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Table
of
Contents
Table
of
Contents
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Middlebury
Interactive
Languages
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MIL
Mission
Statement
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After
Registration
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Textbooks
and
Instructional
Materials
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Technical
Requirements
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Computer
Specifications
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Competency
and
Fluency
Courses
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Logging
in
to
Competency
and
Fluency
Courses
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Competency
and
Fluency
Course
Tutorials
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Announcements
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Communication
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Starting
Your
Course
Work
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Conversation
Cafes
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Checking
Your
Grades
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Powerspeak
Courses
on
PGLMS
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Logging
in
to
Powerspeak
Courses
on
PGLMS
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Powerspeak
Course
Tutorials
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Messages
and
Announcements
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Communication
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Starting
Your
Course
Work
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Conversation
Cafes
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Checking
Your
Grades
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Managing
Your
Online
Course
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Time
Management
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Pacing
Guidelines
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Retaking
of
Assignments
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Late
Submissions
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Student
Grades
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Credit
and
Transcripts
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Grading
Scale
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Code of Conduct & Acceptable Use Policy ................................................................................................. 17 Student Conduct .................................................................................................................................... 17 Academic Integrity and Use of Translators ............................................................................................ 17 Use of Copyrighted Materials ................................................................................................................ 18 Plagiarism ............................................................................................................................................... 18 Source Citation ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Monitoring E-mail and other Material .................................................................................................. 19 Acceptable Use Policy ............................................................................................................................ 19 Netiquette .................................................................................................................................................. 22 Netiquette Standards ............................................................................................................................. 22
After
Registration
If you are enrolled through a school, your school should provide you with the following information after your enrollment has been processed - course information - course beginning and ending dates (if applicable) - your username and password to log into your course If you have enrolled through the website, you will receive an automatic email with the following: - your username and password to log into your course - instructions on how to get started on your course During the week that MIL courses begin you will also receive an email from your online teacher with specific course information.
Technical
Requirements
Students in MIL courses need regular access to an internet-connected computer, as well as access to various types of software and/or hardware. Because these courses are available to students on the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week, you have the option of working from school, a library, or from home. If you are taking MIL courses as part of your regular school day, your school or district will provide technical support for the computer hardware and software you are using to complete your coursework. If you are taking MIL courses from another location (such as your home), you or your parent/guardian must bear the responsibility for obtaining needed technical support. You can send and receive messages with your teacher through your course. It is your responsibility to check your email regularly to see if you have messages from your MIL teacher.
Computer
Specifications
PC: Pentium III 1GHz or better Windows XP or newer 512 MB RAM 256kbps DSL or better. Display resolution 1280x800 recommended (1024x768 minimum) Sound card Firefox 3.5 or newer recommended; Internet Explorer 7.0 Flash Player plugin (10.0 or better) Go to www.adobe.com Cookies enabled Javascript enabled Headset/Microphone (MIL recommends: RadioShack Cyber Acoustics AC-201 Stereo Headset with Microphone (Model: AC-201 | Catalog #: 55010858) MACINTOSH: Power Mac G4 processor or better OSX 512 MB RAM 256kbps DSL or better. Display resolution 1280x800 recommended (1024x768 minimum) Sound card Firefox 3.5 or newer recommended; Safari Flash Player plugin (10.0 or better) Go to www.adobe.com Javascript enabled Headset/Microphone (MIL recommends: RadioShack Cyber Acoustics AC-201 Stereo Headset with Microphone (Model: AC-201 | Catalog #: 55010858) *Please note that a slow internet connection will affect the performance of multimedia elements found in language courses. To Contact the Help Desk: Email services@middleburyinteractive.com or dial toll-free 800-596-0910
After successfully logging in, go to the home page and click on your course.
Announcements
Announcements can be seen above the name of your course. Your teacher will update this announcement at least once a week in order to keep you informed of upcoming deadlines activities. Be sure to read the announcements carefully and contact your teacher if you have any questions!
Communication
Your teacher will contact you at the beginning of the course, and your teacher will expect you to maintain prompt and frequent communication and interaction. You will be able to find your teachers contact information and their website in the welcome announcement.
