STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

• Look at professional publications see how they
  do things.
• Go online and find text and images that you can
  use to build and illustrate your document.
• Always make a list of your sources and give
  proper credit.
• If you cannot find the text you need, write it
  yourself.
• If you need information go and get it. Ask
  someone. Interview someone.
• If you need pictures, get a digital camera and
  take them.
• Make a new folder for each project. Put all of
  the resources that you collect for this project
  into this folder.

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COMPLETED MEANS DONE WELL

• Done according to instructions. Done
  professionally.
• If a project is not done well it will be returned
  for additional work. There is no credit for
  partial completion.
• There is no failure but it is common for some
  reworking to be required. If one student takes
  longer to finish a project than another -- no
  problem we do not operate on the assumption
  that everyone moves at the same pace.
• We will make every effort to have a "go-by" -- an
  example -- to show what a correctly completed
  project should look like.
• Dont start on a second project until the first
  one is completed.
• Choose a project from the catalog of projects.
  There is no time limit for finishing any
  particular project except the end of the semester.

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SAVE YOUR OWN STUFF

• The computers at school are not secure. Your
  stuff may get deleted.
• Here are a couple of ways to safely save your
  stuff.
• Get a memory stick. These cost from 20-50. Put
  it on a lanyard and wear it around your neck.
• Attach your files to an email and mail them to
  yourself. This is free and puts your files on a
  remote mail server.
• Use an online backup space. This is free and you
  can access your files from anywhere.
• When you ignore this advice, fail to make a
  backup and lose your files dont come crying to
  me.

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FRIDAY IS SHOW AND TELL DAY

• We cant wait to see the great work that you do.
• When you finish a project and get it signed off,
  schedule some show and tell time with the class
  executive.
• Fridays are fun days! On Fridays we will kick
  back and have a chance to see the great work that
  everyone is doing.
• As you work on each project, think about the best
  way to show it to the class. This is your moment
  to shine.

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EVERY PROJECT HAS A SOURCE LIST

• Keep track of your sources.
• Always give proper credit.
• The list of sources is part of every project!
• You cannot get a project signed off without this.
• As you work on each project, take the time to
  record sources and give proper credit to the
  writers, photographers, and artists that made the
  material that you are using.

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HOW TO GET AN A

• Finish nine projects before the end of the
  semester. Thats it.
• If you finish one project every two weeks, you
  will be pretty close.
• Will anyone finish all sixteen projects?!
• Hard to say. I dont know if we have anyone that
  talented here in Raymond.
• Well see.