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Deadlines and
Formats I
set the deadline for papers in my classes at the beginning of the
semester. The syllabus fixes the
deadline (unless otherwise indicated) and missing the deadlines means without
exception a zero for the assignment. The deadline is non-negotiable and
missing it is inexcusable.
Although this may seem strict, it is in keeping with professional
standards, the adoption of which is part of a college education. One of the things that distinguishes most colleges from most high schools is the
rigorous adherence to standards. Consider,
for example, the call for papers for the American Sociological Association
(ASA) Conference for August 2010: To submit a paper for consideration,
take the following steps: 1) Join or update your membership in
the American Sociological Association.
If you have been a member of the ASA before, go to:
https://www.e-noah.net/ASA/Login.asp If you have never been a
member before you can go to:
https://www.e-noah.net/ASA/Profile/NewCheck.asp?S=1 and follow the instructions. 2) Submit, at minimum, an abstract of
your talk to the online registration site. You do this by going to
https://www.e-noah.net/ASA/MemberPortal.asp and logging in. On the new
page, scroll down to “Events” and click “2010 Online Paper Submission System.”
Then click the link to “Submit or Edit a Proposal”. This will take you to the call for papers. Select the session you wish to submit
your paper to, and fill in the form that appears. 3) All
abstracts and/or papers must be submitted by January 13, 2010. If do not
submit an abstract and/or paper by this time you cannot be added into the
program later. So it is important to meet this deadline. There is nothing the organizer
can do if you don’t get your paper submitted in time The
ASA deadline does not except illness, accident, etcetera, for
submissions. This is because the
ASA announces the call for papers months ahead of deadline and expects the
researcher to have the abstract or paper prepared well before that time. Waiting until the last minute puts
meeting the deadline in peril, because an unexpected event, such as an
illness or death in the family, may prevent the researcher from meeting the
deadline. The way to plan for
the unexpected is to accomplish the work ahead of time. Deadlines
are only the last moment authors may submit their work. I announce the call in the syllabus,
which I present on the first day of classes. The D2L site established for the course has within weeks
of the beginning of the semester an upload link. Another reason to upload the paper well before the
deadline is in case you have technological problems. Make sure you know how to use D2L
before the deadline and start the process of uploading the paper before the
deadline. Technological failure
is not an excuse for missing the deadline. When
you upload your paper to the course D2L site, it must be in Microsoft Word or
Adobe PDF format to receive credit. You will receive a zero on the assignment
if you submit the paper in any other format than Word or PDF and I will not
allow you to resubmit it. If you do not know what Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF
formats are, then call the Help Desk (CIT). The number is 465-2309. Microsoft
also manufactures a product called Works, which carries a word processing
package. Microsoft Works is not Microsoft Word. However, Works allows you to save the
file as a Word document, and you must do this or you will not get
credit. You will not get credit
for papers submitted in *.rtf, or any other format other than *.doc, i.e.
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