SLS 1501 – Dr. Luckett
Assignment Schedule –Spring 2013
T/R 1:30 & 3:00
 BEFORE class, complete all ASSIGNMENTS (in •CAPS & bolded) listed here for that day. TURN IN THAT DAY
 Go to WIKI to download any needed assignment forms and/or assignment instructions.
 Unless otherwise noted, reading assignments refer to the course textbook.
 CHECK YOUR E-MAIL DAILY for additions, changes, announcements, and “freebies.”
 Check assignment schedules for ALL your courses daily—they are your homework reminder system.
 TAKE NOTES in each SLS class. DATE THEM and keep them in your SLS notebook (helpful for comprehensive final
exam). Handwritten notes on a 5x8 card or piece of paper can be used during all tests and quizzes, even final exam.
 Assignments are WORD-PROÇESSED unless described otherwise. Watch for instructions in this schedule and in WIKI.
 Read and follow assignment instructions CAREFULLY in ALL your classes.
 Only assignments and planned presentations are listed here. Other activities are also planned.
 A B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F (These grades are possible in this section of SLS1501. Pass/fail is NOT an SLS option)
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1/8
Introduction to UCF and the SLS course,
Concerns about College, UCF History
--Introductions to SLS, the Instructor, your Peer Mentor, and your SLS classmates
--How to use UCF syllabi
--How to use Ecommunity
--Class Discussion: Concerns about college, probation, and your GPA (Grade Point Average)
A link to an online survey about SLS has been sent to you. COMPLETE the survey. PRINT OUT the
“thank you” page at the end of the survey and BRING IT TO CLASS on Thursday. Completing this
survey and a similar survey at the end of the course will earn you two perfect QUIZ scores, This is the link
that was emailed to you:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CN9GMN2
***DROP Deadline 11:59pm - Thurs., 1/10
1/10
(online ONLY through Thurs, 1/17/12)
***ADD Deadline 11:59pm - Friday, 1/11
• BRING to CLASS the “THANK YOU” PAGE from the SLS SURVEY you completed. Write your
name on it and turn it in for QUIZ points.
--How to use the UCF website and customize your MYUCF account. Introduction to WIKI
--UCF history
--Information about the SLS Poster Sessions Each student does ONE presentation this semester.
PLEASE NOTE: COMPLETE the Student Success Online Module (if you haven’t already done so) at:
https://www.studentsuccess.org/ucf12/sexual assault/ The access code is 128233 If you do
not do the module, a “hold” preventing future course registration may be placed on your UCF account.
*** On Monday, Jan. 21, Martin Luther King Day, NO CLASSES meet at UCF***
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WEEK 2
1/15
Personal Safety on Campus, Note Taking,
SLS Syllabus/Assignments, Poster Sign-Ups
• BRING TO CLASS: Your course SYLLABUS and ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE (See left
side navigation bar in WIKI). 10 HW (homework) points for each document brought to class.
• TURN IN “THANK YOU” page (SLS Survey) if you haven’t already. Fri., 1/18 is last day it
will be accessible online.
--A look at the SLS grade tracker (WIKI, included in“Assignment Schedule” link)
--GUEST SPEAKER: Staying Safe On and Off Campus (2:00 & 3:30, confirmed 12/20)
--Notes taken during the guest speaker presentation may be used during the presentation QUIZ.
Helpful Hint: 1. Get an early start on the “take-home” syllabus and assignment schedule QUIZ
that is due Thursday—it will take a while….
2. Download and print out the “take-home” quiz (WIKI, “Other Assignments”)
Write directly on the quiz. Do NOT use a Scantron sheet.
1/17
• READ Ch. 7, “College Level Note Taking” pp. 91-99 & TAKE NOTES (10 HW Pts)
• In-class QUIZ will cover both note taking presentation AND the reading assignment.
