I will be active in your learning experience in this course through class interactions, email, Blackboard feedback through VoiceThread conversations or written comments.

To contact me, please email me at [email protected]

I will reply to your message within 24 hours during the week Monday-Friday. On holidays and weekends, I need a break too so I may be slower or I may not respond until Monday. If you prefer to meet with me in person or over Zoom, please message me with a few time options that you are available.

Assignments are due by the time and date posted, even if you are not in attendance for that particular class. No late work will be accepted unless there is a doctor’s note or extenuating circumstances that must be discussed with and approved by the professor BEFORE the due date. If you submit work after the due date without asking your professor first, you will receive a zero.

If you anticipate your work will be late, please do the following:

➢  First, submit a written request (i.e. email) to your professor for a deadline extension before the assignment’s due date. Your extension request must state your name and course section, what assignment you are asking for an extension on, and why you are asking for an extension on that specific assignment. Once the professor responds to your email by approving your extension request, you will then have 48 hours (or an otherwise agreed upon timeframe) to submit your assignment to through email.

➢ The professor reserves the right to reject your extension request especially if the student shows a pattern of extension requests (more than 1 extension request) or if circumstances for extension request do not qualify as extenuating

It is ultimately your responsibility to drop the class, so you should monitor your grade and the college drop deadlines. However, I will drop students who do not submit assignments for more than two weeks in a row and do not communicate with me. If there is something happening in your life that is interfering with this course, please contact me directly so we can develop a plan for you to succeed. If I do not hear from you and you do not submit assignments, I assume you are not interested in completing the course.

In this course, you will demonstrate your learning through writing, speaking, and creation assignments. Plagiarism is the use of another person’s ideas as your own and it includes writing, speaking, and creative projects. When you respond to an assignment prompt, I expect you to craft your answer in your own words. I don’t expect you to be a master of the material in our course – you’re learning! I am looking for evidence of your growth and development.

You may be surprised how easy it is for an instructor to identify when a student has lifted words from a webpage. Just don’t do it. Take the time to learn the material, take a close look at the rubric provided with each assignment, and respond independently. If an assignment requires research then I will expect citations of sources and I will provide information about how to format them.

According to the rules and regulation of MSJC’s student conduct (Section 605.04B Board Policy): “Cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty” are subject to disciplinary sanctions. If you have any questions about plagiarism, let me know. I am happy to help