., view this Syllabus without first having to login to CANVAS). Specific directions to registering in your Digital Learning Platform — MyMathLab (MML), Knewton Alta (KA), or WebAssign (WA) — are provided in your CANVAS classroom. First Day Attendance and First Week No-Show Drop Policy: DAY #1: You must login to your class in CANVAS on the first day of the term to secure your day one attendance. Failure to complete either of these orientation requirements properly and on time will result in your being dropped from class under Clark's "No-Show" Policy. Waitlist and Late Add Information: WAITLIST: The waitlist is operated by the registration department and faculty cannot override it. The waitlist ends 10-days prior to the term's start date. If you are on the waitlist and enough students drop by this date then you will be automatically moved from the waitlist into the class. ADDING CLASS POST-WAITLIST / PRE-DAY 3: During the week before the term starts and the first two days of the term you can add yourself to any open class without needing professor permission. Watch the class status carefully (in MyClark@CTCLink "Class Search and Enroll" lists class "status" as open or closed) during that time and jump on any opening! ADDING CLASS ON DAY 3 OR DAY 4: Starting on day three of the term the college requires instructor permission to add. Although I will NOT overload the class, there are times a student drops or I know will be dropped (e.g. no show) providing an opening. Adding late is not ideal, so to fill any open spots I will take students in the order I received a request-to-add email that includes: (1) full name, (2) CTCLink ID, (3) Clark Student Email address (your @students.clark.edu addy), and (4) class you wish to add (course number and ID code, e.g. Math 103 #5656). If I am able to provide you permission to add, I'll email you (at your Clark Student Email) the permission code. You will need to officially register right away before the permission expires, so watch your email closely. If you add a class on the first day of the term, then follow the day #1-2 attendance rules. If you add a class after the first day of the term, then before midnight on the day you register in class you MUST: This course requires your daily attention. You will need to be self-disciplined to study the material. Don't procrastinate! The course activities and requirements are intended to provide you with ample opportunities to learn the material and for progress feedback. I expect you to work hard and to be successful. I too pledge to be active in the classroom, attentive to your questions, and help make the class a success. A typical day/week in this class: Refer to the weekly modules in Canvas as they are your guide to the weekly schedule, readings, assignments, and deadlines. The material is broken into chunks called "units". For each unit you are directed to study specific sections the e-textbook and watch tutorial videos, read the lesson notes (which include supplemental resources), learn from the professor's mini-lectures and examples, master objectives by working problems in your platform, and take quiz(zes). Some units will also include an assignment (e.g. discussion) in Canvas. A downloadable Class Calendar is available for your class at Mathematics Online Web >> Syllabi & Calendars tab. Your Class Calendar lists textbook sections covered each week/unit and all deadlines. All deadlines listed are strict. This Class Calendar is the ruling document not Canvas’s calendar. On the rare occasion that a change needs to be made to the Class Calendar (e.g. a quiz deadline extension due to the platform being down for maintenance), then an announcement will be posted in Canvas Class Announcements. Note that Canvas's calendar and "to do" features are not reliable (especially when clocks fall back or spring forward). Canvas Assignments are worth 3-5 points each and usually involve a discussion. The first Canvas Assignment is the mandatory orientation assignment to post your introduction early in week 1. Beyond that every course is different and may have assignments scheduled weekly, bi-weekly, or per unit. See Class Calendar for deadlines and Canvas modules for details. Note that these assignments will be posted at the beginning of the week they are due, not generally before. It is your responsibility to be sure that the assignment is completed by the deadline and submitted properly. Also, depending on the number of classes I'm teaching and how full they are, providing individual feedback and scores to 200+ posts may take me up to a week, so your patience is appreciated. Your course's Digital Learning Platform (DLP) provides problems you work online throughout the course instead of traditional weekly handwritten homework. The set of problems you will work to master (i.e. successfully complete) the content are called the "Study Plan" in MyMathLab, "Assignment" in Knewton Alta, and "Assignment" in WebAssign. Your goal is to master the problems/objectives included in the platform assignment for each section we cover in the e-textbook. You may discuss platform assignment problems with each other, a friend or tutor, or post about them on the class Q&A discussion board. These are meant to be learning exercises. You do not have to work them independently. Take advantage of resources. The Platform Assignment is not due until near the end of the term (see your Class Calendar for deadline). You have all term to complete the platform assignment; however, it is strongly recommended that you work the problems in the week those objectives are covered so you are keeping-up on this term-long assignment. It is expected that you put several hours working the problems and mastering the objectives every week throughout the course. It will likely not be possible to "catch-up" the entire assignment at the end of the course. Don’t procrastinate! The Platform Assignment is worth a TOTAL of 40, 50, or 60 points (depending on class, per points possible chart). The percent of objectives that you master by the deadline is the percent of those points you earn for the assignment. Platform assignment milestone and bonus opportunity: As an incentive to get right to work on the Platform Assignment early in the term, if you meet a specific milestone by the end of week three, then you are eligible for a bonus opportunity as described below.
