Title: How to respond to assignments and discussion boards
Course: SOC 210 RTZ > Section: START HERE! - You are required to understand our course set up so please be sure to read ALL of these pages!

How to respond to assignments and discussion boards

NOTE: If you do not follow this construction - it will affect your grade. If ANY postings are late, incomplete, or missing it will effect your grade and [Credit/non-credit scoring based on your college late assignment policy].

When responding to a discussion board (DB) or assignment it is critical to follow these directions. Your grade for assignments and DB's, in this course, is the construction of your response as well as the sociological analysis. I find that if students follow these simple steps they won't leave out the various components of each question. The DB's are worth a great deal of points so to do your best please take the time to respond correctly.

For each DB/assignment, I provide some thoughts, challenges, questions, and/or considerations. When responding to a DB or Assignment do the following

For Assignments:

  - copy the original assignment directions
  - Click on the Submit button located at the top right column
  - Paste the original directions, then under each point enter your response
  - Do NOT write a jumbled response - answer under each thought, so I can assess that you understand and are critically discussing each point.
then submit

For Discussion Boards

The initial discussion board post is due [on your posting scheduled dates/times]

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  - copy the original assignment directions
  - Then hit the REPLY button
  - Then paste the original posting in the reply button
  - Then under each question, statement, thought, or challenge type your responses
  - Do NOT write a jumbled response - answer under each thought, so I can assess that you understand and are critically discussing each point.
  - Then submit

Final Steps:

When responding to two other students (this is for DB's only) please do the following

- Choose another student's original posting and copy ONLY the portion of the response you are replying (so if you are replying to Part Two, copy the question and the student's comments)
- Then hit Reply and paste their comments in your reply box
- Then hit 'enter' to separate your response, then be sure to address the student by name (such as - Dear Sallie, .... )
- Now type your response to their comments - your comments should be critical and academic(more than an agreement or a few sentences)
- Then submit
- You must do this for two separate students to complete the assignment

The TWO replies must be completed by [Your selected date] - NO EXCEPTIONS

Doing Sociological Analysis and Critical Thinking.

Keep in mind you should address each part of any assignment and DB individually. When writing your responses, I expect you to write succinct and critical thoughts. Therefore, complete sentences, paragraphs, and using your SI is critical to promote your understanding of sociology and how you can apply it to these different phenomenon.