Course Calendar Development:

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Course Calendar Development

• 1. Section/Topic Coverage and Homework Due
  Dates
• Section coverage We cover 1 section most days
  occasionally 2 sections/day or 1 section/2 days.
• Online problem set size Our homework problem
  sets typically number anywhere from 10-50
  problems.
• Our target is a median time spent of 90
  minutes.
• Adjust after first semester to get average of
  assignment medians at 90 minutes with a range of
  60-120 minutes.
• Homework deadlines We strongly recommend having
  the homework for each section due at the start of
  the class period the day after its covered in
  lecture.

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Course Calendar Development (ctd)

• 2. Review Days
• Rationale Allowing a review day before each quiz
  and test lets students digest the material for
  that unit.
• This also encourages completion of practice
  test/quiz. (With no new homework assignment due
  on day of quiz/test, students have time to
  complete the practice quiz/test.)
• Review Day Class Sessions
• Short review lecture covering major topics and
  common problems. (Use Item Analysis function to
  see which problems are taking students longest to
  figure out.)
• Questions from students who have started the
  practice quiz/test.
• Time for students to start the practice quiz/test
  in class.

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Course Calendar Development (ctd)

• 3. Quizzes and Tests
• Frequency
• Quiz every 3 to 5 sections.
• Test after every 2 to 3 quizzes.
• Practice Versions
• Rationale Simulate conditions of test vs.
  homework (timed, no online help)
• Format One and a half times as many questions as
  regular test one and a half times as much time
  allowed.
• Number of tries We now allow unlimited tries.
• Points We now give 10 of points on regular
  test/quiz only the best score of all tries
  counts.

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Sample Calendar

• (Blank calendar form 1C_1 and sample calendar
  1C_2 are available in your workshop notebook
  and on the workshop CD.)

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Course Polices

• Items to Consider
• Attendance Points
• Why or why not?
• How many?
• Conditions?
• Independent Contracts
• Conditions?
• Start date?
• Contract forms

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Sample Independent Contract(See notes packet
and CD for sample contract form 1C_3.)
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Sample Course Polices(See notes packet and CD
for copy of sample course polices file 1C_4.)
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C. Grading Polices

• Items to Consider
• Determine category weights
• Homework
• Quizzes/tests
• Attendance/other
• Determine number of items in each category
• Assign weights to each item in category

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Sample Grading Policy(See notes packet and CD
for sample grading policy file 1C-5.)
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Syllabus Refinement Time

• These two items will be used in the first
  session tomorrow morning. You may need to spend
  some additional time tonight preparing these
  items so you can use them to set up your homework
  assignment structure and grading plan in your
  CourseCompass course tomorrow.
• Course Calendar
• Grading Categories and Weights
• Note Complete sample syllabi for Intermediate
  Algebra 1C_6 and Beginning Algebra 1C_7 are
  included in your notes packet and on the workshop
  CD.

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Lunchtime!

• Todays lunch
• is provided
• courtesy of
• Pearson Education.