Tools for Writing Assignments
Notes to instructors
- From our experience, revision due dates are helpful. We recommend a guideline of one week after providing feedback to students.
Due dates are a priority in our department (Business Technology) to help prepare students for professional office workplaces. This may not be the case in your discipline, and ungrading experts might disagree with our approach to using due dates.
- The language below might be useful in a syllabus or within specific assignments.
Writing Assignments
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- “Never fall in love with your first draft.” – Every strong and successful writer, ever.
- “I aced my writing assignment on the first try!” – No strong and successful writer, ever.
Practice and revision are vital in writing. That’s why you should expect to revise some or many of your writing assignments after you first submit them. When you submit a writing assignment in this course, you will not receive a letter or number grade. Instead, you will receive a “complete” or “incomplete” mark in your Canvas gradebook.
- ✅“Complete” marks indicate that you have followed all of the steps and fulfilled all of the requirements of the assignment, which I explain in detail on each assignment instruction page.
- 🆇 “Incomplete” marks indicate that you missed one or more steps of the instructions. When you receive an incomplete mark, I’ll provide feedback in the form of questions, comments, audio or video recordings, in-person conversations, etc. to help you strengthen your submission. You’ll then have an opportunity to revise and resubmit your assignment within one week to earn a “complete” mark.
- When you resubmit an assignment, you will also submit a reflection memo that identifies, explains, and justifies the revisions you made. Resubmissions without an accompanying reflection memo will not be considered or reviewed.
- Writing assignments submitted late will automatically receive an incomplete mark and will not be accepted unless you have made arrangements with me before the due date. If you face a difficult situation, please contact me immediately so that we can create a solution together.