|[pic] |Instructor Policies |
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| |HUM 105 |
| |World Mythology |
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|Campus/Learning Center: South |

|Facilitator Information |
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|Dr. Raphael A. Mizzell |
|Mizzela@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) |
|Mizzela@ocps.net (Personal) |
|321 276-1020 (EST) |
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|Facilitator Availability |
|I am available from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Time on most days, but I attempt to reserve Sunday for my family. On Saturdays, I am frequently online – |
|if this is a Monday class you will have my cell phone for emergencies. |
|Please email, leave a VM or place a message in the Main forum under Question subject thread. I am at different learning centers during the week. |
|If I am in a meeting I will return your call when finished. I prefer that if you post a note in your individual forum or Main forum you can also |
|call me so I will know to check the message. I do check the question thread in the Main forum in the morning. |
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|I want you to know that, should you need to contact me outside these time frames, you should not hesitate to do so. |
|Where to Go to Class: Your Course Forums |
|Main: This is the main forum for the class and is where you may ask questions between class meetings. It has read-and-write access for everyone. If|
|you have any questions about the class forums, please let me know during our on-campus class time or by posting your question(s) in the Main forum |
|Question Thread. |
|Chat-Room: This is a read-and-write access forum. It is designed as a place to discuss issues not related to the course content. |
|Course-Materials: This is a read-only forum, which means you can read messages here but cannot send any. This is where I will post the course |
|syllabus and materials. |
|Learning-Team-A, B, C, D and E: These five Learning Team forums may be used as workrooms for the learning teams. You will be assigned to one of |
|these learning teams. |
|Individual Forum: You will see one forum with your name on it. This is a private forum, shared only by you and me, the facilitator. Your classmates|
|will not have access to this forum. This is where you will post your individual assignments, and where I will post your feedback. You can also ask |
|questions here. However, if you have general questions about instructions of assignments, please post those in the Main forum, since other students|
|may benefit by that exchange as well. |
|Classroom Management Policies |
|For class policies please see the “Policies” link on the left side of the classroom. Faculty and student/learners will be held responsible for |
|understanding and adhering to all policies contained within that link. University policies are subject to change so please be sure to read them at |
|the beginning of each class as it may have changed since your last class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you|
|attend class. If you have recently changed modalities it is important you read the policies governing your current class modality. |
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|Classroom Etiquette - There are a few courtesies that are expected in the classroom. As professionals and scholars, please be mindful of the |
|following: |
|No cell phones, pagers, or other communication devices that ring or otherwise interrupt class. |
|Computers and other devices are permissible, but only if they are used for note taking. No emails, games or writing assignments is permitted. |
|Sidebar conversations should not occur. If there is something to share, be certain to include the entire group; otherwise, save it until break |
|time. |
|Promptly arrive to class and return within the designated timeframe from break. |
|Healthy debate is encouraged, but students must be mindful that remarks that demean others and/or their opinion are not tolerated. |
|Please adhere to the Student’s Code of Conduct Policy found in the Student Handbook. |
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|Learning Teams - Learning Teams are an integral part of the University of Phoenix learning environment. You will become part of a Learning Team |
|(3-5 members) during the first workshop. I highly recommend that you meet fact to face with your team if it is a newly formed team or if you have |
|added a new member. Meeting settings should include email, teleconferencing, instant messaging, and/or electronic newsgroups. |
|Learning Team Participation is crucial. Teammates are counting on your timely delivery of contracted contributions, so be sure and let them know |
|if you have to miss any days of participation. If a problem arises that will impact your participation, let your team members and instructor know |
|as soon as possible. |
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|If a team presentation is due in the 5th week and a team member cannot make the presentation, and they have contributed to the project, they will |
|potentially receive 50% of the points. For example, if the project has a 20-point grade value and the team members agree that the student |
|participated, then the team member that will be absent during the formal presentation will receive only 10 points for the project. If a team |
|member knows they will not be in class when the presentation is due, the team can request to do their presentation in the 4th week so everyone can |
|participate. |
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|Communication with the instructor is the key. |
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|Although most members on the team will earn the same grade, your instructor reserves the right to deduct points or give a zero for students who do |
|not participate substantively on team assignments. Students must be held accountable for lack of contributions to a team effort, just as employees|
|are in the work place. The instructor utilizes the weekly Learning Team Log (if requested by faculty) and the Peer Evaluation to make this |
|decision. |
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|Team assignments require equal efforts of all team members. Each team member will have an opportunity to evaluate other team members at the class |
|end or each team project. If a student receives below 1-2-3 (out of a possible 4) points in one or more category from every member of his/her |
