Scholastic Integrity

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.  See Student Handbook “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB- (LOCAL)]” #18.

Disciplinary Actions [Student Handbook, #5] “When cheating, collusion, or plagiarism has occurred beyond any reasonable doubt, the instructor may give the student or students involved an “F” on a particular assignment or in the course. [See Scholastic Dishonesty FLB (Local)] The instructor shall make a written report of the incident and of the planned action to his Department Chair.  The Department Chair shall report the incident and action to appropriate instructional dean who shall review the case, notify the student and, if necessary, take further action.  This may involve either probation or suspension of the student or students in question. If such disciplinary action is deemed necessary, the Dean of Student Services shall be notified, and the action shall be taken through that office.”

Plagiarism, which should be avoided at all costs, includes the following student actions:

1. Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own;
2. Unintentionally or inadvertently turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own as the result of failing to document sources both internally and in the Works Cited;
3. Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;
4. Giving incorrect information about the source of information, quotations, or images;
5. Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;
6. Copying so many words, ideas, or images from a source that it makes up the majority of the student's work, whether or not the student gives credit.

The NCTC Student Handbook can be found here

Attendance and Late Work Policy

Even though this is an online class, it is not self-paced. You must plan to log into Canvas two times a week and should do the corresponding iLrn work by the due dates as well. Language cannot be learned in big chunks. It must be learned in small bits with frequent review of the previously covered material in order to be acquired.

Each day you should begin by reviewing the reading pages, completing the iLrn work, and submitting the attendance and other applicable work through Canvas.

In order to show your attendance, you must complete the corresponding attendance activity for that day. There will be attendance activities every Tuesday and Thursday, and each will be due at 5:00 pm*. If you miss an attendance activity, you will be counted absent for that day. If you only complete part of an attendance activity, I will mark your activity as incomplete.  After two “incompletes,” you will receive one absence. For example, you may respond to the activity prompts in Canvas, but fail to respond to another student’s questions.  If you only do part of the activity, your activity is considered incomplete.  I encourage you all to work on attendance activities several hours in advance of the deadline so that you have time to respond to another student’s post. After 4 missed attendance activities, the student maybe dropped. 

*As a general rule, your work will be officially due at 5:00 pm because that is when my office hours end. However, I will accept work through midnight without applying any penalty. You are not guaranteed I will be available to help you if you run into issues submitting work after the official deadline, and I will not give any credit for any work submitted after midnight. The final exam is not part of this extension. The final is due on the day and at the time listed in the syllabus and Canvas Calendar.

ADA Statement

North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission or access to its programs.  The College is committed to providing equal access to its students with disabilities by providing appropriate accommodations; a variety of services and resources are made available through the ACCESS Department.  Students are responsible for notifying the ACCESS Department of their need for assistance.  Students with documented disabilities, such as mobility impairment, hearing or visual impairment, learning, and/or psychological disorders are eligible for services. 

Disability Accommodations

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. A disability is anything that can interfere with learning, such as a learning disability, psychological challenge, physical illness, or injury. Accommodations may include extra time on tests, tests in a distraction-reduced environment, volunteer note taker in class, etc.

On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 in the Administration Building (100) or call 940-668-4209.  Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-668-4209 to arrange for an intake appointment with OSD.

North Central Texas College is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112).

EEOC Statement

North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability in the employment or the provision of services.

iLrn (Connect)

iLrn houses your online textbook and workbook. Be sure to submit activities by the due date in order to receive credit. The due date is Saturday by midnight (CST) for the week the activities are assigned.  It’s best to complete the activities in the order that they are listed in the syllabus.  The online course is designed by day (día) and week (semana.). The structure and sequence are intentionally designed to assist you in learning key concepts in a certain order.  However, if I need to adjust any due date, I will do that in iLrn and send a short announcement to the class in Canvas.

Please be aware that iLrn does not currently have an app for mobile devices and is not very mobile friendly at this time. The designers are working on this issue. iLrn often asks you to repeat or continue exercises with a partner and record yourselves. You can just record air for a second or two. I'll manually go back and null out the partner work points. Also, there are other activities in iLrn that are listening activities (often marked with an L in the activity name). These are useful and wonderful activities, but I will not go back and listen to your recordings. As a student, it takes too much time to get a perfect, audible recording. As a professor, it requires me to click through too many screens to hear your work. Do these activities aloud, but not recorded. Record only a second or two of air, and move on. You'll get completion points for those activities, so be sure to record a second or two of air and you'll then see a green check mark as your grade for that activity. That means you got full points for it.

Oral Exams

You will know beforehand what the possible topics for the exam will be. Remember that the oral exam is about producing language on the spot and not rehearsing fully memorized scripts. Pay careful attention to the grading rubric to know how you will be graded.

Cultural Project

The cultural project will be turned in part by part throughout the semester and then revised and formatted in order to create the final version. Pay careful attention to the grading rubrics to know how you will be graded.

Exams

Due to the nature of language learning, all of the exams will be cumulative. This means you are still responsible for remembering vocabulary, conjugations, and material from prior chapters for each exam. Please avoid any activities that are not allowed during an on-campus exam or that could appear like cheating. Since you will use Respondus Lockdown for all exams, I will be viewing your recorded videos.

Grade input

I try to get work graded and back to you by the next week, but remember that the standard grade turn-around is two weeks.

How to reach me

You should plan on either messaging me through Canvas or e-mailing me at ccampbell@nctc.edu.  I’ll answer your message or e-mail within 24 hours during the week (Monday-Friday @ 5pm) and within 48 hours on the weekend (Friday night -Sunday night.) If you need immediate assistance, you should enroll in the free app Remind.com.  Your information is confidential and will not be shared with the class.  You can “text” me through the app and I can respond to you from any of my devices.  To join our class (Spanish 1412 Online FA 18) on Remind.com, you can text @77hea4 to phone number 81010.  See Canvas for more details.

Quizlet

I will make vocabulary study sets for each chapter (lección) of our textbook available to you in Quizlet, www.Quizlet.com.  I will “invite” each student to join our Quizlet class.  You’re responsible for learning this vocabulary for Canvas activities and exams.   There may be multiple study sets for each chapter (lección.)  I encourage you to utilize Quizlet for learning vocabulary as it is very interactive!  However, if you need to print out a vocabulary study set, you can print a .pdf version directly from Quizlet.  See Library hours for more information on availability of computers and printers on campus, http://www.nctc.edu/library/hours-contact-information.html

Drop Dates and Withdrawals

Please let me know if you plan to drop the course so we can discuss your options.  However, if you feel you need to drop the course the last day to drop without a “W” is September 10, 2018 (Date of Record) and the last day to drop the course with a grade of “W” is November 8, 2018.

Tobacco-Free Campus

NCTC restricts the use of all tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco on campus property. NCTC is aware that tobacco use influences underage students, accumulates unsightly tobacco litter, and interferes with assuring clean air for all who come to NCTC. NCTC recognizes the health hazards of tobacco use and of exposure to second hand smoke. Information on a tobacco cessation program is available for students, faculty, staff who wish to stop using tobacco products. We would like to "thank you" for your help in making our campuses Tobacco-Free. For questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Vice President of Student Services at 940-668-4240.