ORIE 4741: ParticipationParticipation is worth 15% of your course grade. To get full credit, you will need to complete the participation requirement for all but 4 lectures over the course of the semester. You can fulfill the participation requirement for each lecture by doing either of the following.
Details on async participationIf you're submitting an asynchronous participation form, follow these guidelines to ensure you get full credit. 1. The participation form for each class should be submitted before the beginning of the next class. The responses are timestamped and answers will not be graded if the submission is late. 2. Participation responses for polling questions are graded for correctness. (Often multiple answers are correct.) Use only comma-separated letters A,B, etc depending on the question. Do not include any other symbol or text. Make sure that all the questions are answered. (Note that there's no need to use the iClicker app if you're submitting the async form.) 3. The summary of the lecture must capture the key takeaways from the lecture; notably, it should be more than just an outline of the lecture. The intent of asking you to summarize is to help you learn and review the material. Poor summaries will be graded accordingly. Here are two examples of good summaries:
4. Provide a valid comment or question. One word comments (like “nice”) are not valid responses. What did you find exciting? What do you want to explore further? Did you find anything confusing? What more do you want to learn about the topics covered? Why are we doing this?It's easy to fall behind in class, especially when you're not attending class in person. These tiny milestones are intended to keep you on top of the course material, so you're not scrambling at the end of the semester. They also help us assess what you're learning, so that we can adapt the course material to help you learn better. Finally, the small added difficulty of the async option provides mild encouragement to attend class synchronously, which means you can get your questions answered real-time and shape your own class experience. If you want your professor to teach what you want to learn, come to class and ask your questions! |