E-Submit Instructions
Basic Concepts of New Media
Dr. Philip N. Howard
Department Communication
It is CRITICAL that everyone follows the rules for identifying their assignments and themselves. This is to ensure that the grading process goes smoothly and quickly. These rules will be considered as important as spelling and grammar. Failure to follow these rules will result in a reduction in an assignment’s grade.
Assignments will be submitted via e-submit, graded in a word processing program, and emailed back to students pasted into the body of the email. Comments will be made in [brackets] in the body of the text and at the bottom of the paper along with the assignment grade.
Identifying information needs to be placed in the top left corner of the document. This should include last name followed by first initial, underneath that will go the students email address, and beneath that the word count of the document. The assignment title should be centered above the body of the paper. So, here is how it should look:
Coopman, T.
coopman@u.washington.edu
Word count
Assignment title
This formatting is very important in being able to put grades into a grade book and to copy and paste email address to get your assignments back. With 100 papers per assignment, I think it is easy to see how using the correct format will enable the grader to spend more time grading and less time hunting down basic information.
E-submit Rules
As you will see in the practice session, using e-submit is just like attaching a file to an email. This means that however you title your document when you save it on your computer is the title it will have in the e-submit turn-in site. This is why it is important that you DO NOT simply title/save your document with the assignment title. There is not way to tell whom the paper belongs to without opening it up, which creates a variety of organizational problems. Before each assignment, I will contact the class and let you know what the correct heading is for that particular assignment. Papers should be saved using last name, first initial, underscore, assignment name. Please save papers in rich text format (RTF). To use the first assignment and myself as an example, here is how students should save their papers.
coopmant_apart.rtf
You can always view your papers after you submit them to check to see if they are “there.” You can also modify your paper after it is turned and PRIOR to the assignment deadline. You will get a receipt emailed to you automatically. Students should save these for future reference. The e-submit site is designed to take assignments during a specific time window. Most assignments are due by midnight on Fridays. PLEASE NOTE that the turn-in site will close at the stroke of midnight. DO NOT make the mistake of waiting to the last minute to turn in papers. Trying to upload assignments at 12 midnight will NOT work. Technical issues such as computer problems, internet connection problems, and the like WILL NOT be considered valid excuses. Late papers will NOT be accepted unless there are extreme, documented, and unexpected/predictable circumstances. DO NOT email papers to the TA. Papers submitted via email in the message or as attached filed will NOT be accepted. Please fell free to talk to Ted for clarification.
Class Listserv
All students are automatically signed up for a class listserv. The system is rather insidious as it automatically removes students not enrolled and re-subscribes anyone who is enrolled and un-subscribes every 24 hours. CRITCAL information, up-dates, answers to questions and the like go out over this list. This is an announcement only listserv. It is highly recommended you read every post and save them to a file for future reference. Please note that there have been some problems with the list posting to non-UW email address. So if you choose to use an outside account via email forwarding, please make sure these posts are getting to you. Again, this is your responsibility.