Week 2 - Assignment: Compose a Problem Statement

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Doctoral Record Student Guide

The Doctoral Record is a tool in NCUOne that students will use during their dissertation process to submit

important deliverables. Your Dissertation Committee will provide feedback in the Doctoral Record on these

deliverables.

Deliverables

• Chapter 1 Draft

• Chapter 2 Draft

• Chapter 3 Draft

• Dissertation Proposal (DP) Draft

• Approved Dissertation Proposal for Academic Reader (AR)

• Final Dissertation Proposal

• IRB Letter of Approval

• IRB Study Closure Confirmation Email

• Chapter 4 Draft

• Chapter 5 Draft

• Dissertation Manuscript (DM) Draft

• Approved Dissertation Manuscript (DM) for Academic Reader (AR)

• Final Dissertation Manuscript (DM)

• Oral Defense Presentation & Attendance Verification Form

Rubric Assessment

Several deliverables require students to achieve a “meets expectations” on an associated rubric. You may

have to resubmit these deliverables until you achieve the required rubric score.

• Chapter 1 Draft

• Chapter 2 Draft

• Chapter 3 Draft

• Dissertation Proposal (DP) Draft

• Chapter 4 Draft

• Chapter 5 Draft

• Dissertation Manuscript (DM) Draft

Progressing through the Doctoral Record

Your dissertation courses and your Chair will guide you in what deliverables to submit to the Doctoral

Record and when.

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Submitting Deliverables in the Doctoral Record

Access the Doctoral Record

the same way you access

your courses. Click the

Select a course (waffle) icon

in the NCUOne top

navigation bar or by clicking

on the course box from the

My Courses widget. The

Doctoral Record is not

available in your Contacts

widget.

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Submitting Deliverables: Option 1

Once in the Applied Doctoral

Record, click on the buttons

on the course homepage to

access the Dropbox for each

deliverable.

Hide the rubrics for the

Dropbox folder or scroll down

past them.

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Submitting Deliverables: Option 1

Click on the Add a File

button.

Select the My Computer

option.

Click on the Upload button.

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Submitting Deliverables: Option 1

Locate the document from

the appropriate location on

your computer and click the

Open button.

Click on the Add button.

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Submitting Deliverables: Option 1

Click on the Submit button.

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Submitting Deliverables: Option 2

Deliverables may also be

accessed by clicking on the

Content link in the navigation

bar in the upper left-hand

corner of the page.

From the Table of Contents,

click on the desired course

deliverables.

Click on the deliverable title

to access the Dropbox folder.

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Submitting Deliverables: Option 2

Once in the Dropbox folder,

click on the Upload button.

Locate the document from

the appropriate location on

your computer and click the

Open button.

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Submitting Deliverables: Option 2

Comments may be added

prior to submission. Click the

Submit to Dropbox button.

Activity Details at the bottom

of the page will reflect the

successful submission of the

deliverable.

Any rubrics used for

assessment are located at

the bottom right hand

corner of the Activity

Details.

Click on the rubric title to

view the rubric detail.

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Accessing Deliverable Feedback

To view your Committee

feedback, click on the

Dropbox link in the navigation

bar.

Click on the Unread link

under the Evaluation Status

column to view the evaluated

criteria and feedback in each

area.

To view a checklist of

deliverables with summarized

feedback, click on the Grades

link in the navigation bar.

All deliverables will be listed.

Graded items will list a grade

and feedback.