Course 101
Time class starts
What is "10am" OR "12pm"
Total points for major AND minor assignments
what is "500 points" and "200 points"
When it comes to emails, I’m available
What is "9am and 6pm, Monday through Friday"
First draft and revision draft
What is process works (minor assignments)
It is your responsibility
What is "to show up to class and turn in assignments on time."
The office hours
What is "Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 - 3:30pm or by appointment"
To pass the course with a C
What is "what is a minimum of 400 points"
When reaching out (via email)
What is "When reaching out, please include an appropriate greeting, a brief explanation of your issue, and any steps you’ve taken to address it."
Allows you to read another student's work from the course and provide thoughtful feedback on their ideas to apply meaningful revision.
What is peer review
Technological problems
What is "not accept technological problems as excuses for not attending class or submitting work. UCF Libraries also offers a technology lending service"
The 6 learning outcomes
What is "generating inquiry, multiple ways of writing, information literacy, research genre production, contributing knowledge, revision"
Work that is incorrectly submitted or emailed
What is "will not be accepted for a grade"
What is "through Webcourses in (unless otherwise stated) .doc or .docx format"
you will start by developing a research question and identifying the critical conversation you want to join, as well as the secondary research methods you will use to gain insight into that research question
What is research proposal
Violation of this policy will be considered academic misconduct
What is "Any attempt to represent AI output inappropriately as your own work will be treated as plagiarism. It is each student’s responsibility to assess the validity and applicability of any GAI output that is submitted; you bear the final responsibility."
The ENC1102 portfolio
What is "an ePortfolio where students demonstrate the course learning outcomes. ePortfolios are also used as a direct measure for programmatic assessment."
Late work for minor assignments and portfolio
what is "will not be accepted"
The default for AI use in the course
What is "is disallowed unless otherwise stated by the instructor/course assignment. In addition, any such use must be appropriately acknowledged and cited."
The goal here is to finally, and confidently, pose answers to your research questions using all of the data you have collected.
What is final research paper
this approach is grounded in equitable distribution of time, the value of the other in the discussion, and civility in conversation. This requires an open dialogue where all participants to invited to give personal testimony, practice mindful listening (which looks for and acknowledges their own bias) and ask questions with the goal of understanding the perspectives of every member of our community—even if in the end you choose not to agree.
What is "invitational rhetoric"
What is "extensive research in analytical and argumentative writing based on a variety of readings from the humanities"
Late work for two major projects
What is "24 hour submission grace period. Once the grace period has ended, the assignments may be turned in up to two days past the due date with late penalties of 10% incurred per day it is late and feedback on late submissions is not guaranteed. Once the two days have passed the work will not be accepted."
Example of academic misconduct from Section 1A of UCF Student's Code of Conduct
What is "include but are not limited to: plagiarism, unauthorized assistance to complete an academic exercise; unauthorized communication with others during an examination, course assignment, or project; falsifying or misrepresenting academic work; providing misleading information to create a personal advantage to complete course/degree requirements; or multiple submission(s) of academic work without permission of the instructor of record."
invites you to include a wide variety of assignments that you feel represent your engagement with the course outcomes.
What is "portfolio"
In this course, however, you may be asked to engage with complex ideas and to demonstrate an understanding of the ideas. Understanding an idea does not mean that you are required to believe it or agree with it.
A Note About Course Readings & Discussions