• BRING to class your FORMATTED SLS NOTEBOOK (Instructions in WIKI, “Miscellaneous”)
• TURN IN “THANK YOU” page (SLS Survey) if you haven’t already. See 1/10 note.
• Turn in the AT-HOME syllabus/assignment schedule QUIZ (WIKI, “Other Assignments”)
WRITE ON the downloaded, printed-out quiz. DO NOT use Scantron.
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Note Taking
--Poster Session Sign-ups***
--Event Reports will be discussed. You will attend three academically-related campus events this
semester. For TWO event reports you MUST present evidence of attendance in the form of a signed business card
from the presenter and a paragraph describing the event and telling what you learned. If you sign in and remain at a
SARC or DRS event, the presenter will send your instructor an attendance report that takes the place of a signed
business card. OTHER campus services DO NOT provide attendance reports.
For ONE of the event reports, you must complete a longer written report form (WIKI “Event Reports”) and supply
evidence of attendance. You may choose the order in which to submit the three reports.
***Poster Session Topics are listed in WIKI “Poster Sessions” A poster session rubric is also found in WIKI,
“Poster Sessions.” Use the rubric to plan your presentation and your poster; the rubric is used to grade both.
It’s a good idea to review the rubric even if you are not presenting at the first Poster Session.***
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WEEK 3
Time Management, Poster Design
Preparation for Library Orientation
***Monday, 1/21 is Martin Luther King Day. No classes meet.***
1/22
• READ Ch. 5, “Time Management” pp. 67-74 & COMPLETE activities 5.1 & 5.2.
Other time management activities will be done IN class today and Thursday.
• BRING SLS TEXTBOOK TO CLASS (as usual).
• BRING TO CLASS:
1. Paper copies of ALL your course syllabi (10 HW pts.)
2. A planner (or calendar book). (10 HW pts.)
• QUIZ on Ch. 5 and on presentation
(Wk. 3 continued, next page)
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WEEK 3, 1/22, continued
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Time Management
--Online virtual Library tour and Library Orientation work sheet will be viewed in class
1/24
• COMPLETE QUESTIONS 1-7 on the “Survey of a UCF Major” (WIKI, “Research Unit”)
• LEARN the UCF COLLEGE TERM and ACRONYMS, pp. 185-88
• SIGN UP FOR A POSTER PRESENTATION TODAY if you haven’t already. (Topics listed in
WIKI “Poster Sessions”)
--ACTIVITY—Making a study schedule
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Poster Design
**Your concept map notes on this topic
will be collected and graded as a QUIZ.
*** Instructions for the Library Research Tutorial, an online module (DUE 1/29) AND the Library
Self-Guided Tour (DUE 1/31) are found in WIKI “Research Unit”.
Get a head start! ***
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WEEK 4
Library Orientation, Faculty Perspectives
Healthy Eating, Campus Services
1/29
• ONLINE LIBRARY RESEARCH TUTORIAL is DUE. (Instructions in WIKI “Research Unit”)
• READ Ch. 2, pp. 19-30 and SUMMARIZE in WRITING the information for EACH
STUDENT SERVICE. DO NOT just copy sentences—Use Cornell Note Taking with as few
words as possible to convey the information (NO complete sentences--make bulleted LISTS).
*Your concise, Cornell notes summaries will be counted as a QUIZ grade.
--GUEST SPEAKER: Eating Healthy on a Tight College Budget (2-2:45 & 3-3:45, confirmed 12/19)
--Notes you take during the presentation may be used on the Guest Speaker presentation QUIZ
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: How College Faculty Differ from High School Faculty
1/31
• ONLINE MODULE, “Avoiding Plagiarism” is DUE. (Instructions in WIKI “Research Unit”)
• LIBRARY SELF-GUIDED TOUR is DUE. (Instructions in WIKI “Research Unit”)
Today, Thursday, Jan. 31
******GO DIRECTLY to the MAIN LIBRARY******
Library computer classroom 235-C (confirmed 12/14)
>>>>DO NOT GO to our regular classroom<<<<
In the library you will learn how to use library databases, a skill needed for completing MANY course
assignments during your college career. You will be using a particular career or a particular major for a
search topic, so give thought ahead of time to something you would like to learn about. You will
complete a worksheet that Dr. Luckett will collect (with the other homework) in the library.
