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Instructor: Mi Ditmar
Email Address: mmditmar@syr.edu
Technology: You MUST have consistent access to an
Internet-connected COMPUTER with Microsoft
Word (or Apache Open Office Writer)
Textbook: There is no required textbook or course pack for this class.
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This semester you will write:

1 email message to me, mmditmar@syr.edu, indicating you have read
the syllabus and acknowledge the terms of the course. In addition,
please include an overview of what you hope to get out of the class
3 exercises 1 to 3 pages each (300 900 words) geared toward
experimenting with and expanding narrative techniques posted to
Blackboard
2 stories, a minimum of 5 pages in length (roughly 1,200 words)
Stories can be expansions of work you began as an exercise in this class,
or something entirely new, it is up to you. Stories must be posted to
Blackboard in either .doc or .docx format.
IF YOU POST A STORY IN AN UNAPPROVED FORMAT YOU WILL
NOT RECEIVE CREDIT
Revisions of your 2 original stories, based on the feedback you receive
and/or your own inspiration. These will be sent directly to me via email
attachment as MS Word .doc or .docx
NOTE: if you do not hand in your original story when it is due, you
cannot hand in a revision i.e., you lose credit for BOTH
Responses to ALL of the stories posted by classmates in your
assigned group each week during the story cycles (explained below).
Responses are due exactly ONE WEEK after the due date for the
stories.
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Syllabus Email: 5%
Exercises: 15%
Stories: 20%
Revisions: 10%
Responses: 50%


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Note:
Completion of all assignments does not guarantee an A. While you will not
be graded on the aesthetic quality of your stories and exercises, the effort
you put into your own assignments and especially into the responses to the
work of your classmates will be taken into consideration. If you miss a story
deadline and it is unexcused you will not be able to earn an A in the class.
We will begin with exercises that are intended to help inspire and lay the
groundwork for the stories that you will be writing during the course of the
semester. You will also be asked to read stories by published authors to use
as the jumping-off point for your own exercises and stories. I will make
these stories available to on Blackboard. They have been carefully chosen
for specific instructive purposes. Please be aware that the assigned stories
may be from different historical periods, which reflect different social
standards, or may include content that is mature, challenging, or graphic. In
the example stories and in the work of your classmates, you may encounter
profanity. There is no required textbook for this class.
As a workshop, this class is inherently different from other kinds of courses.
It is not instructor-driven. It is student-driven. You will get out of it what you
put into it. Because this is a workshop, in addition to writing your own
story and exercises, you will write responses to the stories written by the
other students. I will provide a rubric for the required elements of the
responses to your classmates' stories. Responses to stories are not optional
and count toward 50% of your final grade.
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I expect you to thoroughly read this syllabus and keep a copy of it readily
accessible throughout the semester. In fact, your first assignment is to read
this syllabus and the attached course overview and to send me an email
stating that you understand and accept the terms of the syllabus.
I will gladly respond to and requests for clarification of anything in this
document that you do not understand. I will not, however, respond to email
inquiries that ask questions directly addressed in this document, e.g.:
When is exercise 2 due? Check the course overview section
Can I post my story as a PDF or in Pages? NO, only MS Word
.doc or .docx
When I have a story due, do I also have to write responses to
the other stories that are posted in my group that week? Yes,
you do

This is an online course. You MUST have consistent access to a
computer equipped with Microsoft Word (or Apache Open Office Writer)
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and the access to the Internet (yes, Blackboard is available as an app
for mobile devices, but the app does not have the full functionality of the
website).
Not having a computer or Internet connection are NOT acceptable
excuses for missing or late assignments. Ever. I cannot stress this
enough. With the exception of a natural disaster, there is NO
CIRCUMSTANCE under which I will consider lack of a computer or Internet
access to be and excuse for missing work.
There are STRICT DEADLINES for assignments in this class. The Course
Overview specifies the DUE DATES EVERY ASSIGNMENT. If you are bad
with dates, set reminders for yourself. If you are not in the Eastern Time
zone, make sure that you know what time it is where you are when it is
11:59 p.m. here. Time zone confusion is also not an acceptable excuse for
late work.
DO NOT wait until 11:55 p.m. on the day something is due to try to
post your assignment. When posting your assignments, take the time to
double-check that your assignment has posted. That means you should
ALWAYS LOG OUT of Blackboard and THEN LOG BACK IN to make sure
your post is there. CREDIT WILL NOT BE GIVEN FOR ASSIGNMENTS
THAT ACCIDENTALLY DID NOT POST.
If you have any difficulty uploading your assignment or responses to
Blackboard, contact IT (help@syr.edu) IMMEDIATELY and cc me on
your message reporting the problem.
As a workshop, your interactions with your classmates will be as important
as your own work. Given the format of the class, most of the feedback you
receive will be from your peers so be a good citizen in the online discussions.
Don't be rude. Don't post your stories late. Don't skip responses. Even if
you don't personally like a story, you are still expected to be respectful of
the writer and the writing and to help the author work toward improving his
or her piece. You are NOT responsible for writing responses to
exercises, although I highly encourage you to read one another's
assignments.

