GC Wk5 SUBMIT Part 1: Informal Research Project Proposal

Due Sep 29, 2024 by 11:59pm
Points 18
Submitting a file upload

**Your Research Project =**
Presentation	+	Term Paper

Demosthenes Links to an external site.		Charles Dickens Links to an external site.

Informal Proposal

GC Research Project Help: Writing

Preparing Your "Informal Proposal"

- Your topic/subject should be something that you, personally, are interested in
  - Your topic/subject can be almost anything you like, but it must be related to the Global Cultures course
  - Use materials from the textbook, class slides, and class videos--as a starting point to integrate class materials into your Research Project
  - But the main focus of your project should be on materials that are not required for the class
  - The informal "proposal" itself can be very straightforward
    - It can be a simple statement (on a Word document) . . .

**Your *Informal* Proposal can be something like . . .**
"Here's what I'm interested in doing. . . ." "Here's why I'm interested in that. . . ." "Here's what I think will be useful for that project. . . ." "What do you think?"

**Or your *Informal* Proposal can be something like . . .**
*Your Informal* Proposal can be something like . . . "I'm thinking about doing a project on X or Y, but can't make up my mind." "Here's what I'm interested in, and why. . . ." Here are some things that look like they might be useful for the project. . . ." "What do you think?"**

- - "What I think will be useful" means that you should include 3 or 4 items like references to materials and activities (such as interviewing someone . . .). that you think would be helpful to your in working on your project. (No, you do not have to do an interview, that's just one possibility.)

- - Include the 3-4 "items" you think would be useful in putting together a project on the topic that you are interested in.

- - "Items" can be articles, short videos, books, interviews, personal experience. . . .
  - If you include a reference to a source on the web, be sure to give its full reference (not just the URL). For a web page your full reference should look something like the one below (include as much of this material as is available for the site[s] you are looking at) . . .
    - Roufs, Timothy G. and Kathleen Smyth Roufs. Sweet Treats. accessed 8 February 2019. .
    - For this assignment you may turn in the references to other sources of information any way you like, but it is a good idea to use whatever attribution system you plan to use in your final term paper:
    - For more information see GC Research Project Term Paper--Basics and GC Research Project Presentation--Basics

Upload your file below—one file
- Submit your Informal Research Proposal by the end of Week 4
- In order to upload your file please make sure that you save your Word file as a .docx or a .doc or a .rtf file.
  - Details on "Type of Files" are available in the "File Type Information" if you need more information on how to save your files on your computer.
- Once you have uploaded the file you can not re-upload the file unless you first remove the one you first uploaded.
- For more information regarding how to use the assignment tools, please view the Canvas Student User Guides Links to an external site.
LOOKING AHEAD
- A more formal statement (a "Formal Promissory Abstract" and Working Bibliography for your Research Project) of what you eventually decide upon isn't due for another two weeks.
  - An "Abstract" is much like an "Executive Summary"
- Between now and when you need to submit your "Formal Abstract" I will have a look at your Informal Proposal and give you some careful feedback on it, including instructions on how to proceed with your Promissory Abstract two weeks hence.

**Additional information that might be helpful:**
"Understanding Writing Assignments Links to an external site." "Problem / Project Statement / Proposal"

You should have comments on and suggestions for your Abstract/Bibliography and the Research Project itself returned to you by the time you have finished taking your Midterm Exam.

**RESOURCES FOR . . .**
PRESENTATION	+	TERM PAPER
*GC Research Project Presentation--General Information* *GC Research Project Presentation--What Kind?* *GC Research Project Presentation--Citations/Footnotes/Resources* *GC Research Project Grading--Presentation* (100 Points)**		*GC Research Project Term Paper--General Information* GC Research Project Term Paper--Citations/Footnotes/Resources *GC Research Project Grading--Term Paper* (400 points)**

**PROJECT RESOURCES**
GC Part 1: Informal Research Project Proposal *GC Formal Promissory Abstracts and Working Bibliography* for Research Project GC Research Project GC Research Project--Where to Begin? GC Research Project--Organizational Strategies GC Research Project--Grading (400 points) GC Research Project--Grading (100 Points)**

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Keep in mind that 18 students have already been assessed using this rubric. Changing it will affect their evaluations.

GC Rubric 2.3 (1): Research Project Part 1: Informal Research Proposal

GC Rubric 2.3 (1): Research Project Part 1: Informal Research Proposal
Criteria	Ratings	Pts
Quality of Initial Informal Proposal 4319_1928 threshold: pts Edit criterion description	14 to >11.0 pts Initial post thoroughly addresses each prompt of the assignment, including suggested topic(s), why they are interested in the topic(s), and including three or more sources of information that they think would be useful in researching the topic(s). blank 11 to >8.0 pts Initial post addresses each prompt of the assignment, and includes only vague references to sources of information that they think would be useful in researching the topic(s). 4319_8505 8 to >5.0 pts Initial post only somewhat addresses each prompt of the assignment. Minimal to no references to sources of information that they think would be useful in researching the topic(s). 4319_5605 5 to >2.0 pts Minimal references to prompts of assignment. Does not include reference to sources of information that they think would be useful in researching the topic(s). 4319_6619 2 to >0.0 pts No clear references to prompts of assignment. Does not include reference to sources of information that they think would be useful in researching the topic(s). 5253_4112 0 to >0 pts No proposal submitted by due date, or proposal fails to meaningfully address prompts of the assignment. blank_2 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 14 pts --
Organization, Style, Tone, Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, & Proofreading 4319_3654 threshold: pts Edit criterion description	4 to >3.0 pts Structure of the proposal is consistently clear and easy to follow. The proposal is enhanced by the organization and structure. Tone may be informal, but rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed, and spelling is correct. 4319_1513 3 to >2.0 pts The structure and organization of proposal are good but could be strengthened to increase the impact of the proposal. Tone may be informal, but rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are usually followed, and spelling is correct. 4319_1391 2 to >1.0 pts The structure and organization of the proposal are OK but could be strengthened to increase the impact of the proposal. Basic/common rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are usually followed, and spelling is correct. 5080_1789 1 to >0.0 pts Structure of the proposal is not easy to follow. Proposal contains several grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. 4319_3627 0 to >0 pts No proposal submitted by due date, or proposal fails to meaningfully address prompts of the assignment. Or lack of organization and structure detracts from the message of the writer. Proposal contains numerous grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. 4319_6599 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 4 pts --
______________ EQUIVALENTS 377621_2995 threshold: pts Edit criterion description	0 to >0.0 pts A = 18 377621_6528 0 to >0.0 pts B = 15 377621_99 0 to >0.0 pts C / S = 12 377621_7309 0 to >0.0 pts D = 9 377621_1530 0 to >0 pts F = <8 377621_1020 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 0 pts --
Description of criterion threshold: 5 pts Edit criterion description Delete criterion row	5 to >0 pts Full Marks blank 0 to >0 pts No Marks blank_2 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 5 pts --

GC Wk5 SUBMIT Part 1: Informal Research Project Proposal

Your Research Project =

RESOURCES FOR . . .

PRESENTATION

+

TERM PAPER

PROJECT RESOURCES

Rubric

Rubric