|team, the instructor has the latitude to drop his/her overall class grade one-letter grade. If team members rate a team member a zero for the team|
|assignment, that student will receive a grade of zero. |
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|Team Charter - A Learning Team Charter, utilizing the Learning Team Charter provided in course materials forum will need to be submitted at |
|Workshop 2. Please make sure your Team Charter addresses the following: |
|Leaderless Team |
|Identify Skills and Resources |
|Plan for Conflict |
|Level of Commitment: Example - A team member did not participate in the practice presentation. Will they be allowed or not allowed to participate |
|in the formal presentation. If a team member walks into class with a separate power point, does the team allow them to present with the team? |
|Quantity of Work |
|Define Timeliness of work: Example - Monday class, first draft is due by Wednesday evening at 6:00pm. The Editor will have the draft back to the |
|team by Friday evening at 6:00pm. All team members will review the assignment and return it (with comments) to the Editor by Saturday at 12:00 |
|noon. The final paper will be ready by Saturday evening at 10:00pm. Sunday is free for team members to share with family. If a team member |
|misses the deadline without communicating with the team or a team member does not participate should also be addressed. |
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|Define being prepared for meeting (i.e. clear and concise expectations) |
|Identify line of communication to faculty |
|PowerPoint: Is each member responsible for creating their own PowerPoint and sending it to a designated person to create a template for all slides?|
|Does the team need to sign off on the PowerPoint? Will the PowerPoint be emailed to each team member, and if so, by what date? |
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|All group papers are required to be submitted to the Plagiarism Check in the CWE. A copy of this returned paper must be submitted with the original|
|paper. |
|All members of team must submit individually: 1. A Certificate of Originality for every Individual and team project. 2. The team assignment - paper|
|/PowerPoint. 3. The team must identify to the faculty what student is the leader of project so that the faculty can view and grade 1 paper / team |
|assignment. 4. Posting the team assignment in every team members individual assignment folder acknowledges to the faculty that the student has |
|reviewed and accepted the assignment in the form as it is submitted for grading. |
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|One of the highlights of our last couple workshops will be your Learning Team or Individual presentations. Mastering effective public speaking |
|skills and demonstrating content competency is critical. The final grade of the presentation will come from both you and the team. Half of the |
|score will be based on how the team, as a whole, performed, while the other half of the grade will come from your personal presentation skills. The|
|Learning Team Evaluations that you turn in during class will also be used to determine individual grades based on the level of contribution |
|indicated on the Evaluation forms. |
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|Note: It is expected that you will actively participate with your learning team and contribute to the team discussions by a) contributing original |
|work that is accepted and used by the team with proof of originality b) participating in the project from assignment organizing through meaningful |
|final review of the team project for submission, and c) ensuring to your team that your contributions are your original work and properly quoted, |
|cited, and referenced. |
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|Learning Team Logs |
|** Faculty will assign logs as needed. Learning Team Logs shall be submitted electronically to the LT Forum 24 hours before class at workshop 2 |
|and for each subsequent workshop. The Learning Team Log is submitted via OLS3 Learning Team Forum A, B, or C. including documenting the team’s |
|goals and objectives, resources, and outcomes. |
|Where to Submit Your Assignments |
|Assignment Section: This is where you will submit all formal assignments. Navigate to the Assignments link on eCampus. Locate the link to submit |
|your assignment as an attachment. |
|Please be timely in submitting your assignments. Assignments are due by the beginning of class (6:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the date indicated or |
|when directed by the instructor. All assignments are required to be submitted to your grade book / assignment in Microsoft Word® format and a |
|printed copy to the Instructor on the date and time due. A copy of the Plagiarism Checker shall be attached to the printed copy provided to the |
|instructor. Failure to attach these documents will result in an additional 10% point reduction for the assignment. |
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|Late Assignments - Deadlines will be defined as after 6 pm EST. Late assignments will be penalized with a 10% grade deduction per day. Each day the|
|assignment is late 1 point will be deducted from the final grade for a total of 3 points deduction. No late assignments will be accepted after 72 |
|hours from due date. |
|It is your responsibility to make certain that assignments are submitted on or before the due date. Assignments are considered late if they are |
|submitted after 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the due date. |
|Computer problems, missing textbooks, and busy schedules are NOT valid reasons for trying to submit a late assignment. |
|If you know you are going to be away on a day an assignment is due, your instructor will ALWAYS accept work early, so post it a day or two ahead of|
|time. Your instructor does not accept any assignment after 6:00 p.m. on the due date unless prior arrangements have been made. Communication with |
|the instructor is the key. |
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|Quizzes, exams, oral presentations, and in-class activities that have point value may not be submitted at a different time, nor may they earn |
|partial credit unless arrangements have been made with the faculty. That is, if a student is late coming to class, and the quiz has already been |
|collected, the student will not be allowed to take a make-up quiz. However, if the test is still being taken by the class, the arriving student may|
|participate until time is called; no extensions will be granted. If someone is absent on the evening of an oral presentation, prior arrangements |
