Deadlines & Extensions
Regular weekly assignments are formally due before this exact time and day of the week.
What is Saturday before 11:59 PM?
When evaluating a source's authority, look closely for these specific website domain extensions.
What are .gov, .edu, and .org?
Copying and pasting content directly from the internet, peer papers, or textbooks without proper attribution is called this.
What is plagiarism?
College-level academic writing should almost always be written in this specific point-of-view perspective.
What is third-person point of view?
The course guide highly recommends adjusting your smartphone settings to receive these critical updates instantly.
What is your institutional/school email?
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 appears to be an accidental formatting or citation error, you should treat it as this.
What is a 'teachable moment'?
Maricopa Community College students can download this specific software suite completely for free to compose their papers.
What is Microsoft Office?
You should check the course messages and your school email at least this many times a week.
What is 3 to 4 times per week?
To waive late penalties entirely, a formal extension request must be submitted via the portal before this moment.
What is before the due date?
Most library databases will automatically generate this item, which you can paste directly onto your References page.
What is a citation?
This specific automated software tool is a suggested use by Rio Salado to scan submissions against global databases.
Faculty Chair Laura Liuzzo notes that this practice of mutual respect and constructive dialogue is seeing a recent decline across the entire program.
What is civility in education?
For all course-related emails, you should always use this official feature within the learning management portal.
What is the Message Center (or Gradebook interface)?
Submitting an unauthorized late assignment within 7 days of the original due date may incur this penalty.
What is a 10% deduction in grade?
If a student gets stuck while doing research, you can point them in the right direction to access professional help 24/7 by clicking on this library option.
What is the "Ask a Librarian" 24/7 Chat Function?
Confirmed plagiarism or unauthorized use of generative AI will automatically result in this score for the assignment.
What is a zero (0)?
While this is a criminal justice course, points will be explicitly deducted from your assignments for these structural flaws.
What are grammatical, mechanical, or structural
The course guide notes that open communication is the ultimate key to achieving this outcome in an online class.
What is succeeding in the course?
This grade should be posted if there is no academic activity after 14 days within the last 2 weeks of the course
What is an F?
For curated criminal justice databases, students should navigate to this specific area of the Rio Salado Library.
What is the Administration of Justice (AJS) Research Guide?
The use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude is strictly forbidden because it completely defeats this core skill.
What is critical thinking (or analysis/communication)?
A 3-credit online course requires students to block out approximately this many hours of study time every week.
What is 9 hours?
To break down communication barriers and improve human understanding, Faculty Chair Laura Liuzzo suggests requesting a virtual meeting via this platform.
What is Zoom or other video chat?