Deadlines & Extensions
Typically, weekly assignments must be graded within this many days of the due date.
What is 4 days?
When evaluating a source's authority, look closely for website domain extensions such as these.
What are .gov, .edu, and .org?
Copying and pasting content directly from the internet, peer papers, or textbooks without proper attribution.
What is plagiarism?
College-level academic writing should almost always be written from this point-of-view.
What is third-person perspective?
The department highly recommends that you receive these directly on your smartphone.
What is Rio Salado College emails and alerts?
Failing to complete the syllabus acknowledgement by this day of the first week results in an automatic drop.
What is Wednesday (or third day) of the first week?
To find high-quality academic research, this portal on the Rio Salado Library homepage is your best resource.
What is the "OneSearch" tool?
If an issue with a student appears to be an honest mistake or accident, you should treat it as this.
What is a 'teachable moment'?
Maricopa Community College students can download this popular word-processing software for free.
What is Microsoft Office?
You should check your course messages and your school email at least this many times per week.
What is 3 to 4 times per week?
Students should submit an official request for a due date extension in their gradebook before this date.
What is the assignment's due date?
What is APA and ALWD?
Instructor-curated, introductory material presented to the student before the opening of each lesson, designed to demonstrate the instructor's depth of knowledge.
What are lesson preview pages?
Faculty Chair Laura Liuzzo notes that this practice of mutual respect and constructive dialogue has seen a recent decline across the entire program.
What is civility in education?
The tool in RioLearn that should always be used for course-related communication with students.
What is the Message Center?
Expressed as a percentage, the suggested penalty deduction if a student submits a late assignment within one week of the due date.
What is 10%?
A federal requirement for online and hybrid courses that instructors must actively and consistently engage with students in ways that are purposeful, academic, and instructor-initiated throughout the course.
What is Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)?
Confirmed plagiarism or unauthorized use of generative AI will potentially result in this score for the assignment.
What is a zero (0)?
Communication sent to every student by their instructor at the inception and conclusion of the class.
What are the opening and closing messages?
The new bachelor's degree currently in development and slated to go-live in Fall 2027.
What is Law and Legal Studies?
The final grade for a student to post if there is no academic activity after 14 days, in the last week of the course.
What is an F?
This final grade, issued when a student reaches 14 consecutive days of inactivity, has the same effect on the student's GPA as a grade of 'F.'
What is a 'Y' grade?
Term referring to the final day a student can remove themselves from a course.
What is last date to withdraw?
A 3-credit hour online course requires students to devote approximately this many hours of study time each week.
What is 9 hours?
These mandatory class postings help communicate a variety of things to new students, including late penalty policies, reminders, and content refreshers.
What are homepage announcements?