Research Portfolio(s) (and quiz)

Hi all,

I'm going to give you some extra time to post your research portfolio from last week, and you'll need to update your research portfolio this coming week as well. Here are the two prompts:

1. Find at least one image that you would use in a presentation about your topic and cite it correctly. Also find an additional resource you’d use in your research project (it can be anything!) and include an annotation summarizing the article and how you plan to use it in your research project.

2. Monday, November 5th: Find at least two credible websites (so, you’ve evaluated them, using our CURRA evaluation criteria) and cite them. Include annotations for each website summarizing the content of the website and how you plan to use it in your research project.

These do not have word count requirements. You'll want to have both of these done before class on Wednesday, November 7th because you'll be using these research portfolios for your coming presentation. We'll be working on Monday's research portfolio in class.

We'll be working on your presentations in class on Monday as well, and i'll be happy to answer any questions you have.

I'm also keeping the quiz open a little bit longer, so make sure to take it before class on Monday. It is in CourseDen under "assessments" and also in the week 11-13 folder.

Best,
Jessica

Quiz #6

Hi all,

Quiz #6 will be an online (on CourseDen), open-book quiz. It will be a little different than the other quizzes in that anything we've talked about this semester is fair game. That said, it will almost certainly include using images, and the directions for the State of the Presentation presentations that you'll have to do soon. This quiz will be live on Wednesday, Oct 31 and due Saturday November 3rd by midnight.

Best,
Jessica

Updated Grades (and info about your next quiz!)

Hi all,

Your grades have been updated in the Gradebook. Please take note:

The highest Blog grade you can now have is a 45
The highest blog responses grade you can now have is a 6. 
The highest extra credit grade you can have is a 10. If you have less than that, it is because, more than likely, you summarized the arguments each side made instead of analyzing how they used research to make those arguments.
The highest research portfolio grade you can have is a 10. If you have less than that and you turned in the assignment, chances are you did not include citations, you included resources that weren't books, or you didn't include enough books.
The highest participation grade you can now have is a 5. If you don't have a 5 and you submitted the email assignment, it might be because you submitted the incorrect words or because you submitted to the incorrect email address--part of this assignment was how well you read and followed directions. 


Let me know if the numbers for your grades don't match up with mine.

Your quiz this week will be online and open book. It will be open tomorrow on CourseDen and closed on Tuesday evening.

Best,
Jessica

Week 6--Class info (Important! Please read!)

Hi all,

Hope you had a nice weekend! I've had a lot to catch up on, I was in Savannah for a few days presenting at a conference (similar to what you'll all have to do for your final project). A few important things:

--I've updated the class schedule to reflect the assignment that we'll start this week, the research portfolio. This class schedule also has quiz dates updated as well--our next quiz will be on Oct 1.

Updated Class Schedule 

--Instead of your usual blog post this Wednesday, you will have to do your first Research Portfolio entry. Here is more info about those research portfolio posts:

Research Portfolio Instructions

--Your grades have been updated to reflect the last two in-class assignments (so the highest grade you can now have for that is 30) and your most recent quiz. I will update the blog grades on the gradebook next weekend.

--Remember to add word counts to your blog posts, you will get points off for leaving them out.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Best,
Jessica

Class Business--Please Read!

Hi all,

I hope you had a good weekend. I am about to sit down and grade blogs, but I thought I'd touch bases with you all first:

• If you completed the extra credit assignment, please submit that to your blog by 11:59 Monday evening. 
• Be advised that you have a quiz tomorrow. Make sure you study up on research questions! 
• Your blog prompt for Monday is now posted. You'll note that you only have the one blog post this week! Make it count! 
•  Finally--and this is important--please start putting a word count on your posts. I'll mention this in class too, but be advised that I will start taking off points if the word count is not on future blog posts.

This week we'll be talking about information sources. I've posted a powerpoint online as well as some videos for you to review if you need some extra help!

Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Best,
Jessica

No Quiz Today

Hi all,

There is a quiz scheduled today, but we are going to move it to next Monday. I want to make sure we have this extra day to work with and really understand what a research question is and what it does.

The quiz next Monday will cover basic class information, developing a topic, and research questions. It will be the same format--short answer--as the first quiz.

Best,
Jessica

Week 3 Info

Hi all,

We've got only one day this week, so it is going to be pretty jam packed. A few things:

--You'll get your quizzes back today, and the grades should also be on CourseDen
--Your Library Ethnography responses are due today (Wednesday) by 11:59 pm. Make sure they are thoughtful, thorough, and constructive.
--Your blog prompt is up, and that post is due this evening by 11:59 pm.


As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,,
Jessica

Class Evaluation Criteria

Hi all,

Here is the list of evaluation criteria we came up with in class today. Feel free to use this to inform your group Evaluation Acronym:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eXDBU-3LwLd7vt17cOE09A0DJQjUgT8HDUxt5FICu1c/edit

I know we didn't have a whole lot of time to talk about your library ethnography projects, so if you have any questions, let me know soon. If you run into a problem tomorrow night, there is probably not a whole lot I can do to help you.

I also didn't get a chance to remind you of your quiz on Wednesday, so make sure to read up on class policies, library basics, and evaluation before then!

Remember that you have until tomorrow night at 11:59 to redo (or do!) your blog posts from last week! 

All best,
Jessica

Looking Ahead to Week 2!

Hi all,

I hope you had a great weekend. I've been reading through your blogs, and I hope that you all with follow up with me about anything you continue to be confused about throughout the semester.


A few things:

--Unless I tell you otherwise, each of your blog posts need to be 200 words. You will get points off they are not. Your responses need to be at least 50 words. Many of you were under this mark for your Wednesday responses.  

--Please also be aware of due dates. Your blog responses are due by 11:59 on Monday and Wednesday, unless otherwise noted. You will get points off for missing these due dates as well. 

--Remember that your Library Ethnography Project is due on Wednesday. You will also have to respond to a classmate's project by the follow Wednesday (Sept 5). Please feel free to visit me during my office hours on Monday (11-1) if you have any questions about the library ethnography project.

--If you are keeping up with the syllabus, you will have noticed that our first quiz is Wednesday as well. This will mainly cover introductory things about the library, the syllabus, and what we'll introduce on Monday (Evaluation.) All quizzes are short answer and given in-class.

--I have updated the class schedule to reflect days that you will not have a blog post for homework, so make sure to review that.

Here is the link to the class schedule Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1skjT7ToBya25seL0Ju-yg2GMRWau1hH9YesCwSkIwms/edit

--One of your classmates has made a very helpful suggestion that you all might want to start titling your blog posts and labels (you can see it on the right under "Post Settings" when you write your posts) to make it easy to find and organize your posts. 

As always, let me know if you have any questions!

Best,
Jessica