SPAN 1514 Elementary Spanish I Syllabus H01 Fall 2026

Course Policies

The student is responsible for turning in all assignments by the designated due dates. Late assignments will not be accepted unless there is medical or personal emergency. Please contact me if there is a problem and I will accommodate accordingly. The student is also responsible for finding an interview buddy, setting up schedules for interviewing your classmates, having the proper technology available for turning assignments and following up with any assignments on CANVAS by the due date specified on the McGraw Hill CONNECT Site.

Cheating and plagiarism

Cheating in an online Spanish class is using a translator to do all of your work, having someone else write, translate or do your work. If you are suspected of cheating on journals, you will be warned and it will be an automatic 0 for the grade.

Code of Conduct

Students need to adhere to the Code of Conduct located in the college catalog. Cheating will result in a 0 for grade and may be penalized at the administrative level.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined in section 16.2 of the Code of Conduct: “Representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own. Plagiarism includes claiming credit for assignments completed by someone else.” All instances of intentional plagiarism on any major assignment for this course will lead to the immediate failure of the course with no opportunity for the student to withdraw. The instance of plagiarism will be reported to the Dean of Student Development. If the student has a second instance of plagiarism reported to the Dean of Student Development, the student may be suspended from the institution.

COURSE WORK EXPLANATION:

Most graded work will be completed and turned in through McGraw Hill Connect program. The cultural project will be turned in via canvas discussion due to the size of the files.

Click on the first link “McGraw Hill Campus” in the MODULES page on CANVAS.

1. Click on the Puntos de Partida book (the connect button).
2. (you MUST purchase a looseleaf book for $40 at the library or directly from Mcgraw Hill in order to make it easier to follow along in class
3. You will see a list a list of all assignments and due dates.

If you are having trouble getting into McGraw Hill Connect, call the student hotline immediately and someone will be able to walk you through the process and trouble shoot better and faster than what I can do. 1 800-331-5094. Let me know if you are having technical difficulties as well and I will reply to your emails through CANVAS within 24 hours of receiving them. I usually check email first thing in the morning and in the evening.

Connect Spanish Workbook : You will be graded on completion of these assignments. The majority of the "homework" time will be spent completing this assignment so please begin working on this at the beginning of each chapter.

Connect Adaptive Learning :This interactive language tool will help you study and focus on the grammar and vocabulary for each chapter. You are welcome to repeat these as many times as possible. Each sequence is set up differently each time, depending on your level of understanding. Please complete the grammar tutorials practice before doing these.

(ONLINE ONLY COURSES) Recordeable chats. These "recordeable chats are a new function on Connect. If you see "Interviews" throughout the pages on Canvas, these may be included in your recordable chats assignments. You will be required to turn in these recorded interviews beginning with Chapter 1. If possible, I highly recommend you find an interview buddy as a best practice. These are all done online on Connect. If it is next to impossible for you to record with a classmate, the second best option is to answer the questions so that I may hear your answers and pronunciation.

Journals/ writing Beginning in Chapter 1, you will be given a specific writing assignment of 70-90 word minimum in the “A Escribir” section of your ebook. Some require information from your classmates that you need to incorporate into your recorded videos. Others require your own interpretation of a situation. The specific assignments can be found in the lessons section on CONNECT. You can upload these as word documents in the drop box. I will be grading for precision and accuracy of grammar and vocabulary learned in each chapter. Please double space in Times New Roman 12pt. font. Use your best formal writing format of MLA or APA. Avoid making any numerical lists, bullet points or charts or these assignments. You should have a brief introduction, body and conclusion. These should be very simple sentences and generally demonstrate the integrity of precision and accuracy of your own writing.

Cultural Assignment: You will have the opportunity to explore and research an aspect of Hispanic culture. This will be a power point presentation with a voice over (IN ENGLISH) with slides. This project is in English. Please provide at least five references for this work. You may find ideas throughout the book chapters or simply from the world, events, people, art, music, history etc that interest you. I will send out more information during week 4.

Final Oral I will provide a list of scenarios for chapters 2 through 7 . You will be tested on the proper use of grammar, vocabulary and ability to answer any questions I ask. These interviews are 15-20 minutes. We will set up specific times during finals week the last week of class . We can do these on ZOOM (TBA) at a time that is convenient for you. You may NOT use any notes or prompts in Spanish or in English during these calls. You may have the questions in English in front of you. You will begin speaking beginning with Chapter 2. I will not be asking you the questions, only listening and responding to your answers.

All assignments will be completed through connect and will be turned in through the McGraw Hill Campus connection found under Mcgraw-Hill Campus MODULE on CANVAS. I try to answer your emails right away but I do reply to your emails through CANVAS within 24 hours of receiving them. Please download the canvas app, it helps with notifications.

Netiquette: Remember that while online activities tend to be less formal, certain rules of etiquette still apply. Check out http://www.brighthub.com/education/online-learning/articles/26946.aspxLinks to an external site. for further guidelines.

Unforeseen technological disturbances:

If for some reason you are experiencing technological problems, you must contact me through email immediately and before the due date in order to turn in late assignments. You may also contact IT help desk. See information under College Resources.

Withdrawals
When it is necessary to withdraw from a course or from the college, a student may do so on or before the withdrawal date stated on the syllabus without receiving a punitive final grade. Change of Schedule forms (used to add or drop a course) are available in Student Services and the student should obtain the required signatures prior to submitting the Change of Schedule form to an adviser in Student Services. Students may submit Change of Schedule forms through the mail, but they must be postmarked no later than the withdrawal date. No withdrawals are allowed by phone. The last date to withdraw with a grade of “W” is __________

College Resources

For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non-Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu.

College Policies

For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non-Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu.

COPYRIGHT

The materials on this course are only for the use of students enrolled in this course for purposes associated with this course. Further information regarding KCC's copyright policy is available at http://www.kcc-online.org/copyright/policy.html.