Week
1: Student
Resources
On-line
Quizzes/Final
Yes
Milestones
2: Computer
Concepts &
Working with
Files
Yes

Send your topic by email to your instructor early in the week

<Narrow the topic or restrict the subject if instructed to do so by the instructor.>

Develop a preliminary thesis statement or purpose for your project and include it with this week’s assignment.

<Build the file structure on your USB device for assignment and project.>
Activities Assignments 2008
Student Resources and
Access Worksheet [Drop
Box attachment]
Working with Files worksheet (includes topic, preliminary thesis statement or purpose, & file structure screen capture & paste; with points) [Drop
Box attachment]

Activity: “How Safe
Are You?”

Homework:
Worksheet

Homework: quiz

Homework: worksheet

Homework: print your file structure
(part of above?)
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Week
3: Research and Evaluation
On-line
Quizzes/Final
Yes
Milestones Activities Assignments 2008

Narrow your topic & resubmit it using email
… if directed to do so by the instructor.

Submit a list of research sources for your paper.
(Due this week) At least
5 …

Refine your preliminary thesis statement or purpose for your project and include it with your list of research sources and outline. (Due this week)

Develop an outline for your paper using the resources found in the
Learning Materials.
(Due this week with your List of Research
Sources and Purpose
Statement – All in one
document) [Drop Box
attachment]

Activity: Using …, research your topic
& come up with a minimum of 5 of them [sources?]

Homework/Project:
Complete research your topic [sic] and write draft of paper

Grading Rubrics:
Library – Research and Evaluation
Rubrics
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Week
4:
Collaboration
Tools
On-line
Quizzes/Final
Yes
5: Citing
Sources yes
Milestones Activities

Finish writing the rough draft of your paper and submit it to Turnitin.com.

Review the Originality
Report, re-work any single item of matching text that is greater than 2% (put it in your own words), and then re-submit your report.
Works Cited: Works
Cited Activity link, download … [Drop Box
attachment]
Assignments 2008
Collaboration Tools worksheet [Drop Box
attachment] [includes 20 pts for rough draft, which is not due until Week 5? Also includes a submittal to sharepoint …
ctvacommons]

Part I – Register with
Turnitin.com …

Part II: Submit your
Rough Draft to
Turnitin.com … All papers must be resubmitted at least

once.
Part III – Annotated
Bibliography … [Drop
Box attachment] Due
this week also.
Homework: Research using communication tools [no submit?]
Homework & Project:
Run your paper through TurnItIn and then correct all issues that it reports back.
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Week
6: Word
Processing
On-line
Quizzes/Final
Yes
Milestones Activities Assignments 2008
If necessary, continue to review the Originality Reports, re-work any single item of matching text that is greater than 2% (put it in your own words), and then re-submit your report. (A good paper uses 20% or less direct quotes, summaries or paraphrases from sources.)
Word Processing: Word
Processing link, download … [Drop Box
attachment]
… format the text and
Works Cited page to the
Project and MLA specifications. … In your paper, cite all direct quotes, summaries or paraphrases from sources using proper in-text parenthetical citations and the Works
Cited page. [Drop Box
attachment]

Homework/Project:
Take your draft report and use your word processor to format the text to the Project and
MLA specifications including adding your parenthetical citings and bibliography. …
Please remember that all word processing homework MUST be submitted in
RTF format. …

Grading Rubric:
Word Processing
Rubric :
Formatting; File
Format
4

Week
7:
Spreadsheets
On-line
Quizzes/Final
Yes
Milestones Activities Assignments 2008

Learning Activity [1]:
Spreadsheets 1 link, download … [Drop
Box attachment]

Learning Activity [2]:
Spreadsheets 2 link, download … [Drop
Box attachment]
…
3. Attach the completed spreadsheet and chart to this drop box [Drop Box
attachment]
…
6. Attach a document that has only the one page with the embedded chart and the reference from your paper. (It can be a different document than the one in
#3) [Drop Box attachment]
Please remember that all spreadsheet homework MUST be submitted in XLS file format. …

Activity: Working with Spreadsheets and Graphs

Homework: Create supporting spreadsheet and graph for project/paper

Grading Rubrics:
Spreadsheet and
Graph Rubric:
Creating Basic
Spreadsheet; Using
Absolute and
Relative
References;
Creating a Graph;
Placing a Graph in a
Document
5

Week
8: Misc. File
Formats &
Apps
On-line
Quizzes/Final
Yes
Milestones
9:
Presentations
Yes
Activities Assignments 2008
Learning Activity: Misc
Apps Activity link, download … [Drop Box
attachment]

Learning Activity [1]:
Presentations 1
Activity link, download … [Drop
Box attachment]

Learning Activity [2]:
Presentations 2
Activity link, download … [Drop
Box attachment]
…
4. Prepare an entry to be added to your Works Cited page for the graphic and include it in your submitted document.
5. Attach a document that has only the one page with the embedded graphic and the reference from your paper. [Drop Box
attachment]
…
Please remember that all presentations [in this case, the presentation based on your paper/project] MUST be submitted in PPT file format. …

Activity: Saving
Graphics from the
Internet

Homework: Look for graphics for your presentation and report

Grading Rubrics:
Graphics
Acquisition Rubric
Please remember that all word processing
[sic] homework MUST be submitted in PPT file format. …

Homework: Create a PowerPoint presentation to support your paper/project following the
Project guidelines.

Grading Rubrics:
PowerPoint Rubrics
6

Week
FINAL
On-line
Quizzes/Final
Be sure to take the online Final Test
(one take only)
Milestones
…

Upload your completed paper and presentation to the Project drop box. [Drop
Box attachment]
Activities Assignments

Project: … 3. Uploaded
[sic] the resulting word processing document and your Presentation document [but see the following bullet] to this drop box. [Drop Box
attachment] View
Grading Rubric

Presentation: Post your presentation file in this drop box for grading.
[Drop Box attachment]
View Grading Rubric

IN-CLASS presentation of your research
2008
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