Posting and Response Guidelines

As soon as possible, you need to sign up for a blogger account. We are using blogger for discussion while the new UC Canopy online system that has replaced Blackboard is ironing out some of its (many) wrinkles!

I've divided the term up into two deadlines per week.  Instead of UC's typical Tuesday/ Thursday or Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday schedule, I've opted for Tuesday/ Friday, which will give you a more balanced period between classes for reading and writing.  On these deadline days, one or more students will be responsible for posting three or more questions or observations (rooted in their response to the reading due that day) by 9 am that day (9 am Tuesday or Friday).  These questions/ observations will serve as a jumping-off point for our discussions of that day's assigned reading.  I will post supplementary material on the blog to help you compose your questions.  Every student should then post a substantial comment in response to these questions by the end of that day (T/F). These comments should be responses to the questions posed by the discussion facilitators or responses to comments posted by other classmates or me during the course of the ensuing discussion.

Of course, you can post MORE than once per discussion (in fact, I encourage you to do so because posting more and more substantially each class will not only help your grade, but make our discussions richer and more enjoyable!), but you must post at least once per discussion post each M/Th.  I also welcome you posting additional material to our blog in response to my posts or other material shared by your classmates. If people have particular problems with those days, let me know and we can work something out.

I will send out a Google doc sign-up sheet. You should sign up for THREE discussion post dates on the sign-up sheet.