Welcome to your Capella University Colloquium course room! The colloquium course room is the first component of your colloquium track requirements. The second component is the completion of the Weekend Experience, and the third component is completing an assessment in the course room. After successfully completing all three components of the colloquium, you will receive a satisfactory grade for the track.
A faculty member from your school will facilitate the course room for approximately five weeks. He or she will be present to guide you through this important material and to answer questions regarding the colloquia requirement.
You should complete the online colloquium course, except for Unit 10, during the time prior to the beginning of the Weekend Experience. This is essential if you are to be able to complete the face-to-face experience successfully. However, you will have access to reenter and review the information in the course room during and after the Weekend Experience.
Keep in mind that everything in the colloquia course room is important for you to review and complete. Many of the course room activities will be self-assessed, and for many of them, successful completion of the assessment is required before you can move on to later activities. In addition to the activities, there are several presentations for you to review in the colloquia course room. Most of these presentations have accompanying tasks. You are expected to review and complete the material on your own and will be held responsible for knowing the material. We strongly encourage you to look through all presentations, as they contain important information that you will need in preparation for the Weekend Experience and your doctoral program. Successfully completing all activities and self-assessments is required before attending the Weekend Experience. Failure to complete all activities and assessments will result in being required to retake the track at a later time.
The Weekend Experience is the second component of the colloquia experience which you have prepared for in the colloquium course room. It is very important to remember that checking in and checking out of the Weekend Experience is crucial in order to receive a satisfactory grade for your colloquium track.
Capella only allows early departures in extremely serious and unpredictable circumstances. Specifically, early airline reservations are not acceptable as a reason to leave early. Failure to check in or check out on time, including unexcused early departure, will result in an unsatisfactory grade for your colloquium track and may require you to retake the track.
After your Weekend Experience is finished, you will once again go back into the colloquia course room and submit your assessment, which is the third and final component of your colloquium track. You will be given one week after the Weekend Experience to finish and submit this assignment. Failure to do so will result in an unsatisfactory grade for your colloquium track and may require you to retake the track.
After the final assessments are completed, the facilitator of the colloquia course room will review and submit your score. This score is not a grade. The score will be posted to your iGuide page in approximately 10 business days. This signals completion of your colloquium track.
Again, welcome to your colloquia course room. We look forward to working with you here and at the Weekend Experience.
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