Course Syllabus
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Course Title: Health and Fitness Course Code: HWE-111-DS12, HWE-111-DS13 Synonym Number: 01103, 01997 Credits: 3 Semester: Fall 2016 Prerequisite: College-level composition and reading Format: Web Start Date: October 3, 2016 Attendance and No-Show Reporting: 10-12-16 Attendance and early engagement are important elements for your success in this course. All students who do not submit the first class assignment or meet early attendance requirements must be reported by the instructor to the Registrar’s Office. Financial aid students or students receiving Veteran’s benefits who do not attend the first class(es), meet early attendance requirements, and/or fail to complete introductory assignment(s) in Canvas by 11:55pm 10-11-16 will be dropped from the course and may not receive financial assistance. More information at: coloradomtn.edu/admissions/financial_aid/ Refund Date: 10-14-16 Census Date: 10-17-16 Withdraw Date: 11-29-16 End Date: 12-16-16 |
Name: Mark Lapka M.Ed Email: mlapka@coloradomtn.edu This is the best method to contact me as I work on the road and can check my e-mail and respond more consistently for the students. Be sure that your e-mail is current in Canvas so you will not miss communications. I will send out announcements of any changes and reminders for the class. I will also comment directly to students on assignments and progress.
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Course Access and Orientation
Canvas by Instructure is the online learning management system (LMS) used by Colorado Mountain College. You access Canvas via your web browser and by logging in through CMC’s Basecamp portal. For instructions on how to login to Basecamp and other Canvas support resources, please visit: Help for Canvas.
Once in Basecamp, you can also access orientation materials that will prepare you to be an online student. Look for the section “Resources for Online Learning” at this link: Basecamp - Student Services - Online Learning.
There will be a video orientation prepared for your viewing. This video will put a face to your contacts with me and provide information as to the setup of the class. Use this Video as just an introduction and to give face to the instructor. I would strongly suggest you take the time to watch this video as it may answer many questions you may have.
I have attached the video here for your orientation:
Course Description
Studies health and fitness in the U.S. today. The course will look at personal health issues, managing stress, nutrition and health life styles.
Student Learning Outcomes, Competencies & Skills
- Evaluation of chronic diseases and causes.
- Evaluation of communicable diseases and causes.
- Keep nutritional and calorie charts.
IDEA (Individual Development and Educational Assessment) Objectives
- Gaining factual knowledge (terminology, classifications, methods, trends)
- Learning fundamental principles, generalizations, or theories
- Learning to apply course material (to improve thinking, problem solving, and decisions)
- Developing specific skills, competencies, and points of view needed by professionals in the field most closely related to this course
- Developing skill in expressing oneself orally or in writing
- Learning how to find and use resources for answering questions or solving problems
- Developing a clearer understanding of, and commitment to, personal values
- Learning to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, and points of view
- Acquiring an interest in learning more by asking questions and seeking answers
Evaluation Methods and Class Management
A schedule detailing assignments will be outlined on Canvas. You must access the individual assignments in Canvas to view the full assignment requirements. If there are emergencies in your life that will cause disruption to your ability to participate in the class please make sure you take care of yourself and family and the emergency then contact me via e-mail at the earliest opportunity.
The class is 11 weeks long. The Text has 20 chapters and videos.
There will be one exam each week. So if you do the math, this is mostly two chapters a week and at times more than two videos. Some weeks the videos will overlap in their content for the required assignments and tests. The exams will consist of multiple choice questions based on that week’s video(s) and reading requirements. THERE WILL BE NO MID-TERM OR FINAL EXAM.
Be sure to watch the orientation video as there is important information on the videos that you can only get there.
The tests will be open until 11:55pm on the due date, EXCEPT ON THE FINAL DUE DATE. Unless otherwise stated you will have approximately 30-90 minutes to complete the test each week. If you wait until the last hour of the due date to attempt to complete the tests you may not have the test submitted for grading as the system may lock you out. There will be instructions at the beginning of each test assignment identifying the chapters and video. If you are unfamiliar with Canvas then I strongly suggest you take the time with your local CMC computer Canvas guru and learn the basics. If you wish to participate in the tests early you may do so as they will be open weeks ahead of time. You may use your books and any notes or transcripts you take from watching the videos. REMEMBER once you open the test you can not close it and return to it later.
