Responses are individual short homework assignments of five points each that draw upon a corresponding text, such as a reading, video, or podcast. Responses will be submitted electronically and addressed during video discussions.

Some general tips for effective Responses are:

Save your Responses in a separate program and then copy and paste them into the submission form. This will give you a copy of your Response and prevent the loss of material if the form submission should fail.
Post your Responses by their deadlines.
Meet the Responses' length requirements. Length requirements are somewhat subjective, but they encourage the kind of sustained engagement necessary for a good Response.
Make certain to account for the complete prompt. If a prompt asks you to include specific information or talk about a particular point, be sure to do that.
Demonstrate your engagement with the material by referencing concrete specifics. One reason why we do Responses is to ensure that everyone is keeping up with the material so that the class can move forward productively.
Identify specific material through quotations and paraphrases with parenthetical page references where possible.
Use grammar and structure that conforms to Edited American English and is appropriate for a professional context. Sentence-level grammar is important, in part because it gives Responses an appropriate ethos. Also, each Response should be structured into a coherent statement with a beginning, middle, and end. Don't just collect random thoughts into a monolithic block. As writers, we are obliged to make our material appropriately comprehensible for readers.