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Instructors generally do not look around for new rules to enforce. The policies below simply allow the class to run smoothly with a minimum of disruption. They also will help students focus on the class, maximizing their chances of success. Please follow the rules below at all times. Failure to do so will result in detentions, loss of network privileges or other penalties.
Classroom Rules and Policies
The Wake County Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
must be followed at all times. It's in your data notebook and
it's online;
learn it! Please realize that the school insists on a level of
responsibility from our students. The loss of your network
account resulting from various AUP violations will hurt your
grade since work missed for this reason is not accepted. Thus,
students should work on their class projects and limit other use
of the machines to those rare occasions when other uses might be
allowed.
NOTE: Students should be prepared to
push back from their machines at any time during class. The
teacher will inspect what you are doing and deal with problems as
indicated. Failure to push back immediately will be taken as
evidence of misbehavior.
NOTE: It is never acceptable under the
AUP to email your files for this class to another student. This
is a form of electronic cheating, no different from copying from
another student's test paper, and as such it can result in severe
consequences.
NOTE: It is never acceptable to use the
computers to play music. Likewise, students should not have music
as part of their projects for class.
This class is self-paced to a degree, but
projects should be done in a timely fashion. Students are
informed of project deadlines on the assignments page, and
should work toward those deadlines.
See THIS PAGE for advice on how to
succeed in this class.
One bright spot is that the class usually involves no homework,
so it offers a break for students with a heavy class
load.
Grading Policy: Student
grades are derived from their work on the assigned projects and
their grades on tests, usually two per semester. Tests and
projects both count the same percentage. Acceptable projects,
turned in by the due date, will receive a grade of A. Late work
is accepted for one week after the due date, but with a maximum
grade of 80. After that time, a grade of zero will be entered.
Under special circumstances, however, such as extended illness,
injury affecting the ability to type, or other compelling
reasons, late work will be accepted for some form of credit at
the discretion of the instructor.
IMPORTANT: Students must tell the
instructor when they have finished a project so it can be checked
off and credit can be given. Think of it this way: How does the
instructor know the work has been completed by the deadline if
students never demonstrate that fact?
No food or drink should be
brought into the room at any time. This is standard for the whole
school but this rule is especially important in computer classes.
Detentions will result when food or drinks are found in the
classroom.
Students should remain seated at their
assigned seats unless given permission to move around the room
for some good reason.
Students have almost no need to print
anything; likewise, they should not have any CDs or floppies out
or inserted into their machines. Permission may be given for
these uses in exceptional circumstances.
Students should limit the number of
applications they have open on their computers. Extra
applications use up memory, slow down the machines, and sometimes
cause them to crash.
Students should log off of the machines
properly a few minutes before the end of class. Merely turning
off the machines is hard on them and will not be
allowed.
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