Basic Rules

1. All assignments and eventual quizzes must be emailed by 11.59PM of the due date, EASTERN STANDARD TIME.
    
2. LATE work will not be accepted, even if it is late by one minute. (Please, don't try this stunt.)
    
3. Meeting a deadline also counts as "attendance."
    
4. There are no extensions, no exceptions and no "extra credit."
    
5. Partial or incomplete assignments will not be graded.
    
6. I will post one assignment at a time, about every 2-3 days. If I decide to give quizzes, they will be announced 2-3 days in advance.
    
7. No cheating. One strike and your are out. This means F in the course. Scroll down for college policy.
    
8. Mistakes in email messages and document names and format will result in a penalty.
    
9. Additional instructions will be provided as needed during the session.
    
10. The course homepage contains the course's official record.

  Academic Integrity 
  (i.e. no cheating)

Academic dishonesty of any type, including cheating and plagiarism, is unacceptable at Brooklyn College. Cheating is any misrepresentation in academic work. Plagiarism is the representation of another person's work, words, or ideas as your own. Students should consult the Brooklyn College Student Handbook for a fuller, more specific discussion of related academic integrity standards. Faculty members are encouraged to discuss with students the application of these standards to work in each course. Academic dishonesty is punishable by failure of the "test, examination, term paper, or other assignment on which cheating occurred" (Faculty Council, May 18, 1954). In addition, disciplinary proceedings in cases of academic dishonesty may result in penalties of admonition, warning, censure, disciplinary probation, restitution, suspension, expulsion, complaint to civil authorities, or ejection.
(Adopted by Policy Council, May 8, 1991.)

It's time to set some rules about your emails.

1. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS MUST SHOW YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME.
    

2. YOUR SCREEN NAME MUST SHOW YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. If you don't know what a screen name is, use google of youtube. If you still don't know how to change it, maybe this course is not for you.
    

3. DO NOT RECYCLE THE SUBJECT OF OLD MESSAGES. If you want to talk about something new, compose a NEW message with ta descriptive subject. (Suggested subject: "New problem / question.")
    

4. When you compose a new message, or respond to a message from professors, start with a greeting. Do not "hey" them.
    

5. If the conversation goes back and forth, skip the greetings. You can go straight to the point.
    

6. Every single message must have your signature. Set up the automatic signature option below your reply.
    

7. No one-liners. I require complete grammatical sentences, with upper case where needed and proper punctuation. Impossible to do it with your phone? Wait until you get to a computer.
    

8. In an ongoing conversation, in each message repeat the relevant information and circumstances (lost assignment, message not-received, dates etc.) I have a limited number of neurons and I can't use them to remember every single message or issue. It is in your interest to be as clear and informative as possible.
    

9.  If your question is: "Did you receive my last email?" the answer is "Yes."
    

10. If you run into problems with the website, either a bug or a mistake on my part, please let me know as soon as possible.
     

• DEADLINES: they are the equivalent of class attendance. Every deadline will be posted with due advance notice.
  NO EXCEPTIONS:  NO CREDIT FOR LATE ASSIGNMENTS or QUIZZES; LATE BLOG COMMENTS WILL BE DELETED.
   
• Lectures and Assignments will be posted regularly on the course homepage. They may consist of actual prompts, exercises and other materials, or they may be LINKS to an outside website.
  
  Expect TWO lectures and assignments per week, consisting of a variety of tasks.
  It is your responsibility to check the homepage regularly to meet deadlines.
   
• Discussions/blog: post your comments on the assigned topics. Late comments will be deleted.
   
• Quizzes: If, in my judgment, the class is making satisfactory progress and homework assignments are consistently of high quality, I may decide that quizzes are not necessary. If and when quizzes are scheduled, they will be announced in advance (with an allowance for unforeseeable events.) Usually, you will have 24 hours to complete a quiz.
   
• Final Exam.