Grade Breakdown: 

The instructor will contact students within the first few weeks of classes to warn students whose classroom performance is unsatisfactory.  An unsatisfactory mid-semester report will also be submitted for anyone with a grade of D or below on work completed at that time. Writing assignments (with the exception of blogging) will be marked down a full letter grade for each day it is late, including drafts.  Drafts and final papers will be averaged together, 40% and 60% respectively. Below is the grade breakdown:

• Class Participation—20%
• Blogging—10%
• Introductory Presentation—5%
• Digital Identity—5%
• Individual Research Project—60%
  • Project Proposal—10%
  • Literature Review—20%
  • StoryMap—20%
  • Final Paper—40%
  • Final Presentation—10%

Grading Rationale:

Academic performance is rated according to the following system:

A            4.00 quality points—Excellent

A-          3.70 quality points

B+          3.30 quality points

B            3.00 quality points—Commendable

B-          2.70 quality points

C+          2.30 quality points

C            2.00 quality points—Acceptable

C-           1.70 quality points

D+          1.30 quality points

D            1.00 quality points—Marginal

F            0.00 quality points—Failure