Located within the Evaluation Rubrics section of the course Web site is the written assignment rubric used to aid in the grading of all written assignments.
Midterm Examination
You are required to take a proctored online midterm examination. See the Calendar for the official dates for your midterm exam week.
The midterm is a closed-book, proctored online exam. It is two hours long and covers all reading and assignments through module 5 of the course (chapters 1 through 13 of the text). It consists of five (5) essay questions.
For the midterm, you are required to use the College's Online Proctor Service (OPS). Please refer to the "Examinations and Proctors" section of the Online Student Handbook (see General Information area of the course Web site) for further information about scheduling and taking online exams and for all exam policies and procedures. You are strongly advised to schedule your exam within the first week of the semester.
Online exams are administered through the course Web site. Consult the course Calendar for the official dates of exam weeks.
Statement about Cheating
You are on your honor not to cheat during an exam. Cheating means:
Looking up any answer or part of an answer in an unauthorized textbook or on the Internet, or using any other source to find an answer.
Copying and pasting or, in any way copying responses or parts of responses from any other source into your exams. This includes but is not limited to copying and pasting from other documents or spreadsheets, whether written by yourself or anyone else.
Plagiarizing answers.
Asking anyone else to assist you by whatever means available while you take an exam.
Copying any part of an exam to share with other students.
Telling your mentor that you need another attempt at an exam because your connection to the Internet was interrupted when that is not true.
If there is evidence