which will take you to the login script for accessing the assignments. I recommend that you bookmark the Login page or save it to your Favorites file. Note: The first time you attempt to login choose the Are You a New User? option. Then complete a student profile and create your own ID and password which you will use each subsequent time you login.
- Assignments may only be submitted once, and you are required to answer all of the questions in each assignment. Any incomplete assignments (i.e. even one question unanswered) will receive a grade of (0) points and may not be resubmitted.
- Assignments should be submitted according to the schedule of Due Dates (see the Course Operations page). This provides an excellent way for you to stay on track which is critical to your success in the course. As a guideline, you should plan on completing and submitting one assignment per week.
- Additional points are added to your final grade (6.0 points maximum) depending on the extent to which comply with the due date schedule.
- Caution: Any interruption in your Internet connection will result in the loss of answers you are currently entering into an assignment. Excessive idle-time (when you are logged into your Human Evolution account) is a major cause of connection interruptions. To prevent, or at least minimize the resulting loss of your answers, follow the procedures listed in the section below entitled: Working Offline.
- It is strongly advised that you do not type answers directly into assignments. Direct typing produces excessive idle-time [see Section (2) above]. Instead, do your work offline and copy and paste your answers into each assignment. Regardless of whether your Internet connection is via 56K modem, high speed DSL, or cable, the longer your line is inactive (i.e. idle) in any given session, the more likely it is that you will get disconnected and loose your work. To avoid this problem, printout each assignment and answer the questions offline following the directions outlined below.
- Open a word file in Microsoft Word or similar product such as Windows Notepad and type in your answers.
- Place all of the answers for a given assignment in a single file; label the entire file according to the assignment answers it contains.
- Be sure to clearly number each answer according to the question it addresses. You need not retype the question.
- Caution: Be sure to save your word file each time you close it.
- When you have completed all of the answers for a particular assignment, open the word file and minimize it. Then login and select the same assignment from the Human Evolution web site.
- Maximize the word file and highlight the first answer, click on Edit and then select the Copy option.
- Minimize the word file and set the cursor in the upper left corner in the answer space for the first question. Then click Edit again and select the paste option. The answer will appear in the answer space on the Internet.
- Caution: After copying and pasting no more than three answers, simply click on the Go to Bottom link located under the lower left corner of each answer box and then click the [Enter] button on the screen. This will save the your work.
- From the next screen, choose the Return to Assignments option, reopen the assignment, and continue entering your answers no more than three at a time..
- Each time you access a given assignment, you will see specific instructions on how to exit and save your work and on how to submit the assignment for grading.
- You may access a given assignment as many times as you wish before submitting it for grading.
- Once an assignment is submitted for grading, it may not be revised and resubmitted again. In short, you only "get one bite of the apple" with respect to each assignment.
- You must submit your assignments only through the Biol 308 SA-SB Internet web site as described above; separate e-mail or hard copy submissions of any kind are not an option.
- Submitted assignments are eligible for grades of (0, 1, or 2) points, with (2) being the maximum number of points awarded for each assignment.
- The complete set of 12 assignments may therefore add up to a total of 24 points (or 24%) of your final grade for the course. The remaining 76% is derived from your performance on the three proctored exams.
- Completeness is the first criterion in determining your grade on an assignment. This means that all of the assignment questions must be answered. If you are unsure of the correct approach to a particular question, say so, but then provide the best answer you are able to formulate. Assignments submitted with one or more answers missing will receive credit of (0) points.
- Quality is the second criterion used in grading your assignments. The assignment questions are keyed directly to one or two designated chapters in the text and/or to assignment Instructor's Notes. You are required to research these materials for the information needed to formulate your answers. Your answers should, therefore contain direct, specific and substantive information that is relevant to the topic of the question. Any assignments submitted with vague generalized answers will receive credit of (0) points.
- You will not lose points for mistakes. Points are deducted only for noncompliance with either or both of the criteria identified above.
- After an assignment is graded, the results will be posted to your account. When you login, the following notation will appear directly below the title of each graded assignment: (Graded Assignment--Click Here for Evaluation Comments).
- Evaluated assignments will be posted with detailed corrective and instructional comments. Use these comments to rectify any mistakes and to clarify and/or validate your conceptual grasp of the course material. These comments are strictly for your use, and you should not attempt to resubmit corrected assignments. Note: Assignments submitted after their respective due dates (see the Due Dates page) will be accepted and evaluated for credit (i.e. 0, 1, or 2 points). However, they may be posted without detailed instructional comments. This not a punitive policy; it is dictated by the constraints of time and fairness to students submitting working on schedule.
