This document provides guidelines for communication in an online course. It outlines expectations for emails, discussions, and assignments. Emails and discussions must use proper grammar and spelling and begin with a greeting. For discussions, students must make an original post of 2-3 sentences that references the textbook and is cited in MLA format. They must also respond to at least two classmates' posts. The document emphasizes communication should demonstrate respect and maturity. Students are encouraged to contact the professor with any questions.

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Communicating: Email, Discussion, etc!
Professor Tina E. Burnéy

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Communicating: Email(s)
 The course is a focus on communication. Proper
grammar and spelling are required. (the use of the
lower case “i” for the proper pronoun “I” is incorrect)
 Speeches are a form of public communication, but bear
all the elements of personal and interpersonal
communication. Thus a level of respect and maturity is
required in course communication.
 All email to the class or instructor and discussion
postings must have proper grammar and spelling.
They all begin with a salutation or greeting. (Hey, is
not an acceptable greeting).
Some Tips for Major
Assigned Tasks

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Communicating: Discussion(s)
 1st – All Discussions are required to be completed
 2nd – All Discussions include your own personal
posting. Your posting must be 2 to 3 complete
sentences long. Grammatically/spelling correct (10%
grade loss for poor grammar and spelling errors)
 3rd – Your personal posting MUST BE posted first.
 Note: Discussions relate to the material covered in a
module and the course overall. They are not strictly
opinion.
Some Tips for Major
Assigned Tasks

4. Communicating: Discussion(s)
 4th – Your personal posting must include references to
the textbook and specifically the chapters that are
located in the specific module you are working within
(however, all past chapters also may apply). One
outside course source is recommended as well.
 5th – The references made from the textbook or others
must be cited specifically (by chapter and page in text)
in MLA format citation form (5% point loss for no
reference or citations) Note: even personal opinion posts
can be referenced from course text.
Some Tips for Major
Assigned Tasks

5. Communicating: Discussion(s)
 6th – You are required to respond to no less than
two (2) classmates’ posts as well as making your
own post. (up to 5% point loss per missing peer post
will be assessed)
 7th - When responding to a classmates’ posts,
respond to no less than two (2) classmates
minimum. Responses should be longer than a few
word sentence (6 words or less) to count as one of
the two required sentences.
Some Tips for Major
Assigned Tasks

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Please feel free to
contact me with any
questions
I hope you make good use of these notes and tips
Professor Burnéy