Conversation
Cafes
All Spanish, French, German and Chinese middle and high school students will attend Conversation Caf, or oral proficiency, sessions and their oral performance will be assessed as part of their overall class average.
The total number of points you have earned to date is displayed in the Final Grade button on the top panel. You may compare your points to the total number of points possible in the course. Check frequently to keep abreast of your progress.
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Communication
Your teacher will contact you at the beginning of the course, and your teacher will expect you to maintain prompt and frequent communication and interaction. You will be able to find your teachers contact information and their website in the welcome announcement.
Conversation
Cafes
All Spanish, French, German and Chinese middle and high school students will attend Conversation Caf, or oral proficiency, sessions and their oral performance will be assessed as part of their overall class average.
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Pacing
Guidelines
Important note: You are expected to spend at least as much time in a MIL course as you spend in each class during your school day. This includes time spent doing homework. If you are a student who works on online courses as part of your face to face school day and you do not finish your online assignment in class, you may be expected to complete it at home.
NON AP Courses: If you have not logged in for 72 hours, or if you fall to 70% or below on an end of the week assessment (PGLMS), your teacher will message you inside the course with "email" checked each day for up to three days. If no response is forthcoming from you within 24 hours of the third message, your teacher will escalate the problem to the MIL administrative team who will contact your school or parents or both. AP Courses: If you have not logged in for 48 hours, or if you fall to 70% or below on an end of the week assessment(PGLMS)/end of week average for AP French, your teacher will message you inside the course with "email" checked each day for up to two days. If no response is forthcoming from you within 24 hours of the third message, your teacher will escalate the problem to the MIL administrative team who will contact your school or parents or both.
Retaking
of
Assignments
Reopening of assignments occurs at online teacher's discretion, subject to the following guidelines: Taking into consideration pacing, grade, effort and end date of the course the online teacher will make the final decision on which assignments a student may retake. Teachers may limit the number of retakes that students may submit. Teachers will present their policies on reopening assignments on their websites and in their welcome messages to students. Adherence to reasonable pacing parameters may or may not take precedence over local school policies on retakes.
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Late
Submissions
Acceptance of late student submissions is subject to the individual teachers policy. Teachers must present their policies on their websites and in their welcome messages to students. Teachers may limit the number of late submissions they will accept from individual students.
Student
Grades
Students receive frequent, timely feedback on homework assignments, tests and quizzes, projects and participation, as well as other activities as assigned by the MIL teacher. Information about students progress is available through the online gradebook. By reviewing the gradebook regularly, parents and counselors can help students meet their goals. In addition, schools can arrange to have regular progress reports sent from MIL to the school contact. Depending on the teachers pacing guide, any work that should have been completed by the due date but has not been turned in may become a 0. Your teacher may enter these 0s in the gradebook by midterm and final exam periods.
TRANSCRIPT TIMELINE and COST: Delivered within two to three weeks of request. 1st transcript FREE. $5 per extra transcript The following units of credit are offered: .25 = one semester middle school course .5 = one semester high school course; one yearlong middle school course 1 = one yearlong high school course.
Grading
Scale
The grading scale that will appear on MIL treanscripts is below. Note: Local schools may override the letter/percentage equivalents: 90-100:
A 80-89:
B 70-79:
C 60-69:
D 0--59:
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Student
Conduct
Respect for the law and for those persons in authority shall be expected of all students. This includes conformity to your school rules as well as general provisions of law affecting students. Respect for the rights of others, consideration of their privileges, and cooperative citizenship shall also be expected of all members of the school community. Respect for real and personal property; pride in one's work; achievement within the range of one's ability; and exemplary personal standards of courtesy, decency, and honesty shall be maintained in MIL courses.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of submitting someone elses work as your own original, creative production. If you use another persons writing or original work, you must cite their words using an appropriate manuscript style in the Works Cited page, Endnotes, or in a Bibliography. The exact wording should be in quotation marks or paraphrased in the paper and referenced as such in the paragraph in which it appears. You may not copy and paste directly from the Internet without giving appropriate credit to the author. Plagiarism is a serious academic violation. Plagiarism may result in no credit and will also be considered as a disciplinary issue and may result in removal from MIL courses.
