Practice
Quiz on Online Orientation
Students enrolled in an online course
will need to view the course orientation by the
end of the first week of the semester. Each student must pass the 10-question
orientation quiz.
Here is a practice quiz to help you prepare for the exam:
(1) What are the
beginning and end dates for the course?
(2) If I don’t turn in the draft of my
paper by the workshop deadline, what happens?
(there can be more than one answer):
(a)
You will not be allowed to participate in the workshop
(b)
You will lose your peer participation points for this activity
(c)
You can miss one workshop without it affecting your grade
(d)
If you don’t turn a paper in on the workshop date, you cannot turn in a revised
paper a week later for a grade
(e)
You won’t get any feedback on your writing
(3) I have to purchase the Department Rhetoric
(true/false).
(4) What is plagiarism?
(5) Match the paper type to the paper sequence in the class:
(a)
Paper 1 (f) 75-minute
reading-based essay
(b)
Paper 2 (g) 2 ½ hour exam
connecting all the books for the course under one theme
(c) Paper 3 (h) Reading-based research paper
(d)
Paper 4 (i) Reading-based
paper
(e)
Paper 5 (j) Reading-based
collaborative research paper
(6) How many late tickets do you get in the course when you get to turn
in an assignment 48 hours after the due date?
(7) For all the major papers in the class (not timed exams), I will be creating
my own paper topics based on the reading (true/false).
(8) What can I use to do the math for and keep track of my own course grade?
(9) During the semester, it is ok to go through periods of
time when you do not have internet access. (true/false)
(10) Select all the correct formatting choices for a paper in this course (there can be more than one answer):
(a)
Font 12
(b)
Double-spaced
(c)
Chicago style
(d)
The larger font the better
(e)
MLA style
(f)
One inch margins on all sides
(h)
Paper length does not matter
ANSWERS:
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(1) You can locate this
information at the top of the course syllabus. |
(3) FALSE: the course reader is
available for free online here: (http://www.skylinecollege.edu/skyenglish/) but if you prefer a print copy, you
can purchase one at Skyline’s bookstore. |
(5) a matches i |
(7) TRUE: students will be
analyzing the literature and then writing papers analyzing an aspect of the
reading that most interests them so they are writing from a place of interest
rather than duty. |
(9) FALSE |
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