In COMPUTER CLASSROOM 235-C, try to seat yourselves so that those familiar with database
protocols are sitting next to those who are not familiar with them. Dr. Luckett will be inside the main
entrance to direct you to the classroom, which is behind the library café.
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WEEK 5
Textbook Reading, Poster Session #1
2/5
• BRING TO CLASS for *15* HW points: The TEXTBOOK for ANOTHER COURSE
YOU ARE TAKING (NOT the SLS text).
**Please choose a textbook that has chapter introductions or summaries, or both.
• Complete the “Making Your Textbook Work for YOU” assignment (WIKI, “Other Assignments”).
• TODAY’S in-class QUIZ will cover Ch. 8 and the instructor presentation.
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Textbook Reading (Your “concept map” notes on this
topic will count as part of your quiz grade.)
--Video on the importance of attention
2/7
• READ Ch. 3 (pp. 46-53 only) and COMPLETE the Ch. 3 LIBRARY SURVEY * (WIKI
“Research Unit”)
• POSTER SESSION #1 (Instructions and rubric in WIKI “Poster Sessions”)
• PRESENTERS: Bring POSTER PRESENTATION RUBRIC to class (WIKI “Poster Sessions”).
Write name & topic on rubric—the rubric will be used to GRADE your presentation.
• AUDIENCE: LISTEN CAREFULLY and BE READY TO ASK THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS.
• Take concept map notes during the presentation for a QUIZ grade.
* Today’s poster PRESENTERS may have until Tues., 2/12 to complete the “Ch. 3 Library Survey.”
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WEEK 6
2/12
Test-Taking Strategies, Alcohol Awareness
Academic Skills Survey
• READ Ch. 8, pp.101-08 (this material will be covered on today’s QUIZ)
• EVENT REPORT # 1 IS DUE. (WIKI “Event Reports”)
• QUIZ Cornell Method notes you take during the Instructor presentation may be used during
QUIZ and ALSO will be graded as part of the quiz.
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATIONS: Test-Taking Strategies & After the Exam
• ONLINE MODULE, Recognizing a Research Study IS DUE. (WIKI, “Research Unit”)
--GUEST SPEAKER: Alcohol Awareness (1:45-2:45 & 3:15-4:15, confirmed 12/21)
--Review of plagiarism (video)
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2/14
WEEK 7
UCF Policies and Regulations, Campus Involvement,
Your Grade Audit, First Year Advising, Safer Sex
2/19
• “ACADEMIC SKILLS SURVEY” is DUE. (WIKI “Other Assignments”)
• COMPLETE THE List Of “Ch. 2 Involvement Questions” (WIKI “Other Assignments”)
--Library review
--GUEST SPEAKERS: Safer Sex (1/3/12 Request Form completed for 1:45-2:45 and 3:00-4:15)
2/21
• READ CH. 2, pp.16-18
• DOWNLOAD, PRINT OUT, and COMPLETE the “UCF POLICIES &
REGULATIONS” assignment (WIKI, “Other Assignments”).
--GUEST SPEAKER: Your Degree Audit, First Year Advising, GPA Calculation
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*Have Bright Futures? You almost always have to repay UCF the lost BF funding for courses from which you withdraw
(WD deadline is 3/11). Check with the Financial Aid Office and your First Year Adviser before withdrawing from a course.
March 11 is also the deadline for Grade Forgiveness.
