Course Syllabus
Contact Information
Instructor
Name: Michelle L. Hays
Phone Number: (812) 360-1913
Email (Ivy Tech Email): mhays1@ivytech.edu
Instructor’s Supervisor
Name: Kasandra Housley
Phone Number: (812) 330-6149
Email (Ivy Tech Email): khousley1@ivytech.edu
Office/Campus Location: Main Campus- C208
Office Hours: Mondays 9am-1pm
Ivy Tech Technical Support: Help Desk
Phone: 1-888-IVY-LINE (1-888-489-5463), select option 4
Student Help Center: http://ivytech.edusupportcenter.com
Submit a Help Ticket: https://helpdesk.ivytech.edu/SelfService/Create.html
Ivy Tech Online Learning Support
Name: Bloomington Online Technology Services (BOTS)
Phone Number: (812) 330-6230
Email (Ivy Tech Email): bots@lists.ivytech.edu
Office/Campus Location: Main Campus- C234
Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8am-6pm, Friday 8am-5pm
Disabilities Support Contact
Regional DSS: http://ivytech.edu/dss/
Required Text & Materials
Title: Portales (eCompanion 24 month Access Code)
Author: Blanco
Edition: 5th (1st copyright - 2016)
Publisher: Vista Higher Learning
ISBN:9781680041958
Note: When you purchase PORTALES, you receive a code to access this multimedia package online for 18-24 months. Most coursework is done within PORTALES, so you need to purchase this by the first week of the semester.
Recommendations for Book Ordering (click on this link for more info)
Course Outline of Record
PREREQUISITES: Demonstrated competency through appropriate assessment or earning a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 093 Introduction to College Writing and ENGL 083 Reading Strategies for College or ENGL 095 Integrated Reading and Writing.
SCHOOL: Liberal Arts and Sciences
PROGRAM: Liberal Arts and Sciences
CREDIT HOURS: 4
CONTACT HOURS: Lecture: 4
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2011
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REVISION: Fall, 2015
CATALOG DESCRIPTION: An introductory course in Spanish. Focuses on developing students’ capacity to use the language and to appreciate Spanish-speaking cultures. Emphasis is placed on skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar acquisition.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Master basic Spanish vocabulary and grammar.
- Understand simple oral communication about familiar topics, such as greetings, the alphabet, numbers, the weather and the calendar, descriptions of people, clothing, and leisure activities.
- Speak in simple sentences about specific topics with enough accuracy to be understood by a native speaker of the language.
- Ask and answer questions on everyday topics in the present tense.
- Write simple standard expressions, complete sentences and short paragraphs.
- Read and discuss simple paragraphs and articles which may include cultural and literary works.
- Demonstrate understanding of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
- Demonstrate understanding of the geography of the Spanish-speaking world.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include:
Spoken Spanish
Written Spanish
Spanish grammar/Vocabulary
Culture, Geography and Literature of the Spanish-speaking world
College Policies & Support Services (click on this link to review)
Students are strongly encourage to click the link above to review standard College policies and information on academic support services.
Course Policies & Procedures
Instructional Method
This is an online distance learning course. Each week’s assignments and readings are summarized on the calendar, accessed from the Calendar button in IvyLearn. It takes a great deal of discipline, self-motivation, and effective time management skills to successfully complete an online course. Many students find it helpful to set aside specific times each week to work on course assignments.
Grades
All grades will be maintained in IvyLearn’s online grade book. Students are responsible for tracking their progress by referring to the online grade book. Students can generally expect to receive grades and feedback within seven days of the assignment due date. If exceptions occur, the instructor may notify students of changes to this expectation.
Due Dates & Deadlines
The Syllabus and Calendar are two important tools to help students understand the course, student and instructor expectations, and deadlines. Both tools can be found in IvyLearn. The Calendar can be accessed from the main navigation area on the left-hand side of IvyLearn.
Students are required to submit work on time for a chance to receive credit. Deadlines for each week/assignment are summarized on the calendar. Students should check the calendar frequently for deadlines and to be aware of what to expect next. Deadlines are listed in Eastern Time and are subject to change.
Students are responsible for timely assignment submission. Should a computer system or network go down, students must still turn in work in a timely manner. Don’t wait until the last minute. Plan ahead by seeking alternative means for submitting work before it is due. Local libraries and all Ivy Tech Community College campuses can serve as alternative resources. Contact the closest/most convenient campus or other public lab for schedules and Internet availability. Not having access to the required software on a home or work computer is not a legitimate excuse for turning in homework late.