I am asking for some reaction discussions to attached articles or URL’s as assignments. Within this response you will be asked to make a value judgment/opinion about what is being presented You MUST SUPPORT your opinion with other research not just that you agree or disagree. Find research that supports your opinion/value. These may be from the newspaper, magazine, tourist brochure, comic strip, journal, computer web page, or any medium you find that can be transmitted via Canvas. Attach the research URL. The reaction to the discussions will also be on due dates at 11:55pm on the due date. If your main response is late there will be an automatic 5 point loss of points. As always you can submit early. If you use Virtual Library you will need to attach the article or copy it, a site address does not always work. Your text and videos may not be used as part of your references. Wikipedia will not be an accepted reference for any work for this class. Assignments sent via e-mail will not be graded.
In your discussions I will be looking not only for your response to the concept presented but how you interact with your fellow students. Part of the rubric for the discussions will be your responses to 3 other students in their discussions. Once you have completed your main response you will be required to respond to three other student’s submissions to the assignment. Because you may send in a response early, you have a significant amount of time in the semester to go back to respond to 3 other students in each of the discussions. In your response to the three other students be positive and supportive and if you agree or disagree show support for your opinion. DO NOT JUST SAY YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE! Note that the higher the point-value the more synthesized information from outside the text and videos or student’s personal stretch will be required. REMEMBER this is three responses to other student’s discussion for each discussion topic.
If you wish you can add the web site of the article in the body of your response and I will access the site and read it and compare it to what you submit. Be sure that the web site is not time specific and becomes unavailable in the time frame that you submit it and the time that I read it (about 1 week after you submit it). If I cannot access the research then I cannot award full points for your response.
AGAIN I WILL REPEAT, DO NOT SEND ANY ASSIGNMENT RESPONSES TO ME THROUGH E-MAIL AS THEY WILL NOT BE GRADED.
There will be a number of short essay papers that will be required. The descriptions will be attached to the assignment requirements. Look at the rubric attached to each assignment. You will notice that different sections of the essay will receive different point value options. The higher the point value the more information and student synthesis is required.
You MUST SUPPORT your opinion with other research not just that you agree or disagree. Find empirical research that supports your opinion/value. YOU MUST REFERENCE YOUR TEXT BOOK IN YOUR ESSAY. That means the reference citation with page number. You may also use a societal discussion that may be from the newspaper, magazine, tourist brochure, comic strip, journal, computer web page, or any medium you find that can be transmitted via Canvas. The essays will be on due 11:55pm on the due date.(unless it is clearly identified otherwise.) As always you can submit early.
The full content for any essay papers will be posted in Canvas on the first day of class. If your essay paper is not submitted by the due date and time there will be an automatic 5 point loss of point value against the submission. Look ahead in Canvas so you have time to do the papers. The format will be 1 inch margins all sides top and bottom, line spacing will be 1 ½, Font will not be larger than 12 Ariel or similar font. Do not send your papers in an exotic font such as Gothic, Franklyn, or Elephant. I know they look cute but not for a college paper. Your Paragraphs will be grammatically correct and formatted correctly unless stated differently. Do not use or give bullet points or lists. I will consider them page fillers with and deduct the space you used for the lists from the overall paper length requirement.
Wikipedia will not be an accepted reference.
Make sure that any attachments are virus free as my computer will scan them and if there are viruses/spybots and advertisements attached to your assignments they will not be accepted for grading. If you are using a word processing program other than Microsoft Word or Mac Appleworks you may need to contact your Canvas guru so that your assignments are able to come through into my computer. My computer will not translate documents with .wps, .wpd, or early clarisworks. Your documents should have a file format that has a designation such as .doc, .docx, .wps, .rtf or a scanned document with tif, jpeg, or .pdf. Do not send through documents if you do not have these types of document designations as they will not be opened nor graded. It will be up to the student to present responses to assignments in a format that allows me to open it and evaluate it.
Do not send assignments through e-mail I will not grade them.
I REPEAT THIS INFORMATION AS this may cause problems for you if you are late in turning in assignments. If you are late on the submission of your main discussion to the discussion topic or turning in the process papers there will be a 5 point deduction. Do not send the assignments through e-mail, as I will not grade them off e-mail.
