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Welcome to the Unit One Seminar for KU 120!. Topic: Course Overview Professor: Ann Meek, PhD. ameek@kaplan.edu Presentation Reference: Teresa Kelly. Seminar Agenda. Seminar Rules Course Navigation Course Outline Course Syllabus Getting Organized Types of Assignments
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Welcome to the Unit One Seminar for KU 120! Topic: Course Overview Professor: Ann Meek, PhD. ameek@kaplan.edu Presentation Reference: Teresa Kelly
Seminar Agenda Seminar Rules Course Navigation Course Outline Course Syllabus Getting Organized Types of Assignments Using My Reading Lab Conditional Acceptance Policy
Seminar Rules • I’ll go over a section then pause for questions; please hold questions until I ask for them. • Please do not use the text box for side chatter once the seminar begins. • If you have audio issues during seminar, try to adjust your speakers. My volume must be high to broadcast, so regulate at your end as needed. • If you have any technical issues with seminar, call tech support at 1 -866-522-7747. • In about four hours, follow the link you used to get here to find an audio and visual archive. • The presentation will be posted in Doc Sharing after the seminar.
Course Navigation One of your first goals in the course should be to become familiar with our course site and understand how to navigate effectively within it. If you are having trouble with course navigation: • Review the materials in KU 085 (this is a great tool). It is located on your My Campus Page. • Contact tech support at 1 -866-522-7747.
Course Outline • Course Outline: • Unit 1: Introduction to Reading Skills and Strategies • Unit 2: Pre-reading Strategies • Unit 3: Building Comprehension • Unit 4: Main Idea and Supporting Details • Unit 5: Thought Patterns: Time Order and Space Order • Unit 6: Classification and Compare/Contrast Thought Patterns • Unit 7: Thought Patterns: Cause/Effect, Generalization/Example, and Definition • Unit 8: Fact and Opinion • Unit 9: Tone/Purpose and Inference • Unit 10: Final Thoughts
Course Syllabus A few highlights: • Found in Course Home and Doc Sharing • Professor’s contact information • Notice that Microsoft Word is required for all Kaplan courses • Grading Scale and Timetable • Grading Rubrics • Plagiarism policies
Getting Organized • After reading the syllabus, marking important dates and noting what to expect, the next step is to get organized. Taking a class is a major project and it is a long-term commitment. With planning and organization, each week you will progress toward your goal of doing well in this class.
Getting Organized • Week begins Wednesday and ends Tuesday • Visit announcements on main course page every time you log into class. • Click the Unit to the left to see all the material/assignments for the Unit. • Tasks for the Unit can be found by clicking the Unit Home then the To Do List (far right). • Be sure to complete all reading assignments prior to completing discussions, exercises, quizzes, and projects. • There are ten units; Units One - Nine have graded items.
Types of Assignments • Weekly Discussions (Unit 1-9) – Initial response to question plus at least two responses to classmates; see examples in Discussion area; all responses including posts to classmates must be 5-7 sentences each. • Weekly Seminars (Unit 1-9) – attend OR complete Option 2; not both • Lexile Diagnostic – Unit 1; required to set your MyReadingLab activities based on your skills needs. • MyReading Lab Tests - auto-graded; click the MyReadingLab Section under each Unit • Project (Unit 6) – rubric found in the syllabus • My Reading Lab Final Test (Unit 9) –rubrics found in the syllabus
Using My Reading Lab Each week there are two tabs – Reading Skills and Reading Level.
You have exercises to complete under the Reading Level tab (Units 2-7). The Reading Level exercises are different for each student. They are assigned based on your initial Lexile level. This is a sample – yours may have different topics.
Conditional Acceptance Students enrolled in KU120 and KU 121 must have a course average of 65% or higher in both KU 120 and KU 121 at the end of Unit 5 to be officially enrolled at Kaplan University. If an average of 65% or higher is not achieved in both KU 120 and KU 121, a student will have their enrollment reversed at the end of Unit 5.
Conditional Acceptance • At the end of the fifth week of classes, the University will review the academic performance of online conditionally accepted students. Online students who have earned a grade up to that point of 65 percent or higher for all foundational coursework will become fully instated students, and will only then be eligible to earn financial aid and course grades. • The University will reverse the enrollment of any online student not meeting these criteria, and such a student will not owe any financial obligation to the University except for the tuition deposit, which is not refundable. Grades for the conditional basis checkpoint at the end of Unit 5 will consist of the KU 120 and KU 121 grades in Units 1 through 5 only.
Late Assignments and Extenuating Circumstances – Units 1-5 No late assignments will be accepted during Units 1-5. Please refer to your course syllabus for complete details. No extenuating circumstances will be considered during Units 1-5. Please refer to your course syllabus for complete details.
My Reading Lab and My Writing Lab Do not work ahead in My Reading Lab or My Writing Lab. Stay within the current unit. For example, during Unit 1, complete only the Unit 1 My Reading Lab activities in KU 120 and the Unit 1 My Writing Lab activities in KU 121.
Final Average Requirement • Students who do not pass both KU 120 and KU 121 with a 73% (730 points out of 1,000) or better on their first attempt will be academically dismissed from the University.
