How are assignments handled?
Throughout your educational career, you’ve no doubt been given a wide variety of assignments, from completing worksheets and term papers to preparing presentations and portfolios. You’ll encounter that same variety of course assignments in your RU Online courses. The only real difference you’ll discover is in the way you submit your assignments. When taking a course at a distance, it is usually difficult to hand your professor your term paper or to give a presentation live in front of of the rest of the class. In such cases, we simply come up with alternative ways to reach the same goal.
There are many different types of assignments in the iMBA program. For example, you might lead a discussion on the message board, critique the discussion on a message board, develop a spreadsheet and send it via e-mail, submit a case summary to a drop box, attach a document to an e-mail note, or complete an electronically graded quiz. Or perhaps you’ll submit your paper or presentations in the form of Web pages. There are many options! You will receive specific instructions on how each assignment is to be submitted. Your instructor will be available for any questions you have. After an assignment has been received, it will be graded, and the feedback will be shared with you. Your instructor may provide feedback via surface mail, e-mail, instant messaging, or an online grade book.