The last date that assignments will be accepted will be Thursday December 15, 2016 11:55pm(MT).
HERE IS HOW I LOOK AT THE ASSIGNMENTS TURNED IN WITH POINT GUDELINES KEEP THESE IN MIND AS YOUR WRITE YOUR PAPERS AND RESPONSES IN THE DISCUSSIONS.
POINTS
5 The paper is clear, focused, and purposeful. It thoroughly answers a well-defined key question in understandable, convincing and expansive terms.
- The main ideas, thesis, or research question is clearly defined. There could be more than one key point, but the paper is not simply a list.
- The writer seems well-informed. As appropriate, he/she draws on relevant information from a variety of sources, including personal experience, research, reading, observations, etc., to simplify the main point.
- The writer continuously anticipates and responds to readers’ informational needs.
- Supporting details (examples, facts, anecdotes, quotations) are accurate, relevant, and helpful in clarifying the main idea(s).
3 The paper addresses an identifiable key question by offering the reader general, basic information.
- The reader can identify or infer at least one main thesis or assertion.
- Some support seems grounded in solid research or experience. Some seems based more on common knowledge or best guesses.
- The writer sometimes responds to readers’ informational needs. At other times, important issues or questions are left hanging.
- More investigation, stronger support, and greater attention to detail would strengthen this paper.
1 The writer has not yet clarified an important question or issue that this paper will address. One or more of these problems may be evident:
- The writer does not have enough information on this topic.
- The writer has some information, but has a hard time clarifying issues or answering questions.
- The paper wanders or dissolves into a list of disjointed ideas.
- Support is missing or too vague or questionable to be helpful.
- The writer does not seem to have the readers’ questions or informational needs in mind.
- The paper has no clear main point.
- The paper would not be helpful to someone who did not already know this topic well.
The Student’s Rights & Responsibilities section of the CMC Student Handbook can be found at: catalog.coloradomtn.edu/content.php?catoid=8&navoid=943.
If you have any issues, I will remind you to read this syllabus. A Web course can be difficult and ineffective if we don’t stay on-track and complete the necessary assignments. I want to have adequate time to review and evaluate your work each week so I might provide you with helpful feedback as you study the material. This takes planning and discipline on both your part and my part. If the student is unable to utilize the Canvas system to submit their work then the student should contact me via e-mail immediately once the obstacle arises. Read the assignment thoroughly and look at the rubric as you put your response together so that you place your efforts according to the point values of the different areas of the assignment.
All assignments will ONLY BE ACCEPTED THROUGH CANVAS.
I know I am being redundant!
I stress the importance that the student understands -- if you are late on the submission of your main discussion to the discussion topic or turning in the short essay papers there will be a 5 point loss of points. Do not send the assignments through e-mail, as I will not grade them off e-mail.
Course Schedule
Students are responsible for course materials from assigned text(s) and reading, lectures, labs, and other assignments as required. The instructor may alter any, or all, of this syllabus during the semester as the learning environment requires. Students will be notified of changes in the Canvas course shell.
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Academic Integrity Notice
A student judged to have engaged in academic misconduct as defined in the “Academic Policies and Requirements” section of the Colorado Mountain College Student Handbook will, at a minimum, receive a “zero” for the work in question. The student may also be removed from the class, resulting in a failing grade. All student course material may be submitted to Turnitin.com (or another anti-plagiarism program) at the instructor’s discretion. “Academic Expectations,” the “Student Code of Conduct and Judicial Process” and more information about academic misconduct can be found in the Student Handbook.
Students with Disabilities
If you have a disability protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and feel you may need classroom accommodations based on the impact of your disability, please contact the Disability Services Coordinator on your campus.
- Spring Valley, Glenwood, Carbondale and Aspen: Dr. Anne Moll 970-947-8256
- Breckenridge and Dillon: Karin Mitchell 970-968-5821
- Leadville and Chaffee County: TBD, please call 719-486-4200
- Edwards: Dan Hammon 970-569-2959
- Steamboat Springs and Online-only students: Deb Farmer 970-870-4450
- Rifle: Libby Neal 970-625-6959
Title IX Sexual Misconduct Contact Information
Colorado Mountain College is committed to the prompt and equitable investigation of all Sexual Misconduct complaints or reports, with appropriate remediation where it has been determined that this Policy has been violated. Each campus has a designated Title IX Coordinator to handle any reports of Sexual Misconduct.
