Week 1 (9:30 class)
WED, JAN 20: Join the class Zoom call at 9:30 am. Be sure to register in advance. Instructions here: https://learnonline.unca.edu/course/view.php?id=8997#section-1
FRI, JAN 22: Please complete the following asynchronous tasks, including at least two discussion forum posts, by 5 pm. Each item is hyperlinked to an outside resource:
- Complete this preparation survey (emailed to you Jan 15)
- Add a slide for yourself to this introductions slideshow
- Add your contact info to this shared spreadsheet
- Review the syllabus and contract, then complete this confirmation survey
- To help us track how, if at all, our ideas may change this semester, please complete this anonymous Writing Assumptions & Attitudes survey
- FORUM: (1) Read this brief essay, “First Year Composition Should Be Skipped,” from a collection entitled “Bad Ideas about Writing” (an important indication of the author’s actual perspective); (2) peruse a few advice letters from past students (look for items labeled “letter to future students” or “final reflection”); and then (3) add your voice to this Initial Ideas Discussion Forum.
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