Frequently Asked Questions
Please access this page periodically for updates. Professor posts new FAQs based on student inquiries throughout the semester.
For more information on the topics below or if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact professor by email [email protected] or Canvas Messaging.
For more information on the topics below or if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact professor by email [email protected] or Canvas Messaging.
Required Textbook
Attendance and Progress Reports
Canvas Issues
Assignment and Exam Submissions, Extensions and Make-Ups
Written Assignments Assistance
Exam and Assignment Instructor Feedback After Deadlines Have Passed
General Student Success
Grades and Point Distribution
- Can I use an earlier edition of the textbook?
- I have an electronic version of the textbook with no page numbers. How do I cite page numbers?
Attendance and Progress Reports
- What is the Carnegie unit, or the instructional weekly hour, and how does this affect attendance policies?
- I need a progress report for my program and am enrolled in your online, hybrid, and/or on-campus class.
- I am in you on-campus and/or hybrid class and I cannot make the finals. What do I do? Can I submit the final early?
Canvas Issues
- I keep getting kicked out of Canvas.
- I am having issues submitting the assignment in Canvas. Can I email it to you or send it via Canvas Messaging?
- I only use Google Docs and not pdf or word doc. Why can't I submit my assignment as Google Doc to Canvas?
- How do I set-up my notification settings in Canvas so I can receive immediate text messages when professors messages me or the class in Canvas?
Assignment and Exam Submissions, Extensions and Make-Ups
- I am having issues submitting the assignment in Canvas. Can I email it to you or send it via Canvas Messaging?
- Is the second exam attempt restricted to the due date policy or can I complete the second attempt at any time?
- I have an emergency. Do I need permission to submit the assignment or exam late?
- Due to unforeseen circumstances, I missed the courtesy extension or was not aware of it. Can you please give me an extension?
- I only use Google Docs and not pdf or word doc. Why can't I submit my assignment as Google Doc to Canvas?
- Oh no! I submitted the wrong assignment, rough draft, previous assignment, assignment for another class, instruction document, etc.. Please help!
Written Assignments Assistance
- Can I email you or submit in Canvas a rough draft of the assignment for instructor feedback?
- Why can't I get help from the tutor for my written assignments?
Exam and Assignment Instructor Feedback After Deadlines Have Passed
- Why Can't I See the Exam Answers?
- Will I receive instructor feedback on my written assignments and how long will it take?
- Why am I receiving point deductions for not meeting the minimum required length when I answered all of the questions?
General Student Success
Grades and Point Distribution
- Why am I receiving point deductions for not meeting the minimum required length when I answered all of the questions?
- I need to pass this class or I will be placed on academic probation, unable to transfer, lose my scholarship, etc. I will do anything to pass this class. Can you please provide me with an opportunity to pass the class, give additional work or make-ups?
- My total points in Canvas do not match the grade I received. What happened?
- I am not passing the class, can you issue me a failing grade, before the official end date for the class, or I suffered an emergency, can I be issued an Incomplete?