1. Professor Gigi Smith

2. Topics
 Chat Navigation
 Course Objectives and Scenario
 Course Resources
 About Me
 Grading Rubric
 Academic Excellence
 Late Policy
 Instructor Expectations
 Student Expectations
 Group Project
 Online Library
 Open Discussion

3. About Me
 Chief Information Officer
 Chief Technology Officer
 Deputy Director
 Training and Marketing Director
 Doctorate of Management, MBA
 Project Management Professional
 Over 27 years of experience
 Leadership and Management
 Project Management
 Education
 Policy Development
 Information Technology

4. Grading Methodology
 90-100%=Exemplary Work!
 Conforms to Requirements
 Appropriate Citations: at least one APA formatted scholarly reference in main DB
posts, Individual Projects, and Group Project
 Appropriate Spelling/Grammar; Use Standard Business English
 Satisfy Technical Requirements (do what the assignment says)
 Appropriate APA Standards 6th edition (double spacing [not necessary for
PowerPoint presentations], in-text citation, and separate cover and reference
pages)
 Satisfy Deliverable Length Requirements (conform to minimum/maximum
constraints, paragraphs should contain between 3 and 5 thoughtful sentences.
Title and Reference pages/slides are the only pages/slides excluded from this
requirement.)
 Satisfy Assignment Due Date
 Do not include screen prints in any assignment

5. Grading Rubric cont.
 80-89%=Good Work
 Non-conformance to Requirements- Few Errors
 Appropriate Citations
 Appropriate Spelling/Grammar
 Satisfy Technical Requirements
 Satisfy APA Requirements
 Satisfy Deliverable Length Requirements
 Late Submittal

6. Grading Rubric cont.
 70-79%=Acceptable Work
 Non-conformance to Requirements- Several Errors
 Appropriate Citations
 Appropriate Spelling/Grammar
 Satisfy Technical Requirements
 Satisfy APA Requirements
 Satisfy Deliverable Length Requirements
 Late Submittal

7. Grading Rubric cont.
 60-69% = Poor Work
 Non-conformance to Requirements- Many Errors
 Appropriate Citations
 Appropriate Spelling/Grammar
 Satisfy Technical Requirements
 Satisfy APA Requirements
 Satisfy Deliverable Length Requirements
 Late Submittal

8. Grading Rubric cont.
 <59% = Unacceptable Work
 Non-conformance to Requirements- Substantial
Errors
 Appropriate Citations
 Appropriate Spelling/Grammar
 Satisfy Technical Requirements
 Satisfy APA Requirements
 Satisfy Deliverable Length Requirements
 Late Submittal

9. Late Policy
 1-7 days late: OK
 8-14 days late : 10% deduction
 Not accepted after 15 days
 No late Portfolio Projects will be accepted
 No work is accepted after the course ends UNLESS an "Incomplete"
grade has been arranged in advance of the final course date

10. Academic Excellence
 Review Grading Guidelines
 Conformance to Requirements
 Research Topic
 Understand Subject Matter
 Review Grammar and Spelling
 Ask Questions

11. Instructor Expectations
 Timely Response (24 hrs)
 Courtesy
 Professional
 Subject Matter Expertise
 Flexible
 Compassion
 Respectful

12. Student Expectations
 Courtesy
 Professional
 Respectful
 Stay Informed
 Open to learn
HAVE FUN!

13. Online Library
 Rich resource
 Research article databases
 Case studies
 Best practices

14. Questions???