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Technical and Professional Communication

Participation


Participation in the class "conversation" is both expected and required; however, I realize that "participation" is a very individual thing. You should come to class prepared to discuss the assignments, both in small groups and with the whole class; you should also take part in the ongoing electronic discussion via the class e-list, techpro@rpi.edu.

There will be required assignments posted to the list; all assignments must be completed by the date and time specified in the posting. You should treat these postings as professional communications; be aware of your audience and objective. Occasionally, you may prefer to post responses to assignments, or commentary on discussion, directly to me rather than to the class list. This is acceptable, but requires a brief note of explanation in the text.

You are encouraged to post above and beyond the required/assigned entries -- make this list a true discussion space. Ask each other questions, critique each other's work, look for and give feedback. All of your posts will be saved both to a class archive and to an individual archive for the purpose of helping to determine the participation portion of your grade at the end of the term.

Late Policy:

  • You will be penalized 5 points per day (up to 25 points) for any late or missing asignments. That is, if you receive an assignment due on a Thursday and don't post it until Monday, it is four days late, and you will be docked 20 points. These points will be deducted from your attendance/participation base total of 250; the assignment will then be assessed on its own merits and given a separate score.
  • Even if you are docked the maximum 25, you are expected to have completed all writing assignments by semester's end. You cannot receive a passing grade in this class if you have not completed all writing assignments.
  • Extra participation in the list discussion cannot "make up" for missing work, but it can help you overall. Please  keep a personal archive of all the mail you post to our list and to me or to each other; servers crash, hard drives burn out, disks warp ... backups of backups are the way to go.

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