Participation
Forum (Website Review): What is the Participation Forum?
The
Participation Forum should be viewed as a way to expand your
knowledge beyond the Course Plan. You can chose the topics and sites
that best fit your scientific curiosity but corresponding to the topics
of the week. Thus, giving you an opportunity to expand your horizons in
Earth Sciences. Keep in mind that this is a science class, ONLY scientific
topics are posted herein. Pseudoscience, creation research, religion and
religion science research are not adequate for the purpose of this PF.
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How is the PF
graded?
Ten
percent of your final grade in this course will be derived from your weekly
postings in the Participation Forum. Late submission of weekly entries
will not be accepted and will be graded as 0. A total of 13 entries are
required, one per week, starting on the third week of classes.
Entries are
rated according to their scientific content following these criteria: Unacceptable
(0 pts); *poor (2.5); **good (5.0 pts), ***excellent (7.7 pts). |
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What is a
the PF entry?
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for the Participation Forum consist of a website containing materials relevant
to any of the topics in the Course Contents that you have found in searching
the WWW. Sites on any aspect of Environmental Geology and Natural and Human Induced Disasters
(geology, biology, chemistry, physics) are considered; however, only
sites by government, universities, scientific associations, research institutions;
exceptionally excellent site operated by private corporations or
individuals are included. News sites (e.g., CBS, CNN, Discover, National
Geographic, etc.) are not considered entries for the PF since those sites
have a short time existence; however, they can be submitted for extra credit
or group discussion in this class. |
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Format for
the PF Entries:
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You
should submit your entries by e-mail to the Instructor using ONLY the corresponding
link in "Participation Forum" section of the Course Menu of the WebCT platform.
You only need to send the URL (Internet address) of the site; and a short
narrative of the site highlighting the relevant points. Type and save the
required information (see above) and save it in a word document file following
the format given below. Upload the file in the corresponding link in the
WebCT platform. See the examples below, you must follow this format
including the heading Posted by:
PF
Entry Format
Note
that the text is made of three parts:
(1) Posted by: and the whole name, and date
(2) the description of the website under review
(3) the URL or Internet address of the site used.
Also note that the entry must be typed in single spaced
form. |
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submitting your entry, visit the Participation Forum. Review the postings
by other students in the class since you are not allow to post the same
entry. Website used in your essays and in any of part of the Course Contents
should not be used as your entries for the PF, you will not receive credit
for those and your grade for it will be 0 (zero). |
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To
check if your entry has already been submitted do the following:
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(1) Using
the Internet Explorer open the Course Contents page. |
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(2)
Click
here to open the Participation Forum and view the entries posted by other
members of the course |
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(3) Click
on the link <Click here to open the Participation Forum and view the
entries posted by other members
of the course> |
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(4) Locate
the cursor on the Participation Forum page |
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(5) Go to
Edit and select <Find (on This Page)> from the drop menu. See image
below:
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(6) In the
<Find what:> box type or paste the URL of the page you are interested
in submitting to the PF. |
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If the topic or
entry is already in the PF it will be located and highlighted. You
should go back to your search and find another entry, do the same procedure
until you find one that is not already posted.
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you have located an entry (Website) that is available, that is, it has not been
submitted before, copy the URL (address
of the Website). Go to the ‘Submit Work’ section of the Course Menu in
the WebCT platform of your course, click on the PF Entry (1, 2, 3, etc).
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entries should be sent ONLY using the corresponding link in the "Submit
Work" section of the Course Menu of the WebCT Platform. Keep in mind that
accepted entries are rated according to the scientific or technical significance
of the entry. |
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How to submit
your PF Entry: Review the rules before sending your entry.
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You
must ONLY send the entry using the corresponding links in the WebCT platform.
Absolutely, no exceptions, no work will be accepted outside the corresponding
links in the WebCT platform, avoid having rejected work. |
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Follow
these Steps to submit a PF (Website Review) Entry
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1.- Locate
the URL (website) you want to submit |
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2.- Verify
that your entry has not been included in the PF. Copy the website address
(URL) by placing the cursor on the address line of your Internet browser.
NOTE: follow the instructions given in ‘Participation Forum’ link of the
Course Menu of the WebCT Platform. |
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3.- Open your
word processor (Microsoft Word) and paste on the blank page the address
of the website you selected. |
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4.- Follow
this format
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5.- Save your
Microsoft Word document |
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6.- Access
the WebCT platform (http://online.fiu.edu)
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7.- Click on
Submit Work |
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8.- Identify
the Participation Forum (Website Review) entry you want to submit.
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9.- Upload
your file |
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10.- Click
on Submit Assignment |
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