Documents and Tutorials

Use of AI and translating programs for reflections, assignments, and assessment tasks is not permitted unless permission is specifically granted in the instructions for that task. This includes use of Chat GPT, Gemini, Google Translate, Grammarly, and other similar programs. Since this course focuses on developing critical thinking strategies, honing writing skills, and furthering English fluency it is critical that work be your own. If you have questions about whether AI or other applications are permissible as part of the working process, please check with your instructors before using it. Even in situations in which use of AI and other language aids has been approved, you must make note of its use when you submit your work. If your instructor suspects that you have used AI in a way that was not approved, or without acknowledging it, you will not receive credit for the task; the burden of proving that you have NOT used AI will be upon you.

In this course, you will be involved in collaborative work in a computerized learning environment, where you will be exposed to different perspectives on the literary texts that we will read and discuss together this year.

In order to prepare for the online collaborative work in this class, you will need:

• a gmail account
• earphones/microphone and working video camera
• A RELIABLE INTERNET CONNECTION

It is important to join Zoom sessions with a computer, not a cell phone, because many of the digital tools and activities we will be doing do not work effectively on a phone. Please also make sure you are sitting in a quiet area where you can open your video. You are welcome to use a background, but we need to see you in order for you to be fully participatory.