Deadlines & Extensions
Writing & Research Tips
Integrity & AI Policy
Potpourri
Communication
100

Regular weekly assignments are formally due before this exact time and day of the week.

What is Saturday before 11:59 PM?

100

When evaluating a source's authority, look closely for these specific website domain extensions.

What are .gov, .edu, and .org?

100

Copying and pasting content directly from the internet, peer papers, or textbooks without proper attribution is called this.

What is plagiarism?

100

College-level academic writing should almost always be written in this specific point-of-view perspective.

What is third-person point of view?

100

The course guide highly recommends adjusting your smartphone settings to receive these critical updates instantly.

What is your institutional/school email?

200

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?

200

To find high-quality academic research, this portal on the Rio Salado Library Homepage is your best resource.

What is the "OneSearch" tool?

200

If an issue appears to be an accidental formatting or citation error, you should treat it as this.

What is a 'teachable moment'?

200

Maricopa Community College students can download this specific software suite completely for free to compose their papers.

What is Microsoft Office?

200

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?

300

To waive late penalties entirely, a formal extension request must be submitted via the portal before this moment.

What is before the due date?

300

Most library databases will automatically generate this item, which you can paste directly onto your References page.

What is a citation?

300

This specific automated software tool is a suggested use by Rio Salado to scan submissions against global databases.

What is Turnitin?
300

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?

300

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)?

400

Submitting an unauthorized late assignment within 7 days of the original due date may incur this penalty.

What is a 10% deduction in grade?

400

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?

400

Confirmed plagiarism or unauthorized use of generative AI will automatically result in this score for the assignment.

What is a zero (0)?

400

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

400

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?

500

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?

500

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?

500

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)?

500

A 3-credit online course requires students to block out approximately this many hours of study time every week.

What is 9 hours?

500

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?