Ns270 syllabuspresentation

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Welcome to NS270!Instructor: Stacey Day, MS, RD

sday2@kaplan.eduAIM: staceydayRD

Phone: 267-416-0165

Methods of communication

Course Announcements Kaplan email “Ask the instructor” under Course Home Grade book Private message during seminar Phone Number: 267-416-0165

Please only call from 9am – 9pm, EST If I do not answer please leave me your phone

number, best time to reach you, and your time zone.

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Seminar Rules

Seminar rules & Etiquette

Synchronous Seminar: If you can’t make it to the live seminar complete Seminar Option 2.

Seminars start and end on time. If two minutes late or greater, 0.42 points will be deducted per minute

late or leaving early.

For complete credit you must arrive on time and stay the entire hour.

Graded on frequency of posts.

Stay on topic with your comments

Time will go quickly during seminar

Seminar rules continued

If we need to refocus and move on I might say “Hold your comments, or let’s regroup”

Seminars are recorded and you can view or read the transcript saved under the seminar archive.

Remember to use netiquette – respect everyone.

Be prepared for the seminar topic

Seminar continued

If we experience technical difficulties we will continue the discussion in the live section under course home or we could all go to AIM to finish out the discussion

The grading rubric for option 1 & 2 are posted in the syllabus.

Seminar - Option 2

Respond to the seminar discussion questions listed. Each response will be graded individually and posted to the grade book using the rubric found in your syllabus

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Syllabus

NS270 –Nutrition assessment & Management

Credit hours 5

Comprehensive and covers a wide range of topics.

It will be a fun and challenging discovery.

NS270 course materials

E Text books Text: Lee, Robert D and Nieman, David C. Nutritional

Assessment, 4th edition, ISBN:0-07-244106, Kaplan E-book.

Stanfield, Peggy S. and Hui, Y.H, Nutrition & Diet Therapy, Self-Instructional Modules. ISBN: 0-7637-2140-9

Hard copy is available at Amazon

Software – Microsoft Word is required

NS270 DATES

Unit 2 Project

Unit 4 Project

Final Project Due Week 9

Very large project.

Begin working on it in Unit 5.

Suggested timeline is in DocSharing

NS270 course Calendar

Each unit starts on Wednesday and ends on Tuesday at 11:59 PM.

Dates are located in the syllabus.

Unit/Topic

Learning Activities

Assessments

Worksheets – in Doc Sharing

NS270 Grading Criteria

Seminar - 22.5% of grade 25 pts x 9 wks = 225 points

Discussion Board - 31.5% of grade 35 pts x 9 wks = 315 points

Projects - 46% of grade Unit 2 – 100 points Unit 4 – 150 points Unit 9 – 210 points

Total Points 1000

Grading scale & time table

Kaplan University Grading Scale (A – F)

Grades will be posted: Projects, Discussion, Seminar option 2 – within 5

days of due day or by Sunday of the following unit.

Gradebook

Check your grade book for grading comments

* Indicates it hasn’t been graded

Once graded, a numerical value will be assigned and appear as “25/25”

“0/25” indicates the assignment is due but has not been received

To find your comments on graded assignments click on your score “25/25”

Gradebook example

Late work & Incompletes

Late Work – No late work will be accepted! Kaplan University does not allow late work to be accepted.

If there is an extenuating circumstance as described prior, then contact me for alternative arrangements. Documentation must be provided

Incompletes Must have 75% of the course work completed File due date 1/18/11 Work completed by 2/4/2011

Late Work policy

Extenuating Circumstances Personal/family member hospitalization Death in the family Weather/environmental Military assignment

Note: computer related issues, internet connectivity issues and clinical blocks are not considered extenuating circumstances.

Please contact me to make alternative arrangements if needed PRIOR to the assignment being due.

Tutoring and Help

KU Writing Center Tutoring APA citation Review grammar See sample essays Chat with a live tutor Paper review service - Submit a paper and receive feedback in

48 – 72 hours.

KU Math Center – Project Unit 4

APA Format required

Be sure to have your project assignments submitted in this correct format Title Page Double spaced Reference page in APA format

You can potentially drop your grade from an A to a B by not following this format.

Use the tools, on line help, and tutors available to you (Writing Center)

References at the end of papers must be cited in the body of your paper.

Sample title page

Sample text

Sample reference page

APA Format

Kaplan Library Take the library tour Become familiar with the Additional Resources >Research

Guides for questions about references and using the internet in your research

http://www.apastyle.org/faqs.html Available in the Webliography Provides answers to questions such as “How do you format

a bibliography?” and “How do you cite a source that you found in another source?”

Resources to help you

Announcement “Accessing the Writing Center” ppt

Doc Sharing “Project Assignment Guidelines” Course Home: Writing Center Info Course Home: On line communications Student Coaching

Resources to help you

Announcement “Accessing the Writing Center” ppt

Doc Sharing “Project Assignment Guidelines” Course Home: Writing Center Info Course Home: On line communications Student Coaching

Writing Center tour

Writing Center tour

Writing Center tour

Writing Center tour

Writing Center tour

Rubrics – Grading criteria

Projects Due Tuesday by 11:59 PM for full credit

Seminar Synchronous Seminar Seminar Option 2 Due Tuesday by 11:59 PM

Weekly Discussion Threads Initial response by Saturday 2 responses to classmates on the topic Course content & organization Make frequent references to course reading Add a citation and reference in APA format

Other

Attendance/tardiness policy

Plagiarism Policy (see link under course home) 1st offense: Failure of assignment 2nd offense: Failure of class 3rd offense: Expulsion or permanent dismissal from

the University.

Netiquette (in syllabus & posted under course announcements).

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Syllabus questions???

Please email me at sday2@kaplan.edu