I am including weeks 1-6 that are to be used to create the final draft as well as the teachers input on each week. She stopped leaving feedback in week 3, her feedback is in Red, as well as comments at the top if it was overally comment. These are suppose to be used to create the final draft assignment.
Finally, the Signature Assignment is completed in manageable phases; in weeks one through six, students submit one component of what will later become a complete, written presentation consisting of five parts. This approach allows adequate time for weekly editing and revision of work submitted in earlier stages of the course. A rough, semi-final draft of the full-scale project must be submitted, along with a set of brief self-evaluation forms, in week 7. The final draft of the Signature Assignment, which must be submitted in week 8 of the term, should reflect changes and improvements made in response to weekly input from faculty and PCG activity. The written presentation of the Signature Assignment will, in most cases, be approximately15 pages in length, not including a correctly formatted bibliography of sources. Completion of the Signature Assignment also requires preparation and submission of a one page poster-style summary demonstrating, in very concise form, the student’s approach to entire problem-solving process. A template for preparation of the one-page poster is provided to students in CANVAS and must be submitted on the date indicated on the course calendar. Moreover, the following schedule of events leads to submission of the final draft of the Signature Assignment and the one-page poster:
Apart from the one-page poster presentation, the final draft of the Signature Assignment must be submitted using the IDST 400 CANVAS page and contain the following:
a title page;
a “body” of approximately 15 double-spaced, numbered pages (use 12-point font);
no fewer than fifteen (15) credible, professional-quality sources (students are urged to use the Ballou Library’s electronic databases and consult the library staff for guidance in determining the quality of sources);
citations to all sources (footnotes are encouraged) presented in the format specified in a widely recognized style guide, such as those indicated in the paragraph below; and
a bibliography (works cited page) of sources with all items arranged by author in alphabetic order.
Note: students may use the citation format most familiar to them. It is essential, however, that students adopt and consistently use a citation form widely used in educational and professional settings. In addition to the citation instructionsLinks to an external site. provided by the BVU Library, three examples are indicated below:
the Chicago Manual of StyleLinks to an external site.
the American Psychological Association (APA) style guideLinks to an external site.
the Modern Language Association (MLA) style guideLinks to an external site.
Students may also benefit from the guides to various citation formats provide by the University of Wisconsin librariesLinks to an external site..
In addition to the guidance provided by the IDST 400 faculty, students are reminded of the support available to them by the BVU Library staffLinks to an external site., on the BVU Library websiteLinks to an external site., and the Center for Academic ExcellenceLinks to an external site..
Evaluation and Grading of the Signature Assignment. Each students’ work on the Signature Assignment will be evaluated against the criteria identified in the problem-solving, integrative learning, and written communication rubrics. The grade assigned to a student’s Signature Assignment will, obviously, reflect the course instructor’s appraisal of the work in view of the criteria identified in the evaluation rubrics. Though the instructors assigned to IDST 400 are principally responsible for the evaluation and grading of student work, course instructors may consult with their faculty colleagues to better evaluate final drafts of the Signature Assignment. Doing so is especially likely when the substance of a student’s paper requires a depth of disciplinary expertise possessed only by a member of the BVU faculty not assigned a formal role in IDST 400. It follows that faculty assigned to IDST 400 may request that in the process of formulating and writing the Signature Assignment students consult with other members of BVU faculty whose disciplinary expertise may prove useful to the generating of a high quality final draft.
