I expect college-level writing. There will be three points possible each week for writing in the discussion forums, meaning you need to proofread your posts, check for spelling errors, capitalize, all that basic grammar-related stuff, use paragraphs for readability, make sure that they make. A ‘3’ means your posts are in order, make sense, thoughts are well-organized, and you’ve probably done some proofreading before hitting the ‘submit’ button. A ‘2’ means you’ve probably done some proofreading, but there are still some pretty glaring errors. ‘1’ means it’s not really clear you’ve proofread the posts for the week. I’m doing this because writing is critical to finding work, communicating with prospective employers, and we all need to show some self-awareness about our writing. Note: This will show up as a separate grade for each week of the course. You’ll see this as an assignment, but there’s nothing to submit—it simply comes due the same page the discussion forums for the week are due. You cannot receive full credit if you don’t participate in all threads for the week.

3 points possible per week, 30 points possible for the term.