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|Facilitator Information Revised 1-20-16 |
|Ruben Z. Diaz, Instructor |
|mpardiaz@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) |
|fivediaz@gmail.com (Personal) |
|(559)360-4974 (Pacific Standard Time) |
|Policies and Procedures |
|Nothing in this document in any way modifies the University’s Academic Policies. |
|Students must be familiar with and comply with the standards set forth in the Code of Student Responsibility and the Standards of Student Behavior,|
|which can be found in the University Catalog and the Student Program Handbook, both of which are accessible through the student website. All |
|performance assessments during the course are based upon the accomplishment of learning objectives and criteria established for each assignment. |
|Students are graded on achievement and participation, not effort. All course work must be submitted no later than the beginning of the final class.|
|Facilitator Availability |
|I am available from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. PST Mon-Fri. If these times are not convenient for you, please let me know. I will be happy to accommodate your |
|schedule, if possible. I provide you with these times to make it easier to communicate with me, and not to limit our contact. |
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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. |
|For emergencies, when you are not able to gain access to messages on the Online Learning System (OLS), please send a message to my personal email |
|address. In the event a third party needs to contact me, please direct them to my contact information listed under "facilitator information." No |
|third party should use your login credentials to gain access to the classroom. |

Late Assignments
Late assignments will not be accepted. All assignments must be submitted no later than 6 PM on the due date during on ground classes. Any emergency will be considered, but not automatically accepted.
Learning Teams

University of Phoenix students are expected to work effectively in diverse groups and teams to achieve tasks. They must collaborate and function well in team settings as both leaders and followers. They should respect human diversity and behave in a tolerant manner toward colleagues and peers. If you experience difficulties working with your team, you are expected to resolve them within the team if possible. However, please feel free to contact me for guidance if you have concerns in this area. Because Learning Team projects are outcome-based, all members of your Learning Team will generally earn the same grade for Learning Team projects. However, I reserve the right to report different grades for different Learning Team members if I see a substantial imbalance in individual contribution. Learning Teams should provide a brief summary of any communication held outside the forum. Therefore, if you hold conference calls, work in a real-time chat room, or get together outside the OLS (Online Learning System) environment in another way, please post a log, transcript, or summary in the Learning Team forum. Further, do not use any of these supplementary communication tools unless everyone on your Learning Team agrees to the method and to the schedule. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Several of the assignments in this class will be completed in Learning Teams of three to five students. We will set up these teams by the end of Week 1. If you have any requests for teammates, please let me know by Thursday of the first week via your Individual Forum. Learning Team Charters and Peer Evaluation forms are required. Please see the instructions in the weekly sections for more information.
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.
When developing the team charter, all learning teams MUST include a deadline for all learning team members to submit individual portions of a learning team assignment.
Learning Teams are to be selected by the students. If a Learning Team member fails to participate in the completion of an assignment or submits their portion of an assignment after the rough draft due date noted on the team charter then the remaining Learning Team members may elect to leave that members name off the Learning Team assignment. This will result in the non-participating team member not receiving credit.

Each student must submit his or her individual portion of a learning team assignment to his or her respective Learning Team forum. Failure to do so will result in a zero for that team member.

Where to Go to Class: You are 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.

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 and D: These four Learning Team forums will be used as workrooms for the learning teams. You will be assigned to one of these learning teams. You are to communicate in the Learning Team Forum and post your portion of any Learning Team assignment / project in the Learning Team Forum. Completed assignments will be submitted to the assignments link in OLS.

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. You can 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.

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.
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|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. |
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|Each week, I will provide grades or scores and comments on assignments within 6 days of when they were submitted. |
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|Participation |
|Participation means being in class and materially participating in all class discussions and activities. Should you arrive for class more than 10 |
|minutes late or depart at any time after the break and prior to the dismissal of class you will only be eligible to receive one participation point|
|for the class. |
|Written Work and Oral Presentations |
|All papers are to be typed, proofread, spell-checked, double-spaced, and prepared in accordance with APA style and format. Correct use of citations|
|and references is expected. Plagiarism is a serious matter (see UOP Policy on plagiarism). Please see the section on Academic Honesty on the UOP |
|website. |
|Written work is graded for content, organization, style, grammar, and formatting. The facilitator will provide a grading matrix for all written |
|work. Students are expected to use an APA style sheet as described in the APA Publication Manual. |
|Oral presentations are graded for content, style, visual aids, time limits, and creativity, as well as the length of the presentation. See Oral |
|Presentation Feedback form on UOP website. |

