Course Syllabus Presentation

1. S
Welcome to NS270!
Instructor: Stacey Day, MS, RD
sday2@kaplan.edu
AIM: staceydayRD
Phone: 267-416-0165

2. Methods of communication
S Course Announcements
S Kaplan email
S “Ask the instructor” under Course Home
S Grade book
S Private message during seminar
S Phone Number: 267-416-0165
S Please only call from 9am – 9pm, EST
S If I do not answer please leave me your phone number, best time to
reach you, and your time zone.

3. S
Seminar Rules

4. Seminar rules & Etiquette
S Synchronous Seminar:
S If you can’t make it to the live seminar complete Seminar Option 2.
S Seminars start and end on time.
S If two minutes late or greater, 0.42 points will be deducted per minute late or leaving
early.
S For complete credit you must arrive on time and stay the entire hour.
S Graded on frequency of posts.
S Stay on topic with your comments
S Time will go quickly during seminar

5. Seminar rules continued
S If we need to refocus and move on I might say “Hold
your comments, or let’s regroup”
S Seminars are recorded and you can view or read the
transcript saved under the seminar archive.
S Remember to use netiquette – respect everyone.
S Be prepared for the seminar topic

6. Seminar continued
S 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
S The grading rubric for option 1 & 2 are posted in the
syllabus.

7. 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

8. S
Syllabus

9. NS270 –Nutrition assessment
& Management
S Credit hours 5
S Comprehensive and covers a wide
range of topics.
S It will be a fun and challenging
discovery.

10. NS270 course materials
S E Text books
S Text: Lee, Robert D and Nieman, David C. Nutritional
Assessment, 4th edition, ISBN:0-07-244106, Kaplan
E-book.
S Stanfield, Peggy S. and Hui, Y.H, Nutrition & Diet Therapy,
Self-Instructional Modules. ISBN: 0-7637-2140-
9
S Hard copy is available at Amazon
S Software – Microsoft Word is required

11. NS270 DATES
S Unit 2 Project
S Unit 4 Project
Final Project Due Week 9
Very large project.
Begin working on it in Unit 5.
Suggested timeline is in DocSharing

12. NS270 course Calendar
S Each unit starts on Wednesday and ends on Tuesday at
11:59 PM.
S Dates are located in the syllabus.
S Unit/Topic
S Learning Activities
S Assessments
S Worksheets – in Doc Sharing

13. NS270 Grading Criteria
S Seminar - 22.5% of grade
S 25 pts x 9 wks = 225 points
S Discussion Board - 31.5% of grade
S 35 pts x 9 wks = 315 points
S Projects - 46% of grade
S Unit 2 – 100 points
S Unit 4 – 150 points
S Unit 9 – 210 points
Total Points 1000

14. Grading scale & time table
S Kaplan University Grading Scale (A – F)
S Grades will be posted:
S Projects, Discussion, Seminar option 2 – within 5 days of
due day or by Sunday of the following unit.

15. Gradebook
S Check your grade book for grading comments
S * Indicates it hasn’t been graded
S Once graded, a numerical value will be assigned and appear
as “25/25”
S “0/25” indicates the assignment is due but has not been
received
S To find your comments on graded assignments click on your
score “25/25”

16. Gradebook example

17. Late work & Incompletes
S Late Work – No late work will be accepted!
S 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
S Incompletes
S Must have 75% of the course work completed
S File due date 1/18/11
S Work completed by 2/4/2011

18. Late Work policy
S Extenuating Circumstances
S Personal/family member hospitalization
S Death in the family
S Weather/environmental
S 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.

19. Tutoring and Help
S KU Writing Center
S Tutoring
S APA citation
S Review grammar
S See sample essays
S Chat with a live tutor
S Paper review service - Submit a paper and receive feedback in
48 – 72 hours.
S KU Math Center – Project Unit 4

20. APA Format required
S Be sure to have your project assignments submitted in this correct format
S Title Page
S Double spaced
S Reference page in APA format
S You can potentially drop your grade from an A to a B by not following this
format.
S Use the tools, on line help, and tutors available to you (Writing Center)
S References at the end of papers must be cited in the body of your paper.

21. Sample title page

22. Sample text

23. Sample reference page

24. APA Format
S Kaplan Library
S Take the library tour
S Become familiar with the Additional Resources >Research
Guides for questions about references and using the internet
in your research
S http://www.apastyle.org/faqs.html
S Available in the Webliography
S 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?”

25. Resources to help you
S Announcement “Accessing the Writing Center” ppt
S Doc Sharing “Project Assignment Guidelines”
S Course Home: Writing Center Info
S Course Home: On line communications
S Student Coaching

26. Resources to help you
S Announcement “Accessing the Writing Center” ppt
S Doc Sharing “Project Assignment Guidelines”
S Course Home: Writing Center Info
S Course Home: On line communications
S Student Coaching

27. Writing Center tour

28. Writing Center tour

29. Writing Center tour

30. Writing Center tour

31. Writing Center tour

32. Rubrics – Grading criteria
S Projects
S Due Tuesday by 11:59 PM for full credit
S Seminar
S Synchronous Seminar
S Seminar Option 2 Due Tuesday by 11:59 PM
S Weekly Discussion Threads
S Initial response by Saturday
S 2 responses to classmates on the topic
S Course content & organization
S Make frequent references to course reading
S Add a citation and reference in APA format

33. Other
S Attendance/tardiness policy
S Plagiarism Policy (see link under course home)
S 1st offense: Failure of assignment
S 2nd offense: Failure of class
S 3rd offense: Expulsion or permanent dismissal from the
University.
S Netiquette (in syllabus & posted under course
announcements).

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Syllabus questions???
Please email me at
sday2@kaplan.edu