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Syllabus: World Literature, Myth-Folklore and Indian Epics

 

WELCOME! For many of you, this may be the first time you have taken a fully online course, but don't worry: we will spend the first week of classes doing Orientation Activities to help prepare you for your online activities this semester. All three classes - World Lit, Myth-Folklore, and Indian Epics - have basically the same assignments during this first week. Then, starting in Week 2, you will find all your class assignments at the course-specific websites.

 

Ready to get started? Classes begin officially on Tuesday January 19 - and you have work that is due already on that day, Tuesday, January 19. The best strategy is to get started early, before things get busy in your other classes, too. The course assignments will be available starting on Monday, January 11 so that you can get started a full week ahead of the first deadline. Getting started early is a great way to make sure that you get the first week's work completed on time!

 

INDIAN EPICS: BOOKS. If you are in the Indian Epics class, there are four paperback books you need to purchase; please make sure you do this now. For World Literature and Myth-Folklore, all the readings are online and there are no required books.

 

Below you will find a list of the REQUIRED activities for Week One. The total time required to complete these tasks is approximately 7-8 hours, which is the amount of time you can expect to spend on this class every week. You may find it useful to print this page so that you can check off the items one by one as you finish them.

 

Due dates and deadlines: As you will see, there are items due on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and over the weekend (Friday or Saturday or Sunday, depending on what is most convenient for you). The deadline in parentheses shows the "grace period" that is available the next morning, just in case you fail for some reason to finish an assignment. Remember: assignments are due on the DUE date... the grace period should be for unforeseen emergencies only. So, do the work by the DUE date and use the grace period only if you absolutely have to.

 

WORKING AHEAD. You do not have to wait for the due date to do an assignment! Please - PLEASE - work ahead, and you will find that everything will go much more smoothly and be much less stressful. If you don't believe me, then read these comments from students who took this class last semester: the #1 piece of advice is to WORK AHEAD.

 

TUESDAY DUE DATE: These assignments are due on Tuesday, January 19. If you do not complete them on Tuesday, you have a grace period until Wednesday morning at noon to complete the assignments.

 

Points Activities for TUESDAY: Due January 19
 2 HOURS
1 Honor Code and Gradebook Declarations (with Gradebook Declaration) 10 min.
1 Technology Overview (with Gradebook Declaration) 10 min.
1 Course Communication (with Gradebook Declaration) 10 min.
1 Deadlines and Grading (with Gradebook Declaration) 10 min.
1 Tools for Writing (with Gradebook Declaration) 10 min.
2 Image Information Quiz (no Gradebook Declaration) 15-30 min.
1 Ning Account Creation (with Gradebook Declaration) 10 min.
3 Ning Introduction Post (with Gradebook Declaration) 30-45 min.

 

WEDNESDAY DUE DATE: These assignments are due on Wednesday, January 20. If you do not complete them on Wednesday, you have a grace period until Thursday morning at noon to complete the assignments.

 

Points Activities for Wednesday: Due January 20 1-2 HOURS
3 Original Writing and Plagiarism (with Plagiarism Quiz) 30-45 min.
3 Ning Story Retelling (with Gradebook Declaration) 30-45 min.

 

THURSDAY DUE DATE: These assignments are due on Thursday, January 21. If you fail to complete them on Thursday, you have a grace period until Friday morning at noon to complete the assignments.

 

Points Activities for Thursday: Due January 21 2 HOURS
3 Storybook Favorites (with Gradebook Declaration) 1 hour
1 Course Schedule and Contract (with Gradebook Declaration) 15 min.
1 Web Publishing Options (with Gradebook Declaration) 15 min.
1 Web Activation (with Gradebook Declaration) 15 min.

 

FRIDAY/WEEKEND DUE DATE: These assignments are due on Friday OR over the weekend, if working on Saturday or Sunday is convenient for you. If you do not complete them on Friday or over the weekend, you have a grace period until Monday morning at noon to complete the assignments.

 

Points Activities for Friday OR the Weekend: Due January 22-23-24 2 HOURS
2 Read and Respond: Blog Comments (with Gradebook Declaration). This is the only Orientation assignment which you cannot complete early. You must WAIT until Friday, January 22 before you can do this assignment. 30 min.
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This assignment depends on which of the classes you are in: 

 1-2 hours
  WORLD LITERATURE or MYTH-FOLKLORE: Storybook Bibliography Assignment (email to the instructor; no Gradebook Declaration)  
  INDIAN EPICS: Quiz for Course Content: Ramayana and Mahabharata  
1 Extra Credit: Technology Tip (with Gradebook Declaration)   
3 Extra Credit: Grammar & Writing Pretest (Quiz in Desire2Learn). Because this is a diagnostic pre-test, you will get full credit - 3 points - for answering all the questions, regardless of whether you answer the questions right or wrong. I hope the feedback you get from taking the pre-test will be helpful! :-)  
1 Extra Credit: Early Bird Reading Take a point of extra credit if you finish the Week 2 reading-based quizzes and blog writing assignments this week (with Gradebook Declaration).   
1 Extra Credit: Early Bird Storybook Take a point of extra credit if you turn in the Week 2 Storybook assignment this week (with Gradebook Declaration).  

 

 

 

 

 

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