COURSE POLICIES
Attendance and Participation
It is necessary for you to be here every
day for the entire class. We have a lot of fun but complex subjects
to cover in 15 weeks. Many of the activities and assignments are
collaborative and their success is dependent upon sharing your
knowledge and experience with others. Your ACTIVE participation
is a large part of how I view your performance in this course.
This means that I expect you to not only read material and complete
assignments, but also to engage in discussions and activities with
your classmates. If you can't be here, you are responsible for checking the latest online schedule to find out what you missed and what is due in
the next class period.
Grading
Your grade is based on class, individual, and group participation in activities
and on projects. You will be doing a wide variety of assignments to strengthen
your practices in all of these areas. Therefore, every part of this class
is important and all assignments, big and small, will be included in your
final assessment. Late written
responses and projects will result in a lowering of your grade.
Your final grade in the course will be
based on the following:
- your collaborative Team Web Prototype Project for the
Digital Initiatives Grant
- your small Individual or Collaborative Web Project (professional portfolio, course web site, client or internship project)
- your individual written or digital responses to mini-assignments
- your attendance (missing more than
3 classes will negatively effect your grade; missing
more than 6 classes will result in failure of the course)
- your participation in discussions,
activities, and group work
- evidence of timeliness, effort and
thoughtfulness in your work
If you want to earn an "A" in
this course you will engage in the following:
- voracious exploration of the web,
gathering ideas about design, structure, functionality, style,
and possibilities.
- responsibility for learning
more about software than we can cover in class- since there
is no way we can cover everything- and since teaching yourself
how
to learn software is what will most help you succeed as applications
are continually developed and updated.
- generous and enthusiastic collaboration
during class, lab, and group activities, sharing your knowledge,
techniques, and ideas with others.
- a thoughtful,
critical, and timely approach to your work and its interations.
I ask that you start your assignments as early as possible so
that
you have
time for
reflection and revision.
Grading Point Breakdown
The following list represents the total points available for the
course and how they will be distributed:
Academic
Integrity & Plagiarism
As computers and the web have made it increasingly easy to read, see,
and borrow the work of others, what constitutes plagiarism has also
become more difficult to define. However, any attempt to knowingly
copy the work, ideas, or designs of someone else without giving appropriate
credit to the source is plagiarism. Plagiarism is not only a serious
academic offense that can lead to failure of the course and expulsion
from the university, but it also cheats you out of learning, the prime
reason you are here in the first place.
Disabilities
If you have or believe you have a disability and
need reasonable accommodation for equal access to activities or resources
in this course, you can contact the
Office for Services with Disabilities located at Garcia Annex (646-6840).
You may also want to discuss this in confidence with the instructor and/or
the Director
of Disabled Student Programs. All inquiries and notifications will remain
confidential. For more information about the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), you can call 646-3635.
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