Make-Up Policy
Late assignments will be assigned a grade of “0” unless a student has received prior approval from the professor. If a student has a problem or scheduling conflict that prevents the student from submitting an assignment on time, the student should contact the professor immediately. The professor will determine if the seriousness of the problem warrants an extension on the assignment. Unless absolutely unavoidable, students need to contact their instructor before missing the deadline – not after. Instructors have the right to decline accepting work for any credit after a deadline passes with a few specific exceptions, including but not limited to:
- If there is an outage of the IvyLearn system that is verified by central system administrators, instructors will provide an extension for students to submit work at no penalty.
- If the student has documentation of serious illness or death of a family member, instructors will work with the student to determine an alternate deadline.
Attendance Policy – Don’t Get Dropped from Class!
Ivy Tech performs administrative drops for students who do not “attend” class early in the semester. Students need to complete an assignment (which may include, but are not limited to, such things as attending a live or synchronous session; posting in a graded discussion board, blog or wiki; or submitting a written assignment or taking a quiz) prior to NW deadline listed below in order to avoid being dropped for non-attendance. Posting any items not related to the graded assignments will be reviewed but may be disqualified for attendance purposes.
Attendance Drop Deadline: June 13th, 2017 – Eastern Time.
Am I Required to Come to Campus for this Course?
Some online courses require students to go to a local Ivy Tech campus for an activity, lab, or proctored assessment. For this course:
No, students do not have to come to campus for this course. There are no activities, labs, or assessments that require students to come to campus.
Last Day to Withdraw
If a student wishes to withdraw from this course, students are responsible for completing an official withdrawal form with the registrar. Your local registrar contact information can be looked up here: http://www.ivytech.edu/registrar/.
The last day to withdraw from this course with a full refund is June 8th, 2017. The last day to withdraw without faculty approval is July 15th, 2017.
Course Communication
Online Communication Etiquette
Students are expected to uphold their responsibilities in terms of appropriate and professional communication with faculty and peers. Please review the ‘Students Rights and Responsibilities’ section of the student handbook (located within Campus Connect) and review common netiquette (Internet etiquette) practices, like those found at: https://www.ivytech.edu/online/11570.html
Instructor Commitment
Ivy Tech Community College instructors are committed to responding to students’ written inquiries sent via the conversations tool in IvyLearn (instructions below), within 36 hours, including weekends. Students can contact their local Online Technologies Support with questions (http://ivytech.edu/online/contacts.html).
Conversations
All students must use the Conversations feature of IvyLearn for course-related communications. Using Conversations, students can send and receive messages from within IvyLearn. Conversations can only be sent and received from within IvyLearn. Please check Conversations frequently.
For information on how to access Conversations (send and receive) click this link to open the Canvas Guides (https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-2666). The Canvas Guides will provide you with the necessary information to get started with Conversations within IvyLearn.
Notifications
IvyLearn has a robust notification system that students can opt to use to receive course notifications for many course activities and events such as new announcements, due dates, and grade updates. Students can receive those notifications via many different channels including text messages and are highly encouraged to customize their notifications. To learn more about notifications and how to setup and customize notifications, please review the guide here: https://guides.instructure.com/m/4152/l/73162-how-do-i-set-my-notification-preferences.
Additional Communication Options
Below are several additional optional ways to communicate with your instructor:
Instructor phone: (812) 360-1913
Assignments & Grading
How is my grade calculated?
Discussion Boards
There are five Discussion Board assignments. Discussion board (DB) forums in IvyLearn are based on individual student postings and discussion topics selected by the instructor. In addition to writing an original posting for each DB assignment, students are also expected to post a response to at least two (2) of their classmates. The responses to the discussion board can be in English, it is strongly encouraged the students use Spanish when responding.
PORTALES Assignments & Quizzes
When you open Portales you will see the Course Dashboard that shows all of your upcoming and past assignments. You will also be given an estimated time of completion of the activities, as well as the percentage of activities completed. If you would like to view assignments from previous weeks, please select Previous Due Dates. (It’s a good idea to double check here to make sure that your work is showing up as completed.)
At the top right, you will also see Course, Content, Calendar, Grades and Communication. If you select Content and then eCompanion, you can read the e-book. The eComapnion is the actual textbook. Under Content you can also click on Resources that will take you to additional images as well as grammar power point presentations. You can select Grades to view your progress on your assignments. Keep in mind that your Portales grade may not accurately reflect your course grade. Always refer to the Gradebook in IvyLearn for your grade.
