Welcome to COM102

Writing for Proficiency with Georgie Ziff

English 3000 is a course to help you meet theUniversity Writing Skills Requirement.

You must submit a Final Course Portfolio to theTesting Office the last week of the quarter thatconsists of your writing work from the class.

Who needs this class? Students who took the WritingSkills Test and scored 6 or below, or students who

choose to take this class as an alternative to the WST

You must pay the Portfolio Evaluation fee

to the Testing Office to have

your portfolio evaluated.

•A Scoring Rubric is available in

Blackboard in the course.

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Reading Critically, Writing Well - 9th edition by Axelrod, Cooper andWarriner - ISBN 978-0312-67685-8

Available at the reference desk

in the library for two hour use

You’ll need the Video Central access codethat comes with the text at the bookstore.

at this link. If you buy the book online, you must buythe code separately at this link.

On the publisher’s website, click on VideoCentral English in the right column to buy.

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Assignments are in the Weekly Schedule folder

You will read an article, watch a video, and apower point about writing topics, then write 3paragraphs answering the following questions :

1) What are the main points of the article,video, and power points?

2) How effective were they in terms ofaudience and purpose?

3) How does this information influence

your understand of academic writing?

Weekly assignments are due by Friday 5 pm toreceive 5 points; 3 pts the 2nd week, then 1 pt.

Write your responses in the dialog box

DO NOT use file attachments for assignmentresponses; attachments are only for essays

Click here Click here to download and view the video“How to Submit Assignments”.

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To break the ice and get toknow your classmates, you willparticipate in the weeklyDiscussion Boards about:

being an online student

your writing process

your academic habits

readings in the textbook

NOTE: you must post to theBoard by Wed. midnight, andthen respond to TWOclassmates by Friday 5pm toget the full 6 points of credit –then it closes.

The Testing Office Portfolio evaluation will result inone of three assessments:

Clear Competence (CC): You have fulfilled theUniversity Writing Skills Requirement, and noadditional writing courses are needed.

Developing Competence (DC): You may moveon to a second-tier writing course, e.g. ENGL3003 to fulfill the University Writing Skillsrequirement.

Limited Competence (LC): You must retakeEnglish 3000 with a different instructor to createan entirely new Portfolio for evaluation.

It is possible to receive credit for ENGL 3000 andNOT receive a Developing or ClearCompetence score on the portfolio.

Evaluations are final and cannot be appealed.

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Cover sheet with your name, your teacher's name,

your course and section number.

Table of contents: lists the items in the portfolio,

in this order. Please note that this is important.

Questionnaire: This will be provided in the course

and will include your identification information.

Reflective introduction essay and Turnitin Originality

Report - essay that introduces the portfolio and

argues that you should pass either this class or the WST

guidelines. Position Essay - 3 drafts: click for guidelines.

and Turnitin Originality Report - 10% similarity or less

 Three Timed Essays - certified copies that you wrote

online within the time limit with the earliest first

guidelines Compare/Contrast Essay -3 drafts - guidelines

and Turnitin Originality Report -10% similarity or less

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You will have one hour and fifty minutes to write a completethesis-driven essay in response to a prompt.

SAVE your timed essay document with your name:

YOUR NAME Timed Essay One (or Two or Three).

Read the details about the test in Blackboard in Week One.

 The First Timed Essay is taken during the 1st week of classes.

 Timed Essay Two is taken during the 5th week.

 Timed Essay Three is taken during the 9th week.

ALL Timed Essays must be submitted through Blackboard

Certified copies of your test must be in your Portfolio;

they will be available in My Grades in feedback.

If you experience computer problems, you

will be required to take another test with a

new writing prompt.

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These useful instructional videos areavailable for downloading.

Click on this link Click on this link, and then click on

download to view the mp4 files:

1. How to submit assignments

2. How to upload essays to

Turnitin.com through Blackboard

3. How to obtain the html version of

the Turnitin Originality Reports

4. How to upload documents to your

Online Storage for your Portfolio

5. How to Create Online Portfolios

6. How to Share Your Portfolio

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georgie.ziff@csueastbay.edu•My contact:georgie.ziff@csueastbay.edu

•Emails MUST include theschool, your class section,and your name in the subjectline of the email to receive aresponse

•Emails received after 5 pm willbe responded to the nextday; after 5 pm Friday, will beresponded to on Monday.

•Before emailing, be sure toread ALL the Orientationmaterials, FAQs, syllabus andthe Schedule folders.

Contact the BlackboardService Desk Phone Support forhelp.

510-885-4357 The Service Desk is availableat 510-885-4357 from 8:30 AM to4:30 PM. A dedicated team ofstudent assistants and staff willdo their best to help with ITissues.

http://www.csueastbay.edu/ servicedesk.If the issue is more complicateda ticket will be opened andassigned to the appropriate ITteams. A ticket can also beopened directly at:http://www.csueastbay.edu/ servicedesk.

stsc@csueastbay.eduAdditional help is available at theLearning Commons: 510-885-4152Email: stsc@csueastbay.edu

Read the ALL of the Orientation Materialsand FAQs in Blackboard, and look throughthe Schedule and Menu Bar folders

Buy the textbook and Video Access Code

Post to the Discussion Boards

Take the First Timed Essay by Friday 5 pm

Read the class webpage on my websitewhere you can find more information:

CSUEB 3000 OnlineCSUEB 3000 Online