Dr. Perkins’ classes, spring 2026

Course Policies

Required Use of Google Docs Policy

Each essay must each be written from start to finish in its own Google Doc file: no writing created in any other program or process will be acceptable for these essays. This prohibition includes initially writing in Microsoft Word (or any other word processor or notes file) and copying that text into Google Docs. Copying and pasting text into an essay’s Google Doc file will only be acceptable when students are quoting words from a source immediately documented in MLA/APA: no other copied/pasted text is allowed.

To earn points on final drafts, all drafting must be written in the first tab of that essay’s Google Docs file. The drafting completed in the first tab must show clear evidence that the student followed the writing process over time (i.e., planning, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading). Before handing in the final draft, students will label each stage of their drafting process in the “Version history” of their Google Doc file. These labels will indicate which stage of their drafting was accomplished on a particular date. Staying in this course past the drop deadline means students agree to provide me with edit access to an essay’s Google Docs file and that they will complete (and label) all their drafting stages within the first tab of the essay’s Google Docs file. Specific instructions for using Google Docs in these ways will be provided on Moodle.

Students should be warned that dictating (or typing) AI-generated text into Google Docs creates tell-tale signatures in the Google Docs file itself. Dictating into Google Docs will only be acceptable if the student’s registered ADA accommodation with KCC allows the use of dictation software. Students who need this ADA accommodation should contact the Center for Student Success immediately. 

Students who prefer to handwrite assignments before typing may do so as long as they do the following:

  1. They post photos of their handwritten work in the “Handwritten drafts” tab of the Google Docs file by that specific assignment deadline, and 
  2. They type that assignment into the first tab of their Google Docs file by the submission deadline.