Most of the assignments in Portales are set up to give the student multiple tries to get it right. You are encouraged to review your errors and then try again to improve upon your work. Simply copying the correct answer the second time around will not benefit you. However, reviewing your errors, comparing them to the correct answers, focusing on the connection between the two, and then trying again can be very valuable in helping you to learn Spanish.
For each chapter students will take a vocabulary quiz (Contextos quiz), a grammar quiz (Estructura quiz), Quizzes may be taken only once. Students should not click the “Try again” button for quizzes. If a student takes a quiz a second or third time, only the first attempt will count.
Pronunciation Recordings
A headset w/microphone is required to complete the recording assignments.
In order to successfully record and submit an audio recording in Portales you must follow these steps. Click “Record” once you're ready to start recording. Once finished, click “Stop.” (If you click “Submit answers” without clicking “Stop” your recording is not saved or submitted.) Next, make sure to play back what you’ve recorded. If you can’t hear anything, then your instructor will not hear anything there either. You may continue to record and play back until you're happy with your recording. Then, when you are satisfied, you will click "Submit answers" as the final step.
Live Chats
For each chapter students will participate in a half-hour live chat session with the instructor. A date and time will be chosen via Doodle to meet for the live chat. Students will login using the GoToMeeting link found in the module. Students who have a scheduling conflict should contact the instructor in advance for possible alternative times or alternative assignments.
Writing Assignments
For each chapter students will complete a Spanish writing assignment, which will be submitted via IvyLearn. Instructions for the writing assignments can be found in the Modules in IvyLearn
Chapter Tests
For each chapter students will take a chapter test (Prueba). Tests may be taken only once. Students should not click the “Try again” button for tests. If a student takes a test a second or third time, only the first attempt will count.
Final Exam
At the end of the semester there will be a comprehensive final exam covering all five chapters. The final exam will be available in IvyLearn by the beginning of the last week.
Oral Exam (Oral Interview)
Toward the end the semester students will sign up for a time slot for the oral exam. A list of questions/topics will be provided to students ahead of time.
Use of Internet translation Web sites is strictly prohibited. Any use of such sites for compositions, tests, exams, or other assignments will result in a zero (0) for that assignment. (Text generated from such sites is easy for instructors to spot, since it is generally full of syntactical errors, vocabulary that is different from what is used in the textbook, and verb tenses that have not yet been introduced.)
Use of tutors. Students must submit their own work and not work done by a tutor or someone else. A tutor may GUIDE you in correcting errors but may not write or record activities for you and may not assist you when taking quizzes or tests. A tutor must refrain from suggesting that you use vocabulary and structures not yet introduced in the textbook. In addition to the prohibition of using Internet translations as stated in the paragraph above, the use of a tutor to write or record activities or to assist with quizzes or tests will result in a zero (0) for that assignment.
Grades in this course are determined by the following criteria:
Grades in this course are weighted at the end of the semester to calculate your final grade. It is important that you understand the grading scale below. If you don't understand it, please contact your instructor.
- You will have 5 discussion board posts worth 20 points each, that is 100 points in total. Those 100 points are worth 10% of your final grade.
- Each Portales Assignments & Quizzes column is worth 100 points, so in total that is 500 points. Those 500 points are worth 30% of your final grade for this class.
- You will have 5 Live Chats worth 20 points each, that is 100 points in total. Those 100 points are worth 10% of your final grade.
- You will have 5 Writing Assignments to complete at 20 points each, that is 100 points in total, which represents 10% of your final grade.
- You will have five chapter exams throughout the course. Each of them is worth 100 points, which is 5% of your final grade. So your five chapter exams are out of 500 points in total. Those 500 points are worth 25% of your final grade for this class.
- You will also have one Final Exam worth 100 points, and it is worth 10% of your final grade.
- You will also have one student-instructor interview (Oral Exam) worth 50 points or 5% of your final grade.
| Discussion Board Posts | 10% |
| PORTALES Assignments | 30% |
| Live Chats | 10% |
| Writing Assignments | 10% |
| Chapter Tests (Pruebas) | 25% |
| Final Exam | 10% |
| Oral Exam | 5% |
*NO make-up work or extra credit will be available at any time during the course.
Grading Scale
90% - 100% A
80% - 89% B
70% - 79% C
60% - 69% D
Below 60% F
Course Summary:
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