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Assignment Pre-Submission Checklist

10/8/2019

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For students who struggle to know when they are "done" with an assignment or paper, having a final checklist can be helpful. If you are one of these students, here are a few minor things you can do to make sure you're getting full credit on class essays /papers and that you are producing your best work. Below, I present to you a pre-submission check list. If you do all of these things before submitting an assignment, you should be setting yourself up for success.  

Pre-Submission Checklist: 

Substance 
[] Did I utilize all required class materials? If I was still not confident about the subject, did I use any supplementary materials provided? 
[] Did I actually clearly address all questions asked in the prompt?
[] Did I understand the purpose of the writing assignment and write something insightful and interesting in response? Would I want to read my own work? 
[] Does my paper flow in a logical and organized manner? 

Sources: 
[] Did I appropriately cite (in-text) class resources in my response? 
[] If I used outside sources: were they appropriate academic sources, and did I appropriately cite them (both in-text and works cited)? 
[] Did I make any unfounded claims without backing them up? If so, consider removing the claim or looking for evidence. 

Proofreading: 
[] Have I checked my grammar, spelling, and punctuation?
[] Check for consistency. For example, am I using the same tense (present / past) throughout? 
[] Is my writing concise? Remove unnecessary words meant to impress people or lengthen my word count (these don't fool the professor). 
[] Did I remember to include the word count or page numbers, if required? 
[] Did I put my name, and any other required heading information, on this assignment

For Online Discussion:
[] If this is a discussion board posting, was my response to a fellow classmate kind, clear, and a good-faith response to their posting? 
[] Did I engage my classmates in a way that I would want to be engaged with? 

For a research paper:
[] Do I clearly state the purpose of the paper? Do I explicitly state the motivating research question? 
[] Do I provide a roadmap of what is to come in the paper? 
[] Do I have at least one sentence that explains why anyone cares about this research? 
[] Have I engaged with the research on the subject? (In other words, I read a variety of research, understand it, and know where I fit in to it). 
[] Did I clearly explain how I conducted my research? 
[] Do I summarize main points for the reader?
[] Does my conclusion clearly state what I set out to do and what I found? 
2 Comments
Shannon Ratliff
10/9/2019 05:57:12 am

Dr. Brock,
This is so very helpful! I wish I'd this before I submitted my work to Dr. V!!! My processing issues, I fear, are really getting in the way of that class...but I bet this will help! Thank you for always caring about students and for providing practical, hands on tools for us! You are a gifted teacher!

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Clare Brock
10/17/2019 11:31:37 am

Shannon, I'm so glad that I can support you (and others) and provide useful resources!

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