Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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Questions
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(1.) Is a proctor required for the tests/quizzes?
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(2.) Is a proctor required for the final exam?
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(3.) I cannot access:
the Canvas course and/or
the Pearson MyLab Statistics and/or
the eText/Multimedia resources in MyLab Statistics
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(4.) Are the MyLab Statistics (MLS) assignments timed?
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(5.) How do I save the questions or sections I complete in MLS?
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(6.) Mr. C, all the MLS assignments are due in 08/01.
But I see a grade for that assessment on Canvas.
May you explain?
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(7.) When do you update grades for the assessments?
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(8.) I have found a company for my piecewise function project. Should I email it to you?
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(9.) The company/website I chose for my project has been approved. Where should I submit the project draft?
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(10.) I want to know whether I am passing your class or not. Should I have to wait till you update the grades? I would like to know my grades now.
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(11.) Is there any extra work I can do to raise my grade? I really want to pass this class.
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(12.) May I use the Pearson Statcrunch, or Pearson Statdisk, or Texas Instruments, or IBM SPSS, or Minitab, or Microsoft Excel, or Google Spreadsheets,
or other statistical software for my project?
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(13.) Is there any penalty for late work?
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(14.) Are there any bonus points or extra credit opportunities for this course?
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(15.) Do you curve the final grades if many of your students are not passing?
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(16.) I do not have the textbook yet. I am waiting to get some funds and/or for my financial aid to pay for it.
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(17.) Are there no possibilities that students can finish the course earlier than the finished date?
For example, I know the DBs are all locked in the schedule, but could we ask for access so that we may finish the course early?
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(18.) I was told this class had no meeting times. However I noticed on the syllabus it says Fridays 1:30 pm – 2:30pm meeting times. Can you please clarify exactly what that means?
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(19.) May I use my nickname or the other names I use for any of the course work?
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(20.) How early can we get started on the project?
I know there are set dates for everything but could we ask for access to them when they are available?
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(21.) Who should I contact for all Canvas issues?
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(22.) I did the calculations to know my current grade, then I wanted to verify it with the Grade calculator. The results are not the same.
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(23.) My grade when I used the Grade Calculator is different from my grade in the MLS gradebook and/or My grade when I used the Grade Calculator is different from my grade in the
Canvas gradebook.
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(24.) I am not available during the weekly Office Hours/Live Sessions and I need verbal explanations of my questions. What should I do?
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(25.) Mr. C, in your other Math courses, the project accounts for 10% of their final grade.
But in this course, the project is 20% of the final grade.
May you explain?
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(26.) May you please explain why the DB assessments have only one due date while the other assessments have two due dates?
What if I have good reason not to participate in the week it is due? Why not allow me to complete it the following week?
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(27.) I would like to know if we will just be reading our e-textbook and using MLM resources for all our assignments.
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(28.) Mr. C, I made a late post and/or I made a response some time before Saturday midnight.
However, I realized that my post and/or response did not send.
I am sending the post and/or response to your email.
Please understand that I actually sent the post and/or response on Saturday before midnight.
May you grade it?
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(29.) May I submit your DB post and/or DB response and/or any other graded work to your email?
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(30.) Mr. C, I do not understand your grading of the DB assessments.
You took off a lot of points.
The DB assessment is due on Saturday, yet you wrote that my post was submitted late and took points off.
Then, you said my response was not substantive.
I do not deserve this grade.
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(31.) What is the intended purpose of an initial due date and a final due date for the MLM assignments and the Project?
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(32.) When I type in the Canvas editor, my computer acts up sometimes.
For example, I may want to add a space or two spaces in-between two sentences or lines.
What should I do?
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(33.) For the DB assessments and the Project Drafts:
Why do you require us to review the previous posts of our colleagues before we post/submit our own?
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(34.) For the DB assessments and the Project Drafts:
Why do you require us to review your comments to the previous posts of our colleagues before we post/submit our own?
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