Course Changes:
Please note that assignments may vary somewhat from the materials presented in the Materials section of e-campus. While the reading assignments and learning objectives remain the same, assignments may be different from the Syllabus, which takes precedence. The Syllabus is the ruling document.
Attendance
Faculty members have no authority to excuse absences. Students are expected to arrive on time, to be prepared, and to attend ALL CLASSES. Attendance is mandatory. If an unexpected emergency occurs, it is the student’s responsibility to notify the facilitator in advance, if possible, of any absence or anticipated lateness. It is the student’s responsibility to contact an Academic Counselor with any absence concerns. If a student is late for class, or leaves early from class, and has not made prior arrangements with the facilitator, the student may not be able to make up quizzes or other in-class work that occurred while the student was not present, as well as reduction in their participation points.

Rosters
The attendance roster for this course will be circulated from 6:00 pm until picked up by university staff. Failure to sign the attendance roster will result in the student being reported as absent. If a student enters class after the roster has been picked up, the student must go to the Student Resource Center accompanied by the facilitator to verify presence in the classroom prior to signing the roster.

Signing an attendance roster for another student is falsification of a document and constitutes a violation of the Student Code of Conduct carrying sanctions up to and including expulsion.

Any student who fails to sign the roster for two workshops of a course will receive a W or WF grade and cannot receive a standard letter grade for credit for the course. (NOTE: this does not apply to courses of more than five or six workshops, which allow for additional absences.)

Students signing rosters prior to 9:00 pm for Flexnet classes on Saturday’s and 6 PM for on ground classes; not attending the session for any period of time are not in attendance for the class. If this occurs, attendance rosters will be adjusted to reflect that the student did not attend any portion of the class. Faculty will cross out the student’s name and note on the attendance roster that the student signed prior to class beginning and was not present. Campus administration will send the student a letter charging them with a violation of student code of conduct, specifically, falsification of a University document.

Privacy and Confidentiality in the Classroom
One of the highlights of the University of Phoenix academic experience is that students can draw on the wealth of examples from their organizations in class discussions and in their written work. However, it is imperative that students not share information that is confidential, privileged, or proprietary in nature. Students must be mindful of any contracts they have agreed to with their companies.

Laptops and Cell Phones
In keeping with the Standards of Student Behavior concerning the maintenance of a learning environment, it is expected that students will not receive or place calls during class time. Should a student anticipate an emergency call during class time, it is the student’s responsibility to notify the facilitator in advance of the class and to make arrangements accordingly.

Laptops are a wonderful tool, but there is both a time and place for them in the classroom. The laptop should be used for one of three activities: 1) looking at e-campus during class when the entire class is reviewing it, 2) taking notes, and 3) participating in in-class activities as directed by the facilitator. Hiding behind a laptop, answering e-mail, playing games, surfing the web, etc. will not be tolerated. Facilitators may ask students to close laptops at specific times during class.

The facilitator may report a disturbance in the classroom caused by these types of electronic devices to Campus Administration. If substantiated, this can result in sanctions ranging up to and including suspension or expulsion from the University.

Professional Attire
Students are required to dress in attire that is appropriate to the professional learning environment. In other words, during regular class sessions, students should dress with an appropriate sense of propriety. Casual clothing is acceptable as long as it not revealing and/or offensive to others in the learning environment.

During oral presentations, the facilitator reserves the right to require more formal attire, including business casual/formal attire, as we are training students to make business presentations. Of course, if role-playing or performing skits, the appropriate costuming is acceptable. Please consult with the facilitator regarding his/her individual requirements regarding dress during formal presentations.

Accommodations
If a student has a disability that qualifies under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and requires accommodations, he or she should contact the Learning Center Manager, or the Disability Officer for that Learning Center, for information on appropriate policies and procedures. The Learning Center Manager may be contacted by telephone at 1-800-266-2107. Students should ask for the Learning Center Manager for the Learning Center where they attend.