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English 101

        MLA Format

• MLA Format Quiz 1: 
  This brief quiz, presented in plain-text format so that it can easily be uploaded into Respondus and ultimately into an online course, covers some of the basics of MLA formatting:  margins, spacing, headers, etc. Prepared and contributed by Piedmont Technical College instructor, Lisa Martin.

• MLA Format Quiz 2:
  This brief quiz primarily offers students practice identifying correctly formatted in-text citations (in MLA style). It is presented in plain-text format so that it can easily be uploaded into Respondus and ultimately into an online course. Prepared and contributed by Lisa Martin of Piedmont Technical College.

• MLA Documentation Test:
  This test, presented in plain-text format so that it can easily be uploaded into Respondus and ultimately into an online course, assesses student understanding of the basics of MLA format and documentation. Designed and contributed by Lisa Martin of Piedmont Technical College.

 

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Discussion Topics

• Renaissance Post:  Designed by Lisa Martin of Piedmont Technical College, this extra-credit discussion post allows students to revisit past topics or share a creative post. This link shows the original assignment and one student's creative response. Her poem is printed here with permission.

Portfolios

• Student Homepage Portfolio:
  Contributed by Evelyn Beck of Piedmont Technical College, this assignment asks students to create an electronic portfolio to be showcased on a blog site as well as in an online course. Step-by step directions and a link to a sample page are included.

• ePortfolios: 
  These step-by-step directions ( originally prepared by Lisa Martin, a PTC English instructor, for her  ENG 101 online students) take students through the process of creating an ePortfolio using the Student Presentation Tool in WebCT.

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