Introduction
With more than a hundred students each semester and many tasks that each student must submit, you can imagine the nightmare I face when trying to keep everything straight so everyone gets the credit that's been earned. My partial solution to this problem is to require everyone to name their files and email in a way that allows me to more easily track what's going on. There are two areas where these rules will apply: email message subjects and word-processing file names.
The Pattern
Every task in the class is given a unique identifier consisting of a number and a letter. You'll find those on assignments, the class calendar, discussion forums, all over. Everything you create for this class MUST be identified with a combination of your last name, the first initial of your first name and the task ID. The naming pattern should be used for all communication in the class, such as:
- Subjects for emails
- Names of task files
Here are some examples:
Email
In this example, Joy Conley is sending an email message to me, so in the subject box she enters her last name, the first initial of her first name, and the task ID of the assignment to which her message is referring. She could have added something after the task ID if she had wanted to do so, but it's not required. In addition, all email messages should be signed in the message.
File Names
In the example below, Joy Conley is preparing a file for a task called 5c. That's why she is naming the file ConleyJ5c. Notice she is also saving the file in rich text format so it can be opened by any major word processing application.
Even though all file names must follow the same naming pattern, you must still include the full MLA style heading in the file. This includes your name, the class name and task ID, and the date of submission in the upper left hand corner of the page.
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