LM Now on iPhone

Yes, it’s true: you can now read LitMUSE formatted for the iPhone.

Thanks to WPtouch iPhone theme by Brave New Code, this web site can be conveniently and elegantly accessed though your iPhone. From their description:

WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-like experience when viewed from an iPhone or iPod touch. It comes complete with ajax & effects, and all the standard WordPress blog features: search, login, categories, tags, archives, photos & more. WPtouch also allows for near-complete customization through your WordPress admin.

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MSC Humanities Online

The back-end server for LitMUSE has a new home: MSC Humanities Online. It’s still running Moodle, but I just switched servers: from an old Linux server to a new Apple Xserve. So, if you’re looking for the old login, you won’t find it. Go to the new site, and use the same login name and password you used on LitMUSE. You can also click on the “MSC Humanities Online” button on the side, or the link to the right under “Students.” Email me if you have any questions or difficulties.

Policy Updates

Since we’re in between semesters, I spent the last couple of days updating my classroom policies (what else do you do on vacation?). Some of the policies needed a revision; some needed links corrected; some needed more detail; some needed all of that, so it was about time that I did it. I also posted each policy as its own entry and then linked them all off the Policies page. You can also view them all by clicking “Policy” on the right under “Categories.”

Plagiarism

The Oxford English Dictionary defines plagiarism as “the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one’s own, of the ideas, or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of another,” or “a purloined idea, design, passage, or work.” Any time you use ideas that are not your own in anything that you write, you must supply a citation in an identifiable citation method, e.g., MLA, Chicago, etc. See Plagiarism.org for a more detailed definition.

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Online Courses

If you sign up for an online course, know that the first meeting is mandatory; if you miss it for any reason, you will be counted as a “no-show,” your final grade will suffer by one letter, and you will find it very difficult to get started in the course on your own. After this first meeting, we will not meet in a classroom again. All evaluation, discussion, and lecture will take place online using this server. Also see Considerations for Online Courses for more information about who is most likely to succeed in online classes..

Notes

Students must keep thorough notes, both from classroom lecture and individual reading. Even if you are absent, you are held responsible for obtaining missed notes. Notes should not only reflect good listening skills, but individual interest in every topic discussed in class. You are encouraged to individually research topics discussed in class. Although notes will not receive a grade, they should be diligently kept in all classes. You should always endeavor to improve note-taking skills.

Materials

Course readings are an integral part of the class and should be brought daily. When readings are assigned to be discussed in class, please bring a copy of the reading with your reading notes ready to participate in the discussion. Do not come to class without your books and something to write with and on. Everyday.

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Incompletes

This course will strictly abide by University and departmental policies regarding incompletes:

An I stands for an Incomplete and indicates that the student for non-academic reasons was unable to complete the requirements for a course. The instructor of the course and the student are to arrange for the course’s completion before the midterm of the next semester the student is enrolled or by the end of one calendar year if the student is not enrolled. If the I is not removed in the defined time period, a grade of F is assigned to the course.

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Turn It In

Turn It In, a plagiarism prevention service, is used in evaluation of written work submitted for this course. As directed by the professor, students are expected to submit or have their assignments submitted through the service in order to meet requirements for this course. The papers may be retained by the service for the sole purpose of checking for plagiarized content in future student submissions.

Technology Competency

From the MSC Academic Catalog: “Students who wish to receive a degree must demonstrate that they are competent in the use of technology.”

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