| Your first post should not begin with “Post 1, 2, etcetera” or “I agree or disagree” | ?? |
| You are required to make 3 posts on 3 separate days (see scoring below), therefore it is strongly suggested that you make your first post early in the week (by Wednesday) so that you have 4 remaining days to make your 2 final posts (week ends Sunday night). | ?? |
| Your responses should be complete, detailed and well thought out. I am looking for original input so please share your experiences so we can all learn from them. | ?? |
| Please note, any questions that I ask within the threaded discussion can be answered and will count as posts like the general topic below. I am looking forward to some great discussions! | ?? |
| The Office Talk will close at 11:59 PM Sunday. You will not be able to make any responses once the discussion has closed, please allocate your time accordingly. | ?? |
| Points per post will be determined as follows: | |
| 1st Post (50 points) minimum word count – 200 | |
| Substantively reply to all topic questions and spell-check your statement. | 25 |
| Support ideas, opinions and statements with facts from course materials or real life experiences. | 15 |
| Met the minimum word count of 100 (include word count at bottom of post). | 8 |
| Post this reply before responding to any classmate and on a different day from the two subsequent responses. | 2 |
| Total for initial post. | 50 |
| 2nd Post (25 points) minimum word count – 175 | |
| Substantively reply to another student who responded to topic and spell-check your statement. | 10 |
| Support ideas, opinions and statements with facts from course materials or real life experiences. | 8 |
| Met the minimum word count of 75 (include word count at bottom of post). | 5 |
| Post reply on a different day from other responses. | 2 |
| Total for 2nd post. | 25 |
| 3rd Post (25 points) minimum word count – 175 | |
| Using the Online Library link under Student Resources, log in* and conduct a search to find a book, journal article, or news feed on any topic for this weeks software. You have broad leeway here, a topic can be from any questions below, a students response, or anything that is relevant to this weeks software. | 11 |
| In your own words, summarize the book (book summaries are available within the search engine) journal article, or news feed. If using a newsfeed, please post the URL (link) of the actual article. | 10 |
| Met the minimum word count of 75 (include word count at bottom of post). | |
Met the minimum word count of 75 (include word count at bottom of post).
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