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Source
Citation
Many courses require written work in which you will need to cite sources. Any direct quotations from your textbook can simply be cited as (Author, Page Number). Any quotations from outside sources require full citations, including author, title, publisher, date of publication, and page number. If you're citing information found on a Web site, provide the complete Web page or site title, URL, author if known, page number if applicable, and publication date of the site, if available.
Constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail (also known as "spamming"), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation, solicits passwords or personally identifiable information, or any form of lottery or gambling, sweepstakes or advertising; Disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to "scroll" faster than other users of the Services are able to type, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other users' ability to engage in real time exchanges where available; Interferes with or disrupts the Services or servers or networks connected to the Services, or disobeys any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Services; Provides material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; stalks" or otherwise harasses another; Contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party; or impersonates any person or entity, including but not limited to any employee or representative of MIL. You also agree that you will not harvest or collect information about the users or Users of the Services or use such information for the purpose of transmitting or facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic e-mail or communications. You further agree that you will not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from a minor (anyone under 18 years old) without appropriate prior verifiable parental consent. Personal information includes but is not limited to name, address, phone number, or name of their school. MIL generally does not pre-screen, monitor, edit or remove User Content. MIL and its agents, however, have the right (but not the obligation) at their sole discretion to pre-screen, monitor, edit or remove any User Content that, in MILs judgment, does not comply with these Terms or is otherwise harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. MIL is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such User Content. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any User Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such User Content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any User Content created by MIL or submitted to MIL. You acknowledge, consent and agree that MIL may access, preserve, and disclose your account information and User Content if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access, preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the Terms; (c) respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third-parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of MIL, their users and the public; or (f) utilize Your usage and/or assessment data associated with the Services for internal analytic statistical, development, educational or quality control purposes.
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You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including your User Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
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Netiquette
What does the word etiquette mean, you ask? Well, it is a French word that refers to a set of rules either dictated by authority or by what has been deemed culturally acceptable to function in social or professional life. Netiquette is a combination of the words: network and etiquette. It is defined in the dictionary as the informal code of behavior on the Internet. In other words, Netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online. Why do we want standards or rules for how we communicate digitally? We want standards because, like in school, everybody needs to act appropriately and realize that there are consequences for refusing to do so. It also helps us to understand the boundaries of what is acceptable behavior. As a student of World Languages, you already know that to communicate in another language than your own, you need to learn more than the vocabulary and/or the grammar. You also need to learn the culture so you dont commit social blunders. Cyberspace also has its own culture. Nobody really wants to offend someone or to be offended because they misunderstand how to act in a given situation. It is the same online. You should always remember that you are interacting with real people not just avatars like in video games. You should give them the same attention and respect that you would give them in real life. The tricky part is that online you need to be more careful because you cannot immediately see the damage you are causing by careless words. This document will help you reduce misunderstanding by explaining what proper behavior is like in cyberspace, thus reducing the chances that you will make someone mad without meaning to do so. The list of rules below will help you remember what is acceptable; therefore, it would be a good idea to post them next to your computer so you can easily refer to them.
Netiquette
Standards
Please address your teacher appropriately by using Ms., Mrs., or Mr. as a title unless they have directed you to do otherwise. Use appropriate language: curt, rude, or profane language will not be tolerated and will be reported immediately to your school administrator. Use appropriate Standard English when communicating. This is not the place for using texting language. Use proper lower case when appropriate. Do not write in all capital letters this has the appearance of yelling when communicating online. Use a font and color that your teacher can read easily. We recommend Times New Roman 12-pt font since this is what you will use in college. Always use a proper subject line when writing to your teacher. Include specific Unit and Assignment names when referencing a problem. Be patient. Do not send several emails within a short period of time and think that your teacher will respond immediately. Always identify yourself by your full name. Do not expect your teacher to remember you by your email address. They can often be very confusing. If your teacher contacts you, be polite and answer back.
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