|must be discussed with the facilitator. |
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|Assignments submitted after the last day of class will not be accepted under any circumstances according to University policy. Grade changes are |
|not permitted for work submitted after the end of a class. |
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|The instructor reserves the right to reduce the student’s grade for the course by one full letter grade if the student has more than 4 hours of |
|cumulative absence from class that the student has signed roster. Students are responsible for all missed work. |
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|Grade Disputes |
|No one other than the faculty member teaching a course may determine course assignment grades and record a course grade for a student. Students |
|should raise concerns or questions about perceived assignment grade errors directly with faculty promptly after receiving feedback and grades for |
|assignments, but in no event later than 6 weeks of the date of the original grade report communication. |
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|Incomplete Grade |
|Unless an Incomplete Grade has been granted and contracted, assignments submitted after the last day of class will not be accepted under any |
|circumstances according to University policy. Grade changes are not permitted for work submitted after the end of a class, unless an Incomplete |
|Grade has been requested by the student prior to the course end date, the student meets the requirements for an Incomplete, and the faculty has |
|granted an Incomplete. |
|Technical Support |
|Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 1-877-832-4867, or use the e-mail support form. |
|Answers to the most common issues are found in the Knowledge Base by clicking Help, found at the top of every student Web site. |
|Feedback |
|Each week, I will provide grades or scores and comments on assignments within 7 days of when they were submitted. After I send feedback each week, |
|I will post a notification in the Main forum. |
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|Approved Writing Style |
|The University of Phoenix-approved writing guide is The Gregg Reference Manual (UPX custom edition). The required writing style is APA. Students |
|unfamiliar with APA requirements should attend an onsite lab, refer to the APA Manual (6th ed.) or use many of the APA resources at the Center for |
|Writing Excellence. The Central Florida Campus also provides an APA Toolkit that can be found in the Course Materials forum. All written work must |
|be submitted in APA format and perfectly edited. Please check your work with the Center for Writing Excellence for grammar, sentence structure and |
|APA format, and for plagiarism before you submit the work to faculty. |
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|Papers that require you to self-reflect may be written using “I”; however, avoid the personal pronouns of “you, we, our.” Papers need to have |
|correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. If there are any references to copyright materials, such as a personality, learning style, or ethics |
|inventories, there should be in-text citations and a reference page. |
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|Student Code of Academic Integrity |
|The Student Code of Academic Integrity is an important part of the Student Code of Conduct. The full text of this code appears on the home page of |
|the University’s Center for Writing Excellence, on eCampus. The Student Code of Academic Integrity is also referenced in the Policies link in |
|eCampus. |
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|Working with Sources |
|“Research writing is much more than finding sources and reporting their contents. The challenge and interest come from interacting with sources, |
|reading them critically to discover their meanings, judge their quality, and create relationships among them” (Aaron, 2001, p. 320). “In this way, |
|your paper will synthesize others’ work into something wholly your own” (325). |
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|Integrating Sources |
|“The evidence of others’ information and opinions should back up, not dominate, your own ideas. To synthesize evidence, you need to smooth the |
|transitions between your ideas and words and those of your sources, and you need to give the reader a context for interpreting the borrowed |
|material” (Aaron, 2001, p. 335). |
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|Oral Presentations |
|Students are often asked to share oral presentations with the class. When required, students should demonstrate appropriate public speaking |
|skills, be mindful of time constraints, and keep the matter at hand. Students are evaluated both as a group and on individual merit for the |
|Learning Team presentation. Team evaluations will occur after every team presentation. Student dress is business attire. |
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|If the student arrives late for class and a presentation is in progress, the student shall wait outside the classroom until the presentation is |
|completed. |
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|Bring a hard copy of the presentation slides with speaker notes for the instructor the night of class. |
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|Attendance |
|Students may not miss more than one class session according to University policy. A student that misses 2 classes is considered automatically |
|withdrawn “W” and must contact their Academic Advisor immediately. |
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|Classroom Assessment |
|Usually 10 percent of the final grade is directly related to class contribution, punctuality and participation in all class hours. These points are|
|awarded solely at the instructor’s discretion. These points are based on promptness to class, staying for the duration of the workshops, and making|
|a substantial contribution to the class discussions. Students missing > 4 hours cumulative is subject to a reduction in grade. |
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|Students are expected to make positive contributions, which foster a professional, analytical atmosphere. Healthy debate is encouraged, but |
|students must be mindful that remarks that demean others and/or their opinions are not tolerated. |

Communication with faculty is essential. Please do not hesitate to contact instructor.