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Guidelines for Individual Authoritative Sources and Links Assignment

1. Submission/Proof of Submission of FIU Writing Center Review Required. Each student shall submit

their assignment, either in person or online, to FIU Writing Center for their input. Failure to do so will

result in a loss of 10% on the score for the assignment. Proof of submission must accompany the

assignment submission in the assignment folder. Late submissions are not accepted.

It is recommended that students find out the amount of time, generally, the FIU writing center will

need to review the assignments. Thereafter, each student should schedule an appointment,

accordingly, to have their assignment reviewed by the center’s staff. Students should advise the

center that the first assignment consists of two APA Style references and "workable" links. This

should be a very quick review for students that are familiar with these matters and it will take a

little longer and possibly multiple drafts for students that are not as familiar with these

requirements but the result will be a positive learning experience and better scores on assignments.

Information on submitting the required verification: If visiting the writing center in person,

students should have their assignment stamped by the writing center staff, then scan and submit

as an attachment, along with the final draft, in the designated assignment dropbox or discussion

board. Students also have the option of meeting with a tutor from the writing center virtually by

scheduling an appointment (https://writingcenter.fiu.edu/resources/online-tutoring/) online. In the

event that a student opts for a virtual meeting, it is imperative that he/she advises the writing center

staff to send a verification email to the instructor, including the student’s name and the course for

which the assignment is required. For additional information on obtaining the required

verification from the writing center, please email the department at [email protected].

1. Each student shall find and post in the designated Assignment Folder two 2 links to “authoritative external sources” (as defined in this course) relating to any topic discussed in either chapter 3 or 4 of the course

textbook. Proper APA style citations and references are required as well as, a brief paragraph narrative

(one paragraph for each of the required two (2) “authoritative external sources” is required incorporating

proper APA in text citation for each source. A link which leads to the full article referenced is required

immediately following each reference.

2. Each student must also provide a proper APA style reference to each link in each of the two sources provided.

3. Each assignment shall be submitted by each student on or before the designated due date shown on the course schedule and Canvas.

4. For purposes of this course “External Authoritative Sources” mean: books, peer reviewed journal articles, education and government sites as well as non-partisan national or international

organizations (such as WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS etc) provided, the foregoing source/material

selected has in text citations and references to support statements made therein. Under no

circumstances are newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, blogs (regardless of source),

editorials, panel discussions and dot com sites to be used. The foregoing are not considered

authoritative for this course.

5. Additional Guidance: I urge student to review the adobe connect session with FIU Libraries and Writing Center on APA Style formatting and contact them personally if more assistance is needed.

Grading Rubric:

Criteria Point Value

The assignment is posted in the proper assignment folder .5

The assignment post shall include proper links to AT LEAST

TWO NEW EXTERNAL authoritative sources. 2

Each assignment post shall include a proper APA style

reference for each of the two links provided. 2.5