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B080 Reading and Writing Strategies

Week OneCourse Tour

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Congratulations!! It is an exciting and maybe even scary time for you! This class is right where you belong and together we are going to start your journey towards completing your degree!

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Meet our instructors

Virginia Knox

George AllandBrooke Cutlan

Amy Bro

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Gail Goepfert

Debra BohlmanBecky Sims

Sarah Carpenter

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Agenda

• Navigating the course• Live lectures• Saving Assignments• Formatting written assignments and title

pages• Discussion forum• Grammarly• Questions

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Course Features: The Home Page

COURSE TABS

Course Announcements Should Be Read DAILY!!!!!!

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The Syllabus TabInstructor Information, Late Assignments, Academic

Misconduct, Grading Criteria, Discussion Requirements, APA Requirements, etc

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The Course Tab

Course Announcements, Access Course Mail, Access Discussions

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Live Lecture Announcements

Click this link to enter the live lecture room

Under “Live Lecture Announcements” you will find a link and schedule for the Live Lecture room.

Live Lecture Announcements

Live Lectures: As a student, you need to know…

Click THIS Link to ENTER the Live Lecture Room.You will log in as a Guest. Enter your first and last name when you log in.

http://rasmussen.adobeconnect.com/r6d159ygqad/Live Lecture Schedule

Times are in CST (central time)

LECTURES BEGIN Monday at the START of WEEK 2•LIVE LECTURE ATTENDANCE: During weeks 2-6, you are required to attend one session per week held in the Adobe Connect Live Classroom. •Attendance is a required part of this class. Live Lectures are 16% of your overall course average. Each week, you will be given codes DURING THE LECTURE that you will enter into the course Live Lecture Assignment found in the Lessons Tab each week. This live virtual discussion will provide you with an opportunity to interact with faculty teaching this course, as well as your classmates. The sessions will cover chapter content from each module, discuss weekly assignments, and course expectations. •9 sessions are offered for your convenience Monday through Saturday•You can attend any session with any faculty member

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Why Attend Live Lectures?

• Students that attended all of the Live Lectures earned on average an 89% in the course.

• Students that attended 0 Live Lectures earned on average a 44% in the course.

• This is a difference between passing and failing the course!

• The live lectures are fun and a great way to connect with other students and instructors.

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Student Comments About the Live Lectures.

• I didn't think I would like the sessions at first because it was one extra thing I had to do, but I absolutely loved it! It really helped me to get great grades, for all my classes

• I liked every aspect of the Live Lecture, cannot think of a least favorite aspect. I think that these review sessions keep you more connected to the class and other students then the discussion posts. In addition I think the live review sessions are one of the reasons I liked this class so much!

• I thought the live lectures were extremely helpful. It gives you the opportunity to communicate with an instructor as well as your classmates and learn from each other.

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How do I earn live lecture attendance credit?

• Interact with the instructor and participate in all activities during the live lecture.

• During the live lecture, you will be given TWO Attendance Codes. You will write the codes down on a piece of paper.

• After the live lecture is over, you will log into your B080 course and select the Lessons Tab, find the current Module and select The Live Lecture Link. You will enter the Attendance Codes from the Live Lecture into the provided box. Example on next slide!

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After attending a live lecture, Enter the Lessons Tab and find the Live Lecture Assignment

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Enter the Codes Provided DURING the Live Lecture, then select Done

Make sure you attend at least one live lecture

each week. They are worth 15 points and

are 16% of your overall grade!!!!!!!

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The Calendar Tab: Grid View

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The Calendar Tab: List View

Select List or Grid

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The Lessons Tab

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Lessons Continued

Each week you will have Lessons to study and a

Discussion. Most weeks you will have a quiz

and/or a written assignment.

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The Lessons Tab: Written Assignment

Read all of the directions first. Make sure you understand the assignment. Ask questions before you begin. Let’s review the week 1 written assignment.

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Personal Narrative

A personal narrative is a story that allows a writer to share in depth details about one event from his/her life! Choose something from your life that had an impact on you!

What do you include? Answer WHO was involved in your story

Answer WHAT happened in your story

Answer WHEN your story happened

Answer WHERE your story took place

Answer WHY this was an important experience in your life

Answer HOW the people in the story felt

• Length=7-11 sentences• Include a cover paper (APA formatted) as pg 1, pg 2 is your narrative• Double space your paragraph• Times New Roman, 12 pt font• Use Grammarly before you submit

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The Lessons Tab: Saving Your Written Assignment

• You will save your assignments to your computer with a VERY specific format. All assignments must be saved in Microsoft Word and attached to the dropbox as an attachment.