WEEK 8
Netiquette, Resume Construction, Networking,
One-on-One Meetings with Instructor
**Monday, 2/25: Enrollment appointment TIMES for summer, fall, and spring available on MYUCF.**
2/26
• READ Ch. 11, pp. 143-162. COMPLETE the AT-HOME CHAPTER 11 SURVEY (WIKI, “Other
Assignments”)
and BRING IT to class.
• CREATE an ACCOUNT thru Career Services to use MY PLAN: http://ucf.myplan.com
(the access code is 83UQJUFW). Then:
a. COMPLETE any two (20 of the SURVEYS on the website (more if you wish).
b. WRITE two (2) detailed paragraphs about whta you learned from the two surveys.
• DOWNLOAD and BRING these downloaded copies to CLASS (5 HW pts. each) :
1. Netiquette Handout
4. RESUME Samples
2. Netiquette Instructions
5. RESUME Checklist
3. Netiquette Rubric (1 through 3 available in WIKI, “Netiquette,” 4 & 5 in WIKI “Resume”)
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATIONS: Constructing a Resume, Email Messages to Faculty
*** READ the 3 Netiquette documents CAREFULLY before
completing the email assignment DUE on Thursday***
2/28
• PICNIC at the POND
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Meet in front of the Library main entrance at the regular class
time. Bring a snack if you wish. ACTIVITIES: peer interviews,
networking, and a brief tour of SARC.
• NETIQUETTE ASSIGNMENT IS DUE. Be sure to send yourself a copy. PRINT OUT
that copy and turn it in today at the “picnic.” Read ALL Netiquette material in WIKI for preparation!
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***** SPRING BREAK is March 4 – 9. ENJOY! *****___________
WEEK 9
Goal Setting, Poster Session #2
**Monday, 3/11 is the last day to withdraw from a course without penalty AND the last day to apply
for grade forgiveness. The deadline for both is Monday at at 11:59pm.***
3/12
• COMPLETE ONLINE MODULE “Recognizing a Research Study” (WIKI “Research Unit”)
• READ Ch. 4, pp. 57-65. - QUIZ
--IN_CLASS ACTIVITY: SMART Goals and Exercise 4.1, P. 65
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Goal Setting
3/14
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EVENT REPORT # 2 is DUE. (Instructions in WIKI “Event Reports”) **For presenters, due date is 3/20.
POSTER SESSION #2 (Instructions and rubric in WIKI “Poster Sessions”)
PRESENTERS: Bring your rubric to class; it is used to GRADE your presentation.
AUDIENCE: Listen carefully so you can ask intelligent questions. Take concept map notes.
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WEEK 10
Memory Strategies, Financing Your College Education
** Monday, 3/18, registration by appointment time begins for summer, fall, and next spring. **
3/19
• RESUME IS DUE. Read ALL resume instructions and samples in WIKI before writing.
your resume. NO HIGH SCHOOL RESUMES! USE SAMPLE RESUME FORMAT IN WIKI.
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Memory Strategies
--GUEST SPEAKER (TBA)
• GO to the UCF FINANCIAL AID office website, http://finaid.ucf.edu Explore the
site thoroughly and WRITE several paragraphs describing what you found there.
• BRING YOUR 2 GRADED EVENT REPORTS TO CLASS (Class discussion)
--GUEST SPEAKER: Financing Your College Education (2-2:45 & 3-3:45, confirmed 12/20)
--You may use your class notes to complete the QUIZ after this presentation.
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3/21
WEEK 11
3/26
Diversity, Choosing a Major, Scheduling Classes
• READ Ch. 12, “Celebrating People, Cultures, and Diversity,” pp. 165-82
• COMPLETE THE ONLINE MODULE, “Poverty.” (WIKI “Other Assignments”)
--CLASS DISCUSSION: Promoting Diversity Who are we? Are we diverse as a class/campus?
3/28 • COMPLETE the “SURVEY OF A UCF MAJOR” assignment.
