Course Syllabus

Canvas is the Learning Management System that we use for our courses. You can login into Canvas in the campus portal. Login with your LU username and password (same as for WebAdvisor or mylincolnuemail). You will find a number of tutorials for Canvas.ext

For any technical support for your computer related to accessing Canvas, please contact the IT Services
Desk at 681-5888. There is 24-hour help and “Live Chat” in the Canvas environment.

All documents in this course are PDF files. You will need Adobe Reader to view these files which you can
obtain free at http://get.adobe.com/reader/ (http://get.adobe.com/reader/).

Ellen DuBois and Lynn Dumenil, Through Women’s Eyes: An American History with Documents, 3rd edition(Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012) 

A Midwife’s Tale; Not for Ourselves Alone; Ida B.Wells: A Passion for Justice

At the end of each module, you will have an exam, 4 in all. The 4 objective exams should be completed in the University Learning Management System (LMS) before the deadline. See schedule for due dates 

As part of your course assessment, you are to find appropriate definitions for the key course terms and explain their importance or significant to women’s history. See schedule for due dates.

A third component of your course assessment will be to contribute to the class discussion by answering the discussion questions covering the assigned readings. A rubric will be attached to the assignment delineating an adequate or inadequate response.  See the schedule for deadlines.  

The system can track how long you spend in the course; however, it cannot tell exactly what you are doing. Therefore, “logging on” is not a part of attendance or participation. Should you have issues or problems in the course concerning posting assignments or to the discussion forums, you will not be able to use the “I logged into the course” defense.

Instructor Feedback/Communication
I will read discussions and score them; and reply to messages regularly. You will receive specific feedback on your assignment in the form of a rubric attached to your electronic submissions.

I will use the Announcement section in Canvas to communicate changes and other information to the course. I will contact individuals through the Canvas messaging tool.

Student Feedback/Communication
I welcome all feedback on the course. My preferred method of communication with individual students is through the Canvas messaging tool which forwards alerts to my LU email account. I will respond to
messages within two days (Sunday, 6pm through Thursday, 5pm).

Late submissions
All course work is expected to be submitted on time. Please submit work in plenty of time so technical difficulties should they occur can be handled and not cause you to request extensions because they will not be granted. The due dates and times associated with each assessment are clearly stated in Canvas and on the course schedule.

Any student found to have committed any acts of dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty is subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in Article IVB of the Student Handbook.