Your exercises and stories should be in a standard 12-point fond and be
double-spaced. I have double-spaced this paragraph so you can see what
that should look like.
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There will be a total of 6 "story cycles" during the semester. During each
cycle, two or three students will post their stories. I will randomly assign the
order of who posts stories for each cycle. You will be notified of your
place in the rotation by the second week of the semester. During
every story cycle you are responsible for writing responses to all of your
classmates who have stories up that week.
Here is an example of how the story cycles work for a, hypothetical
group:

Story Cycle 1 &4 Story Cycle 2 & 5 Story Cycle 3 & 6
Sarah
Story AND
Responses
to Amanda & Ben
Responses Only
to Matt, Lindsay &
Danielle
Responses Only
to James, Maria &
Andrew
Amanda
Story AND
Responses
to Sarah & Ben
Responses Only
to Matt, Lindsay &
Danielle
Responses Only
to James, Maria &
Andrew
Ben
Story AND
Responses
to Sarah & Amanda
Responses Only
to Matt, Lindsay &
Danielle
Responses Only
to James, Maria &
Andrew
Matt
Responses Only
to Sarah, Amanda &
Ben
Story AND
Responses to
Lindsay & Danielle
Responses Only
to James, Maria &
Andrew
Lindsay
Responses Only
to Sarah, Amanda &
Ben
Story AND
Responses to Matt
& Danielle
Responses Only
to James, Maria &
Andrew
Danielle
Responses Only
to Sarah, Amanda &
Ben
Story AND
Responses to Matt
& Lindsay
Responses Only
to James, Maria &
Andrew
James
Responses Only
to Sarah, Amanda &
Ben
Responses Only
to Matt, Lindsay &
Danielle
Story AND
Responses to Maria
& Andrew
Maria
Responses Only
to Sarah, Amanda &
Ben
Responses Only
to Matt, Lindsay &
Danielle
Story AND
Responses to
Andrew & James
Andrew
Responses Only
to Sarah, Amanda &
Ben
Responses Only
to Matt, Lindsay &
Danielle
Story AND
Responses to James
& Maria

ALL STORY RESPONSES ARE DUE ONE WEEK AFTER THE STORY DUE
DATE (responses for cycle 1 are due the same day as the stories for cycle 2,
and the responses for cycle 2 are due the same day as the stories for cycle
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You must post your assignments and responses by the end of the day for a
due date. For a due date of September 8, for example, you must post
by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 9/8. If you post at 12:00 a.m. EDT on
9/9, your assignment is late. It is my policy not to track down missing
assignments.
Please see below my policy regarding late exercises and responses (LATE
STORIES WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT*):
! FIRST LATE POST: WARNING
! SECOND LATE POST: ASSIGNMENT GRADE DROPPED 50%
! THIRD LATE POST: ZERO CREDIT FOR ASSIGNMENT
! A MISSING ASSIGNMENT COUNTS AS A "LATE"
ASSIGNMENT: IF YOU DON'T HAND IN EXERCISE 1, AND YOU
POST EXERCISE 2 LATE, YOUR GRADE FOR EXERCISE 2 WILL
BE DROPPED 50%
* In the event of serious illness or personal emergency, you must notify me
by email BEFORE an assignment is due to make arrangements for how
you will make up any missed work.
YOU HAVE THE FULL SCHEDULE FOR WHEN WORK WILL BE DUE.
PLAN AHEAD. Don't email me the day that you have a story due to tell me
that you will me late because you have to work, attend an event, are
travelling, etc. As of today you have every due date for the entire semester.
By the second week of class you will know when your stories are due. Make
a schedule for yourself if you have to.
With the exception of Memorial Day, EXERCISES and STORIES are due on
MONDAYS by the end of the day. The RESPONSES to stories are due by
the end of the day on the MONDAY AFTER THE STORIES ARE DUE (that
means responses to stories posted in cycle 1 are due the same day as the
stories for cycle 2). Your revised story is due by 11:59 p.m. EST Friday,
December 5.
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SU's religious observances policy recognizes the diversity of faiths
represented among the campus community and protects the rights of
students, faculty, and staff to observe religious holy days according to their
tradition. Under the policy, students are provided an opportunity to make
up any examination, study, or work requirements that may be missed due to
a religious observance provided they notify their instructors before the end
of the second week of classes. For fall and spring semesters, an online
notification process is available through MySlice/Student Services/
Enrollment/My Religious Observances from the first day of class until the end
of the second week of class.
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Syracuse Universitys academic integrity policy reflects the high value that
we, as a university community, place on honesty in academic work. The
policy defines our expectations for academic honesty and holds students
accountable for the integrity of all work they submit. Students should
understand that it is their responsibility to learn about course-specific
expectations, as well as about university-wide academic integrity
expectations. The university policy governs appropriate citation and use of
sources, the integrity of work submitted in exams and assignments, and the
veracity of signatures on attendance sheets and other verification of
participation in class activities. The policy also prohibits students from
submitting the same written work in more than one class without
receiving written authorization in advance from both instructors. The
presumptive penalty for a first instance of academic dishonesty by an
undergraduate student is course failure, accompanied by a transcript
notation indicating that the failure resulted from a violation of academic
integrity policy. The presumptive penalty for a first instance of academic
dishonesty by a graduate student is suspension or expulsion. SU students
are required to read an online summary of the universitys academic
integrity expectations and provide an electronic signature agreeing to abide
by them twice a year during pre-term check-in on MySlice. For more
information and the complete policy, see http://academicintegrity.syr.edu.
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If you believe you need accommodations for a disability, please contact the
Office of Disability Services (ODS), located at 804 University Avenue, room
309, or call (315) 443-4498 for an appointment to discuss your needs and
the process for requesting accommodations. ODS is responsible for
coordinating disability-related accommodations and will issue students with
documented disabilities Accommodation Authorization Letters as
appropriate. Since accommodations may require early planning and
generally are not provided retroactively, please contact ODS as soon as
possible.

