The assignments for the class total 1,100, rather than 1000 points. This allows you some flexibility and leeway. If you miss or do not do well on a couple of assignments, you will be able to make up the points on subsequent assignments. In addition, there will be fairly regular opportunities to earn bonus points throughout the semester.

Deadlines and Rewrites:  Anything submitted after class, even the same day, will be considered one class period late. (You will automatically lose 20 percent of the point value of an assignment if it is handed in after the class period it is due. If it is handed in two class sessions late, you will lose 40 percent of the point value. Nothing will be accepted after a week.)

You may redo an assignment to get a better grade. (Some grade sheets have another column for a rewrite.) In fact, this will be encouraged, since most journalism involves extensive editing and revising. I would prefer it if you could get all rewrites in within one week of the class session in which I return the work to the class. Please attach the rewrite to the previous version of an assignment.

All written work should be typed, double-spaced with one-inch margins and in 12-point font in either "Arial" or "Times New Roman." No exceptions. Trying to read a single-spaced document in 10-point or smaller font, or one in an unusual typeface is very difficult.

Recordkeeping: I suggest you keep ALL homework assignments for the duration of the semester once they have been graded. I often use past homework assignments as examples of good and bad writing and several of them develop logically from one to another. In addition, I can answer questions about grades only by seeing the actual work you have handed in.

Course Management System:  I utilize a virtual attendance and gradebook that can viewed throughout the semester through the Angel system Your user name is your initials and last name and your password is your date of birth. This password will never need to be changed. Link here for Angel (https://cmportal.sunyocc.edu/angel).

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