The online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. The Live Chats allow instructors to expand topics and concepts, enriching course readings and intellipath content, thereby helping students gain an understanding of real-world applications and creating a framework of context and relevance for course assignments. The Live Chats allow students to learn through engagement with faculty and peers while sharing ideas and experiences that relate to course content and assignments.This assignment offers 2 options:Synchronous participation in the instructor’s weekly Live Chat sessions.This option requires and grades participation in the weekly Live Chat sessions offered by the faculty.Synchronous participation requires students to actively engage with the instructor and other students during the entire Live Chat sessions. This can be achieved by asking or answering questions, sharing examples illustrating the use of the concepts being discussed, participating in constructing equations or solving problems, or explaining the rationale underlying comments or perspectives shared during the discussion.Synchronous participation requires that the student is visible in the Live Chat as an Attendee and is actively posting comments during the entire Live Chat session. Participation will be assessed based on both the level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion.Students who log in but do not actively participate in the Live Chat session will not earn any points. Please note, the instructor may take attendance at random times during the Live Chat. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, synchronous participation will not be accepted after the end of each recorded Live Chat session.Asynchronous participation with the Live Chat archived sessions through the use of the Recorded Archive. This option requires and grades participation based on an embedded assignment within the archived recording.Asynchronous participation requires students to listen to the entire archived recording of the corresponding Live Chat session, completing the embedded assignment mentioned by the instructor, and uploading the deliverable into the Submitted Assignments area.Asynchronous participation will be assessed based on the completeness, originality, and quality of the assignment deliverable. Because the intent of the Live Chat Archive content is to align with the unit content, no asynchronous participation assignment deliverables will be accepted after the end of each unit.Participation this Discussion Board thread beyond Live Chat participation is encouraged, but not required. This Discussion Board will supplement the instructor’s weekly Live Chat sessions. Please use this Discussion Board to ask questions about course concepts and assignments needing clarification. The instructor may post additional information based on his or her ongoing monitoring of this Discussion Board and the class progress on intellipath. Students are encouraged to use it regularly to obtain assistance from the instructor, as well as to benefit from questions raised by other students.Option 1 – Live Chat SYNCHRONOUS ParticipationSynchronous participation requires students to actively engage with the instructor and other students during the entire Live Chat sessions. This can be achieved by asking or answering questions, sharing examples illustrating the use of the concepts being discussed, participating in constructing equations or solving problems, or explaining the rationale underlying comments or perspectives shared during the discussion.Synchronous participation requires that the student is visible in the Live Chat as an Attendee and is actively posting comments during the entire Live Chat session. Participation will be assessed based on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion.Students who log in but do not actively participate in the Live Chat session will not earn any points. Attendance should be taken at random times during the Live Chat.Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, synchronous participation will not be accepted after the end of each recorded Live Chat session.Synchronous Participation Grading CriteriaPercentageActively engaged and participated in first quarter of the Live Chat session.25%Actively engaged and participated in second quarter of the Live Chat session.25%Actively engaged and participated in third quarter of the Live Chat session.25%Actively engaged and participated in fourth quarter of the Live Chat session.25%Option2 – Live Chat Archive ASYNCHRONOUS ParticipationAsynchronous participation requires students to listen to the entire archived recording of the corresponding Live Chat session, completing the embedded assignment mentioned by the instructor, and submitting the assignment before the unit ends. Asynchronous participation will be assessed based on the completeness, originality, and quality of the assignment deliverable.No asynchronous participation assignment deliverables will be accepted after the end of each unit.Asynchronous Participation Grading CriteriaPercentageDeliverable addresses all embedded assignment requirements and evidences comprehension of key points discussed during the corresponding Live Chat session.40%Content of deliverable represents original student work: Similarity Index < 10%. Quotations and sources, if any, must be properly acknowledged.30%Content of deliverable is appropriate length and format as required by the instructor including headings, quotations, citations, and references if applicable.20%Deliverable contains minimal spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors.10%http://breeze.careeredonline.com/p4fjiiiuc6c/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal