Dr. Diane Thompson,   NVCC, ELI

If you are in a great hurry, you may want to look at the Eight Week Option version of this form. Remember, if you start to do the course in eight weeks and it proves too much for you, just relax and revert to the fifteen week version; there is no penalty.

Use this form to keep a record of your progress, personal schedule, and the grades you receive in this course. You will receive your personal Start, W and End Dates in the mail from ELI. Print out this page and fill in the due dates for each unit counting from your start date as week 1. One activity by the end of each week will get you through the course by your end date. Each Unit should take you four weeks to complete.

Submit only one piece of work at a time. Wait until you receive my feedback and grade before submitting the next. This will generally take up to two or three days, so plan accordingly. I will under NO CIRCUMSTANCES grade more than one piece of work in a single day, so you must plan accordingly.

You may submit only one exam at a time. You must successfully complete all of the preceding work and have received grades on it before taking the exam. If you submit an exam out of the sequence of assignments, I will not accept it. If there is still time left in your course enrollment, I may allow you to retake it.

As you submit work, use this form to keep track. Fill in the date you submitted it and the grade you received for each assignment. Then, to know where you are in the course, just add up the grades.

It is important to keep copies of all your work until you have received your final grade, since I delete work from the forums after 45 days. You should also keep the e-mail grades I send you until you have received your final grade for the course.

To get a print copy of your final course grade, click here and follow the instructions for getting a receipt. Once you have completed the course, this receipt will include your course grade.

My Start Date is:____________

My Last Refund and Blackboard Sign-in Date is: _____________________

My Last Date for Withdrawal is:______________. If you do not successfully complete (grades of 60% or higher) all of Units 1 and 2, including Exam 1, by this date, I will drop you from the course with a grade of W.

NOTE: I have changed my  W policy starting summer 07. The reason is that too many students have been completing only Unit 1 for their W date and then not restarting work until it is too late to complete the course in time or even qualify for an Incomplete. By getting nearly half the course work done by the W date, you will be well-prepared to complete the course in time, or at least qualify for an Incomplete by completing three quarters of the course by the end date.

My End Date is:_____________

My Incomplete End Date is: _________________ If you request and receive an Incomplete, be sure to fill in this date when I send it to you.

Unit 1

Unit 2

You must successfully complete all your work to here in order to remain in the course on the W date. That means it must be posted (one piece at a time, and you must wait for my grade before posting the next), and accepted and graded by me. I will under NO CIRCUMSTANCES grade more than one piece of work in a single day, nor will I work excessive hours per day to help students catch up who have not been submitting course work on a regular basis, so you must plan accordingly.

Unit 3

You must successfully complete all your work to here in order to qualify for a grade of Incomplete. That means it must be posted (one piece at a time, and wait for my grade before posting the next), and accepted and graded by me. I will under NO CIRCUMSTANCES grade more than one piece of work in a single day, nor will I work excessive hours per day to help students catch up who have not been submitting course work on a regular basis, so you must plan accordingly.

Unit 4

(c) Diane Thompson: 8/15/1998; updated: 01/04/2008