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CSC435 Optional Extra Credit


  1. Note: You should have significant participation on the discussion forums to be considered for extra credit.

  2. 50 points. Complete University IRB Institutional Research Board training for working with human subjects. Submit your completion report as evidence of work completed to D2L. I need the FULL LISTING of the individual modules completed along with your scores. Registration Instructions. Here are Tips for finding the basic program. Note: it is highly unethical for anyone else to help you with this online training. You must complete it yourself. These are the ethical guidlines for working with real people.

    Complete the BASIC COURSE and submit the PDF of the full completion report only giving your actual scores for the tests on each of the sub modules (about 17 modules scored by percentage correct). I don't need to see your certificate, though I reserve the right to ask for it later to verify authenticity through the web registration number if I have trouble with verification through the report.

  3. Up to 40 points. Research subject instructions [ Sign-up link ]. Sona Systems gives credit in 0.5 point increments. Every 0.5 Sona points translates into 10 class extra credit points (after the first [0.25—0.5] points for just signing up). Thus, for example a 1.5 point study (after registration) = 30 class points. I will get a report from the Sona organizers, but as a backup, post to D2L the briefest description of date, hours spent and which study or studies you participated in to make sure I add the credit at the end of the quarter. [This extra credit option may not always be available, especially in the summer quarters.]

    Sign up here —follow the "Request Account" link. You will get a password in email, then can log in and register for studies by date. WARNING: (a) NEVER use a password for Sona that has ANY relationship to any of your other passwords. It has been my past experience that Sona has been very lax about protecting passwords! (b) Be careful about which studies you sign up for. I have no control over which studies are posted. Let caution be your guide.

  4. ?? Points. Hats off! When students are particularly helpful to other students on the forums and elsewhere, and I notice it, I give small tokens of extra credit to them in this column to say thanks, and "Hat's off to you!"