Title IX Coordinator Contact Information:
Lisa Doak, AVP of Student Services
970-947-8351
ldoak@coloradomtn.edu
Withdrawal from this Course
Students wishing to withdraw from this course must INITIATE the course withdrawal/drop process at the site Registration Office. The last date to drop/withdraw from this course is 11-19-16. Students wishing to withdraw from this course must initiate the course withdrawal/drop process at the site Registration Office. I will not automatically administratively withdraw a student from the class.
Grading System and Options
Information about grading is available in the Colorado Mountain College catalog (catalog.coloradomtn.edu). Grades will be posted to WebAdvisor by Thursday following the last day of classes at the end of each semester.
Required Course Materials
An Invitation to Health, 17th Edition
Dianne Hales
ISBN-10: 1-305-63800-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-305-63800-6
VIDEO INFORMATION
The Video web site will be identified in each of the Test sections. You will need to look at the test instructions read the required reading in the text, then open the video from the website view the video (take notes if needed). Then proceed to the test for that week. The tests will be from the reading the text and viewing the video. Video Questions will be clearly identified. REMEMBER you can not open the test until you are ready to take the test. The test can only be opened once and will be timed and close when the time is up. Each test instruction area will have the time identified.
Ordering Books
Colorado Mountain College has partnered with Follett Virtual Bookstores to operate textbook services. You will find the official textbook list at Follett bookstore home page for CMC. Students wishing to use their Financial Aid to purchase their textbooks from the CMC Online Bookstore (Follett) may be set up with a CMC Flex Pay account. Contact your local CMC Accounts Manager for instructions and your specific username and password information. If you are not close to a CMC site, contact CMC Online Learning at 970-947-8341 or virtual@coloradomtn.edu.
Students can sell back books anytime online or in-person at Follett's CMC buyback events. Join the online store’s email list by signing up on the home page for more information on future buyback dates/times and to receive other important messages from Follett.
If you have online bookstore questions, email csvirtual@efollett.com or call 800-621-4088.
Computer Access
Online courses require frequent computer use and access to the Internet. It is highly recommended that students have a personal computer for use in online courses. If you need to use a computer at your local Colorado Mountain College location, you will be able to do so during open lab hours. Please check with your local site for times. However, labs will not be available for web conferencing sessions, if included as part of your course, due to the verbal interaction involved.
Smarthinking Online Tutoring
Help when you need it: 24 hours a day! Smarthinking is an online tutoring service provided by Colorado Mountain College. Depending on the courses in which you are enrolled, you may find Smarthinking's supplemental help an important part of your success. Academic areas covered by their expert support include: Math, Introductory Anatomy & Physiology, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Spanish, Writing, Computers and Technology, and Reading. All students registered for a credit course will have a Smarthinking account created. While this service is provided at no charge, Colorado Mountain College reserves the right to cap the number of free tutoring hours provided to a student. Access the service by clicking “Smarthinking Online Tutoring” on the left-hand navigation in any of your courses in Canvas.
Virtual Library
The Virtual Library has its doors open 24/7, providing access to thousands of online journals and newspapers, e-books and art images, downloadable videos and audiobooks, career resources and practice tests. You can access CMC’s Virtual Library at library.coloradomtn.edu/ or use the CMC Libraries link from the Canvas course menu to access the website. The link will pass authentication credentials that will allow you to use online library collections. It will also take you directly to the libraries’ home page. Library Tutorials: The library offers a variety of online video tutorials that will help you with your research projects at library.coloradomtn.edu/modules. Ask a Librarian: If you need assistance with your research project, you can ask a librarian online. Select AskAcademic chat box on the libraries’ home page and type in your question. This service is available 24/7. You can also email reference@coloradomtn.edu or call 800-621-8559, extension 2926.
Online Learning Office Contact Information
Information about Online Learning at CMC can be found at coloradomtn.edu/classes/online_learning/.
If you have general questions about online learning, please contact CMC’s Online Learning at 800-621-8559, extension 8341 or virtual@coloradomtn.edu.
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