Our community values diversity and seeks to promote meaningful access to
educational opportunities for all students. Syracuse University and I are
committed to your success and to supporting Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and the Americans with Disabilities
Act (1990). This means that in general no individual who is otherwise
qualified shall be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any program or activity, solely by reason
of having a disability.

You are also welcome to contact me privately to discuss your academic
needs although I cannot arrange for disability-related accommodations.
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Note: I may modify this schedule if necessary during the semester.

Assignment due dates are the LATEST date by which exercises, responses
and stories must be posted.

(For example, assignments due Monday, September 8

MUST be posted by
11:59 p.m., EDT on 9/8/14).

Week 1
Aug. 25 31 Review syllabus and Course Overview

Week 2
Sept. 1 7 LABOR DAY, MONDAY 9/1
SYLLABUS EMAIL
DUE by 11:59 p.m. EDT TUESDAY 9/2
SEND EMAIL TO: mmditmar@syr.edu
SUBJECT: ETS 217 Syllabus
MESSAGE: I have read the syllabus and
acknowledge the terms of the course. In this class, I
hope to
Review posted materials for exercise 1
Week 3
Sept. 8 14 Exercise 1 DUE: by 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday 9/8
Review posted materials for exercise 2
Week 4
Sept. 15 21 Exercise 2 Due: by 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday
9/15

Review posted materials for exercise 3
Week 5
Sept. 22 28 Exercise 3 Due: by 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday
9/22
WORKING ON STORIES
Week 6
Sept. 29 Oct. 5 STORY CYCLE 1: Post story by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 9/29
Week 7
Oct. 6 12 STORY CYCLE 2: Post story by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 10/6
Responses to Story Cycle 1 Due by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 10/6



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Week 8
Oct. 13 19 STORY CYCLE 3: Post story by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 10/13
Responses to Story Cycle 2 Due by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 10/13
Week 9
Oct. 20 26 STORY CYCLE 4: Post story by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 10/20
Responses to Story Cycle 3 Due by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 10/20
Week 10
Oct. 27 Nov. 2 STORY CYCLE 5: Post story by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 10/27
Responses to Story Cycle 4 Due by 11:59 p.m. EDT
Monday 10/27
Week 11
Nov. 3 9 STORY CYCLE 6: Post story by 11:59 p.m. EST
Monday 11/3
Responses to Story Cycle 5 Due by 11:59 p.m. EST
Monday 11/3
Week 12
Nov. 10 16 Responses to Story Cycle 6 Due by 11:59 p.m. EST
Monday 11/10

Week 13
Nov. 17 23 WORKING ON REVISIONS

Week 14
Nov. 24 30 THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 15
Dec. 1 5 REVISIONS OF STORIES 1 & 2 DUE by 11:59
p.m. EST 12/5
Send via email to: mmditmar@syr.edu