As an EXAMPLE, let's say your Platform Assignment is worth 60 points, there are 100 objectives in weeks 1-3 material, 500 objectives in total. Here are three possible scenarios:
Numbers specific to your course will be shared in your CANVAS class. There are absolutely no exceptions or extensions to the milestone deadline, bonus opportunity rule, or Platform Assignment deadline. Frequent quizzes are conducted online in your digital learning platform (e.g. WebAssign). There is one short quiz for each of 20-plus sections of material covered in the course. You may take each quiz once. No matter how many questions are on the quiz, each quiz is worth 3 points. All 20-plus quizzes will be available to you from the first day of the term until its strict deadline at 11:59 pm Saturday night. Watch your Class Calendar carefully for coverage and deadlines! Quizzes are timed and each attempt is expected to be completed in one sitting, meaning that once you click the link to access the quiz you must work through it and may not save your progress and return to it later. Once you start a quiz you only have 45 minutes to complete and submit it. The quiz will auto-submit "as is" if it is open too long. Immediately after submitting your quiz online, you will be able to see your score in the gradebook. This assures that the quiz submitted properly. It is your responsibility to be sure that the quiz is completed by the deadline and submitted properly. After the due date/time you will be able to see the quiz solutions. Reviewing your quizzes soon after that deadline serves as a highly recommended study technique. There are NO "make-ups" or late submissions allowed. Try to take every quiz, but the lenient lowest scores elimination policy (see details for your course in the points possible chart below) provides flexibility in case you miss a quiz, have technical difficulties, or simply have a bad day. A mandatory comprehensive final exam is required in all Clark College mathematics classes. In this class it is conducted online in your digital learning platform in a format similar to the quizzes. The final exam is timed (2 hours), expected to be completed in one sitting, and can only be taken once. It will be accessible for 60-hours and cannot be taken outside that window of accessibility. You will automatically fail the course if you neglect to take the final exam. See Class Calendar for dates and deadlines. The Final Exam Information Sheet contains logistical details and tips-for-success. If you stop attending class prior to the final exam, or if it is impossible for you to earn higher than an F in the class even if you score 100% on the final exam, then you will not be given access to the final exam. If you have a dire emergency that prohibits you from taking the final as scheduled, contact me promptly. Refer to the "Emergencies" clause in the Final Exam Info Sheet (linked above) for details. If you have technical difficulties or inadvertently get locked out from the final exam, you must email me immediately per the rules at FAQs - locked test and be prepared to finish it up right away. Use email, don't CANVAS message me. The exam will auto-submit "as is" if it is open too long. Clark's mathematics courses support the division's Program Level Quantitative Outcomes which for the AA-Transfer Degree are:
The total points possible are listed below by course. All assignments and assessments conducted via your course's platform except the “Canvas Assignments".
Grade Scale and Grading Policies: Your course grade will be determined by the percentage of the total possible points that you accumulate throughout the class. There is no grade "weighting" nor "curving", just earn as many points as you can. Course grades are calculated by dividing your total points accumulated by the total points possible, rounding decimals down to the nearest whole percent, and letter grades assigned according to the following scale:
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Academic Honesty and Integrity Policies Canvas Account Name Policy: You are encouraged to add a profile to your account in CANVAS. Keep your profile bio and profile photo academically appropriate. If any profile information or photo is deemed inappropriate by the professor for any reason you may be blocked from the online classroom and associated websites until it is fixed and you may not make-up any consequentially lost points. Civility and Respect Obligation: You are expected to keep your academic communications (online and face-to-face) polite and professional and to treat your classmates, your professor, and all college employees with civility and respect. Just as I promise to reply promptly to your emails and discussion board questions, you are expected to reply to my emails to you within a reasonable amount of time -- preferably within 24 hours, definitely within 60 hours. Failure to reply may lead to me to have to contact the college with a request for student support services to contact you. That's a lot of extra work for me and staff, so instead please keep in communication with me as required (by law). Discussion Board Posting Guidelines: When posting to a class discussion board you must write in the English language, avoid profanity, and use appropriate etiquette per FAQs - DB etiquette. Clear written communication in an online mathematics course depends on properly formatted math expressions. Math expressions can be typed online in a number of ways including plain text, ASCII, HTML, or using a built-in equation editor tool. For tips see FAQs - How do I type mathematics notation online?. Posting images of handwritten solutions is not permitted in part because they are not conducive to sharing with classmates who have a visual impairment. When posting an image (such as a screenshot of a graph), it must be inserted in the body of the message, not as a separate attached file, and it MUST