(WIKI, “Research Unit)
--CLASS DISCUSSION: Choosing a Major and Scheduling Classes
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WEEK 12 Debriefing Fall Semester, Reviewing Campus Services,
Information Fluency, Critical Thinking, Stress Management
4/2
• READ Ch. 10, pp. 129-40 (QUIZ)
• COMPLETE “Test Your Stress” Assessment, p. 135. Completion (in the textbook) will be
checked, but not read (unless you WANT to talk about it); please make a truthful assessment.
• COMPLETE the “REALITY CHECK TIME” survey (WIKI, “Other Assignments”).
--CLASS DISCUSSION: The Semester so far and use of campus services so far….
--GUEST SPEAKERS: Stress Management
On Weds., 4/3 there is a Founders’ Day Honors Convocation, but classes meet all day as usual.
4/4
• READ Ch. 3, “Information Fluency,” pp. 33-45 and p. 54
• READ Ch. 9, “Critical Thinking,” pp. 111-27
*2 note cards allowed during the LONG QUIZ on these two chapters.
• COMPLETE ALL Ch. 9 EXERCISES. Write answers in the book; they will be checked
in class. You may skip “Brain Teasers” if you wish.
--ACTIVITY: Fake website detection Advertising Ploys
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Bloom’s Taxonomy: What Faculty Expect of You
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WEEK 13
Communication, Poster Session #3
Getting Along with Roommates
4/9
• READ CH. 6, pp. 77-89
• COMPLETE ACTIVITY 6.1, p. 85
• EVALUATING WEBSITES online module is due (WIKI “Research Unit”)
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: A Communication Model (and a demonstration)
--CLASS DISCUSSION: Communicating with Roommates
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Body Language in Other Cultures
4/11
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POSTER SESSION #3 (WIKI “Poster Sessions”)
PRESENTERS, bring your rubric to class; it is used to grade your presentation.
AUDIENCE: Listen carefully so you can ask intelligent questions.
QUIZ Take concept map OR Cornell method notes—your choice.
EVENT REPORT #3 is DUE (Poster presenters have until Tuesday, 4/16 to turn it in.)
***You will be emailed a SLS Post-Survey in the next week or so. It must be completed, and the
“thank you” page turned in with your name on it. The completed survey counts as a QUIZ grade.***
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WEEK 14 Problem Solving/Decision Making, Problem Solving,
Online courses, Strategies for Essay Exams
4/16
• QUIZ on Instructor presentation
• Turn in SLS survey thank-you page with your name on it (QUIZ points).
--Last day to turn in late assignments (half credit)
--End of semester homework check
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTATION: Problem Solving/Decision Making
• Last day to TURN IN SLS post-assessment survey for QUIZ points!
--CLASS DISCUSSION: Online courses and Final Exam Preparation
--INSTRUCTOR PRESENTION: Strategies for Essay Exams
*Friday, 4/19 is the last day for repayment to Bright Futures for course withdrawal.
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4/18
IMPORTANT END-OF-SEMESTER DATES and REMINDERS:
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The last day of regular class meetings is Monday, April 22.
Tuesday, 4/23 is a “Study Day.”
Final Exam Week is April 24-30.
* Be absolutely certain of time, date, place of all your final exams. Check exam schedule and confirm with
each instructor.
FINAL EXAM INFORMATION ON BACK OF THIS PAGE -------------------->
FOR DR LUCKETT’S SLS CLASSES:
FINAL EXAM for the 1:30 class is Tues., April 30 at 1:00
-----------------------------------------FINAL EXAM for the 3:00 class is Thurs., April 25 at 1:00
**Note your final exam
START TIME difference!**
*Final exams are almost always in the regular classroom
(like your SLS final).
* MOST on-campus housing closes at NOON on Wednesday,
May 1. Check with your R.A.
* You will find ALL your grades in your my.ucf account by
9am, Friday, May 3.
***Remember to complete an application for a short term
advance if you think you will need one for next
semester’s book purchase. Do this well before the first
day of classes.***