Discussion

A critical component of this course is engaging with your fellow classmates. There will be both written discussions and video discussions (using Flipgrid). To earn full credit, provide a reply to my prompt and 2 peer replies. Each discussion is worth 15 points.

Post your response to my prompt by Sunday @ 11:00PM. Post two or more peer replies by the following Monday @ 11:00PM. The discussion forums will lock Monday at 11:00PM the week AFTER they open (so they will be open for 8 days).

For written discussions, there is no minimum word requirement for responses. Your responses should be substantive and you should fully develop your ideas.

To stimulate discussion, when responding to peers also pose at least one follow-up question in your response.

Also...

**Please upload a photo to your Canvas profile - it's nice to put a face to a name!**

Once logged into Canvas, click: Account > Profile > Edit Profile. Then click on the image icon to upload an image.

Writing Assignments

There will be four writing assignments in the class.

Unit 2 Critical Reflection: Personality & Social Contexts
Unit 3 Critical Reflection: Cognitive Operations
Unit 4 Critical Reflection: Modern Symbolic Prejudice & Systemic Racism
Final Exam Paper: Putting It All Together

Quizzes

To encourage you to engage with the course content, there will be quizzes on lecture content. Some quizzes will be embedded directly in my video lectures. For this course, the main goal of the quizzes is encourage you to engage with course material you need for the writing assignments.

You will have two attempts on all lecture quizzes. All lecture quizzes draw from question “pools," so if you take a quiz more than once expect a different set of questions the 2^nd time around.

Syllabus Quiz

In week 1, you will need to score a minimum of 5/6 on the syllabus quiz to advance to week 2. You have unlimited attempts.

No Major Exams

Instead of large exams, the class includes several writing assignments. There are a few small lecture quizzes, but no major exams that require memorization of terms.

Proctorio

To take all exams and quizzes will need to download Google Chrome and install the Proctorio add on. All quizzes in this class will use Proctorio, which will make the quiz full screen and will prevent you from having any other tabs open besides the quiz. You will NOT be able to take quizzes or exams on a phone or tablet.

Download Google Chrome and Proctorio here or here: https://getproctorio.com/

Please message me if you have any difficulties accessing Proctorio or the quizzes.

Do I need a webcam?

Nope. If you do not have a webcam, you will be able to submit video discussion responses using the camera on your phone using Flipgrid.

Late Work

I will accept late work for written homework assignments up to 3 days after a deadline. Late work can earn up to 90% credit. After 3 days after a deadline, I will only accept work in the case of documented emergencies. I will not accept discussion posts after the forum locks Sunday at 11:00pm except in the case of documented emergencies.

*If your internet goes out and you cannot submit an assignment or if you have an emergency situation, you must leave a voicemail on my office phone (650-949-7473) before the deadline in order for me to accept your work without penalty*

Feedback

I will provide feedback on your written work within a week after you submit it. It is very unlikely that it will take me longer than a week to grade your papers, but if that does happen, I’ll keep you posted!

Extra Material

Occasionally, there will be extra material posted in the class for you to engage topics on a deeper level.

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