MGE

Participation in this course is mandatory! This also includes collegiality, effort, etc. If you miss a discussion board you are responsible for reading all student submissions and responding within one week. You are required to regularly check your email and to check CourseInfo daily (or VERY often) for announcements, explanation of assignments, recommended resources, etc. You are also expected to communicate regularly with the Instructor and other students via email. You are expected to chat "live" with the Instructor via the chat capabilities in CourseInfo at least once during the semester. Instructions for using this chat facility are found on the FAQ page (http://www.pampetty.com/444faq.com) ... it is easy, don't worry.

(This is the rubric that used to score your professionalism, participation and collegiality points.)

Criteria	0 - 2	2 - 3	3 - 4	4 - 5
Correspondence via Email with Instructor	"Disappears" regularly. Never initiates email. No regular use of CourseInfo. No homepage in CourseInfo.	Lapses in responding. Occasionally initiates email. Some use of CourseInfo. Only a beginning of a homepage in CourseInfo.	Fairly prompt responses. Regularly initiates email. Regular use of CourseInfo. Homepage in CourseInfo but some elements missing.	Timely responses. Open and continuous communication by initiating and responding to email. Uses CourseInfo almost daily. Homepage in CourseInfo and all elements included.
Live Chatting	Never chatted on-line with Instructor.	Chatted once ... minimal interaction.	Chatted one or more times with interest.	Chatted two or more times with interest and enthusiasm.
Professionalism	Lacks professional demeanor.	Needs improvement in professional demeanor.	Displays professional demeanor.	Very professional in all areas.
Collegiality	No instances of assisting other students.	One instance of assisting other students.	Assisted students (1 or 2) graciously.	Many (2 or more) instances of graciously assisting others.

NOTE: If you have AOL Instant Messenger (does NOT require AOL service; does NOT cost anything), I will accept this in place of email and the live "chat" in the virtual classroom (CourseInfo). Please IM me and I will add you to my "buddy" list. My IM name is: drpampetty. I have several students on my list ... this is a QUICK and efficient method of conversing. You can download the program from AOL.com.