Two of the ten credit/no credit assignments you do consist of reading quizzes taken on-line through a testing service offered by the University of Hawaii. Both quizzes will consist of multiple choice and probably some True/False and/or short answer type questions. Do not neglect the new vocabularly words you encounter in the readings. Some of the quiz questions may ask you to identify the correct definition of words. Be sure that when you do your readings, you look up the definitions of those words with which you are unfamiliar and know how to use them.
Prior to an on-line quiz being due, I will email each of you the URL of the web page where the quiz is stored. Using your web browser, you'll go to that URL and call up the quiz on your screen. For the multiple quiz format, there will be radio buttons which you can click inside of to indicate your choice of response. For short answers, there will be a box you can write in. When done with the quiz, there will be a submit button on the screen for you to click on. The University of Hawaii software will automatically grade the quiz and email to me the percentage correct out of the total responses. To pass a quiz and receive credit for the assignment, you must correctly answer 70% or higher. You will, of course, also receive a copy of your graded quiz via email.
Some ventures we enter into are collaborative; others are go-it-aloners. On-line quizzes are designed to measure your comprehension of the assigned reading(s). Therefore, since my purpose is to assess what you know as an individual without your receiving any assistance from your fellow students or others, the quizzes will be presented to you in a format which makes collaboration unfeasible.
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