A290/A590
Assignments/Projects Based on
Class Material and Personal Research.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You will have to have a valid IU NetworkID and be officially enrolled in A290/A590 in order to access the resources presented below .

Important Shared Resources.

This is where I will put links to important resources everyone needs access to. This area should grow as the course progresses.

A290/A590 MINI Assignments.

Written assignments will appear here at least 3 days before they are due. They may be due every week (day/date indicated) by 10:00pm unless otherwise noted. BE SURE to follow all instructions provided with each assignment. Canvas Assignments will be the usual method of submission.

WHAT IS A PRECIS?: I have prepared a brief document designed to further clarify what I am looking for in the precis part of each of your MINIs and how it is different than your personal summary. Hope this helps.

MINI 1. Due to your "MINI 1" Assignment on Canvas on Sunday, March 23, 2025 by 10:00PM. (posted 3/12 @ 12:30pm)

Here is a sample submission from a previous semester of this course from a single student for the 3 topics on a MINI 1 that each earned ONLY 3/5 because both the precis and summary for each topic were too brief and now well organized. (posted 3/24 @ 11:00am)

Here is another sample submission from a previous semester of this course from a single student for the 3 topics on a MINI 1 that each earned the FULL 5/5 because all sections were thorough and well organized. More words alone do not guarantee higher quality, but compare this to the previous sample and you should be able to understand the difference. NOTE ALSO: This student chose the option to write a precis for every source instead of one longer precise covering all 3 sources. (posted 3/24 @ 11:00am)

MINI 2. Due to your "MINI 2" Assignment on Canvas on Sunday, March 30, 2025 by 10:00PM. (posted 3/30 @ 11:00am)

A290/A590 Just-In-Time (JIT) Assignments.

JIT assignments will appear here at least 3 days before they are due and will be linked to a MINI assignment. They may be due every week (day/date indicated) by 10:00pm unless otherwise noted. BE SURE to follow all instructions provided with each assignment. EMAIL DIRECTLY to Jeff will be the usual method of submission. Please BE SURE your JIT emails include your questions or answers as simple text in the email, not as an attachment. Thanks.

Just-In-Time (JIT) Assignment 0. Due Tuesday, March 11, 2025 VIA plain text direct EMAIL to Jeff by 10PM. (posted 3/11 @ 9:00am)

Just-In-Time (JIT) Assignment 1. Due Sunday, March 30, 2025 VIA plain text DIRECT EMAIL to Jeff by 10PM. (posted 3/24 @ 11:00am)

A290/A590 Individual Homework ASSIGNMENT Descriptions

An Individual Assignment will be posted about every other week and you'll have 3-5 days to complete it. Canvas Assignments will be the usual method of submission.