include descriptive Alternate Text to assist classmates who use screen reader technology. FAQs - How do I add "alt text" when posting an image in Canvas? You are expected to do your own work. If I feel (or it is reported to me) that the work you submitted was not done by you or was not from your own understanding, then you will earn zero credit at my discretion. If there is any unusual discrepancy between your ongoing daily work/scores and your test work/scores (e.g., not contributing to the discussions yet acing the tests), at my discretion I may: (1) replace one (or more) quiz or exam with a comparable but different version without notice, or (2) require you to take (without notes/text but with government-issued photo ID) either a proctored written assessment or an oral examination or a combination thereof. I will use this information and my professional evaluation to determine your level of competency of the course objectives and understanding of the course content and assign a course letter grade accordingly. When taking a test (weekly quiz or final exam), you may refer to your notes, the e-text, any other printed resources, and use a grapher/calculator. However, you may absolutely may NOT submit test problems into any search engines (e.g. Google), AI software (e.g. PhotoMath, MathWay, ChatGPT), or homework helper/cheat apps (e.g. Course Hero, Chegg). Also, until after the test deadline, you absolutely may NOT discuss quiz questions or answers with any human or robot, See Code of Student Conduct for more specifics and ramifications of cheating and disciplinary action that can be taken. Technical Difficulties Policy: If you are having trouble accessing any of the class materials, get help immediately as every day you delay may cost you points. Technical difficulties do sometimes occur, so this class has some flexibility (e.g. low quiz score eliminated) built-in to help. That being said ... All deadlines are strict. No late work will be accepted and no missed work can be "made-up" even in the event of technical difficulties. I stand by this "no late work" policy to be consistent and fair to all. Technology and the internet do fail sometimes, so don't procrastinate and do have a back-up plan for computer and internet access. This syllabus provides a range of days during which an assignment or assessment can be submitted in part to provide you the flexibility to attend personal celebrations or commitments. So while unlikely to need further accommodation, this class does abide by Clark College's Absence for Reasons of Faith or Conscience policy. Your #1 source of help is each other! Posting questions to the "Q&A Discussion Board" in Canvas is a great way to get questions about the material answered (asynchronously) by me and by your fellow classmates. Please check it regularly and post help/support to those asking questions if you can. Many students find it helpful to form ongoing study groups. Groups can meet online (e.g. Discord, Zoom) or in person (e.g. Clark Cannell Library study room, off-campus coffee shop). STEM Tutoring Center offers free drop-in assistance with mathematics. If you ever need help with anything in this class please contact me. I truly am here to help you be successful! Clark Student Support Services provides a complete list of academic, social, financial, and health resources, including food and housing assistance and mental health support services. Student Success Coaches are available to help you navigate college life and develop the tools to be successful at Clark and beyond. One-on-one coaching sessions can provide you with study and organizational skills, emotional and personal support, connections to college resources, and much more. Tech troubles? The TechHub is a useful place to get technical support. Join Canvas community Clark College Resources & Opportunities to access a good collection of student resources. Supplemental Syllabi Information lists college-wide student support info including emergency management. You may also want to sign-up for emergency RAVE alert. Clark College supports reasonable accommodations for students who have a documented disability. Disability Support Services (DSS) coordinates accommodations for students with disabilities and/or health conditions (could include a temporary injury or pregnancy). Any student who may need accommodations in order to fully participate in this class is encouraged to contact Disability Support Services as soon as possible. For software specific accessibility information (listed alphabetically) see: Canvas, Knewton Alta (Wiley), MyMathLab (Pearson), OpenStax, WAMAP, or WebAssign (Cengage). Non-discrimination and Harassment Policy: Discriminatory or harassing speech or behavior will not be tolerated. The online classroom strictly abides by Title IX and Sexual Misconduct Policy and Non-discrimination and Harassment Policy. Any student violating either of these policies will be referred to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action. Code of Student Conduct, Academic Honesty, and Academic Integrity: As a member of the Clark College student body, you are expected to conduct yourself honestly and with integrity. Clark College's statement on Academic Dishonesty provides definition, avoidance strategies, consequences, and resources. IMPORTANT! In this class you WILL NOT:
In this class you WILL:
Failure to abide by these rules or any suspicion of cheating will result in the following actions:
I consider this mathematics online syllabus to be a contract between you and me. I agree to abide by all the policies and procedures contained herein, and by staying in the class, so too do you. If there is anything in this document with which you cannot or will not abide, you should discuss it with me at once. This syllabus is the ruling document in the event of a conflict with college policies.
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