• Example:• Rsims_NarrativeParagraph_1052012Follow this order:• First Initial and Last Name_• Name of the Assignment_• Date

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Saving Your Work Correctly

When you start typing your narrative stop and save your work:One: Click on Save AsTwo: Select a folder on your computerThree: Name with First Initial, LastName_Assignment Name_Date

Example:RSims_Narrative Paragraph_4102013

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The Lessons Tab: The Dropbox

Identify your assignment in the title

Send your instructor a note

Click on Attachments and find your newly

named and saved file.Click on Submit

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Formatting Your Assignments

• All course work needs to include:– a title page (APA format)– Times New Roman– 12 pt font– Double space

*At the end of the course tour download the title page tutorial and the title page example.

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Title Page

• Example

For additional help formatting an APA title page, click on the Resources tab in your course. Also, download the Title Page tutorial at the end of this presentation.

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Example of correct format on the paragraph: Times New Roman, 12 pt font double spaced

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Changing the format

• Before you begin typing your assignment, set-up your font and line spacing.

• If you have already typed your document and you want to change your format, first go to the Editing tool bar and click on “Select All” or hi-light your entire document.

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Video

• Let’s watch a quick video that shows how to create an APA formatted title page.

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Double spacing

Under Paragraph select the area for spacing and click on 2.0

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Format the font

Select Times New Roman and 12 pt for the font.

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The Resources Tab

The Library resources will help you with all of your APA needs.

In week 4 you will submit an assignment to online tutoring.

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The Communicate Tab

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The Discussion Forum

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Your Posts

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Discussions: View Posts

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Replying to a Post

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The Reports Tab

Click on Grade book Grades and then Select Run to view your grades at any time!!!

DID YOU KNOW: You need an overall average of 73% to pass this class. Also, this class is SIX weeks in length, so stay on top of your

assignments each week! It goes FAST!!!

Why is grammar important?

Grammarly Makes Punctuation Fun!

How to access Grammarly

Student Portal “Campus Tools” and through the Angel course platform “Resources tab”Set-up your Grammarly account TODAY!

Account Set-up

Set Up Your Account by clicking on the Grammarly link in the portal

– Click on Sign Up-Create Account

– Use your Rasmussen email address

– Respond to the email you receive from Grammarly to complete your registration.

– Returning user? Simply click on Log In

Welcome to Grammarly

Paper Review Process• Copy and paste or upload your paper and click

on Start Review• Select the type of paper you have

(Academic Essay is the default)• Read your feedback and correct errors• Your feedback is NOT saved. If you want to keep it,

print it off• Clear the board when you are done and log out!

Grammar Tools

Grammar Tools

Plagiarism Tools

Note: Example shown using Microsoft Grammarly “plug-in”

Resources

Resources available for students and faculty:• Grammarly handout• Grammarly user guide• Brief tutorial video clip• Grammarly demo:

http://ed.grammarly.com/demo/

• Grammarly plug-in

“I have used Grammarly numerous times in the past month. I love it!!! It works well not only for minor grammatical corrections, but for sentence structuring. I run most of my papers through grammarly at least once before submitting them.” -Lorraine C.

“This was one of the best services Rasmussen has offered. Thank you Thank you Thank youand Thank you.” -David B.

Student Feedback

Improve any text Adaptive spell checker Plagiarism detection & citations Find errors Microsoft Word may miss Instant results

Grammarly Plug-In for Microsoft Office

Grammarly Plug-In for Microsoft Office

• Protect against 150 grammar errors• Students can check their text for grammar rules

they never knew existed• Get accurate error explanations

Grammarly Plug-In for Microsoft Office

Write Eloquently:Use words that make an impact. Liven up your sentences & improve readability with context-optimized synonyms.

Using Grammarly Plugin

You will have to download and install it on your own computer (campus computers do not have the plugin yet): http://www.grammarly.com/office-plugin/

You will also need your Rasmussen Grammarly account to use it.

The plugin works a little differently than the online version, but you will see it is available from within Word. It allows you to:

Make changes to your paper while it is still in Word (no uploading, saving, and downloading) and review your mistakes in order instead of by type.

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How to be successful in B080!

• Use Grammarly• Attend Live Tutoring in Brainfuse• Attend weekly live lectures (weeks 2-6). Your grade will

automatically be 16% HIGHER if you attend a live lecture each week!!!

• Ask questions when something is unclear or if you are confused

• Communicate with your instructor-we love questions!• Participate in the weekly discussions• Attempt to complete ALL assignments

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Questions???

• Please download the Title Page Resource and the CourseTour PowerPoint