History 493B/693B: Digital History
Herter Hall room 640 – Thursdays 2:30 – 5:00 pm

Grading and Required Work:

  

Presentation I and Project Proposal

20%

Presentation II

 15%

Final Project

 40%

Participation (including blog posts)

 25%

 

Things to keep in mind:

  • Please retain a second copy of papers until your graded paper is returned.
  • Please hold all graded assignments until you receive your final grade.
  • Letter grade equivalencies: A=92.5-100; A-=89.5-92.4; B+=87.5-89.4; B=82.5-88.4; B-=79.5-82.4; C+=77.5-79.4; C=72.5-78.4; C-=69.5-72.4; D+=67.5-69.4; D=62.5-68.4; D-=59.5-62.4; F=below 59.5.

 

Please Note: All course requirements must be completed in order to receive a passing grade in the class.  Cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty are grounds for failing this course.

 

Graduate Students: Each of you will be assigned at least three class periods during which you will be responsible for leading our discussion.

 

Plagiarism and Academic Honesty:

  

 

As a condition of continued enrollment in this course, you agree to submit all assignments to the Turnitin and/or MyDropBox services for textual comparison or originality review for the detection of possible plagiarism. All submitted assignments will be included in the UMass Amherst dedicated databases of assignments at Turnitin and/or MyDropBox. These databases of assignments will be used solely for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism during the grading process and during this term and in the future.

What is Plagiarism?  According to the UMASS Academic Regulations (2008-2009) Plagiarism is defined as “knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one's own work in any academic exercise. This includes submitting without citation, in whole or in part, prewritten term papers of another or the research of another, including but not limited to commercial vendors who sell or distribute such materials.”  For more info please see page 7 of the regulations at http://www.umass.edu/registrar/media/academicregs.pdf.

Honesty:  You many not engage in any form of academic dishonesty. This includes, but is not limited to, cheating on exams, helping another person cheat, or plagiarizing on written assignments.  This also includes fabricating excuses for absences from class and signing in for another student.  If you are caught cheating at any point during the semester, you will fail the entire course and I report you to the Academic Honesty Board.

 

Writing Center:

  

The university offers a special resource for students who want some additional assistance with writing and research. The Writing Center is located in the northwest corner of the W.E.B. DuBois Library's Learning Commons.  For more information, please visit the WC Website: http://www.umass.edu/writingcenter. The web site also offers information about the Center, such as current hours of operation and what to bring with you for your first consultation.

 

Web Design Workshops:

  

The Office of Information and Technology (OIT) at the University offers a series of workshops that are open to students and might be of interest for those seeking to further develop their skills in the area of new media. You can find more information about the workshops being offered here: http://www.oit.umass.edu/workshops/index.html.