Instructor's Response Time & Feedback
Online classes provide unique challenges for interaction. I will respond to your messages within 24 hours during the week and within 48 hours on the weekend. Feedback is an important part of learning. Please review the feedback on your assignments that I have provided.
Grading: My goal is to complete grades within one week. I understand grades are important to you. If you have a question about your grade, please contact me within one week. There will be no potential changes after one week. I am always happy to review your test or assignment.
Late work is not accepted in this course without legitimate medical or emergency documentation. In addition, best efforts must be made to notify the instructor before the due date. Please note that contacting the instructor before a due date does not guarantee an extension, as that decision will be determined based on the nature of the need for an extension. Please note that work schedules, other course deadlines/schedules, technology issues/errors, submission/upload errors, and lack of access to technology devices and/or software are not considered legitimate excuses.
Student Communication
All student communication (oral and written) must be professional. Professional emails must be written. "Hey professor" is not considered professional. Please address me as Dr. Young. I will not respond to unprofessional emails.
Late/Make-Up Work
Late Work: Work turned in late will receive a zero. Most assignment due dates will be Friday at 5 PM. Work that is not legible will receive a ZERO. You are required to TYPE your assignments on a computer. No handwritten assignments will be accepted.
Makeup Work: No make-ups for exams, labs, and in-class activities without medical or equivalent (e.g., school excused) reasons under extreme circumstances. Athletes, please notify me and provide your schedule.
In an extreme circumstance (e.g., COVID, illness), arrangements for make-up should be made with the instructor within a week of the missed class or exam.
School-excused event: In a school-related activity, arrangements for making up work must be made before the date of absence. According to Policy 6.30, you must inform the instructor of the dates you will miss class due to school-related activities before the anticipated absence. For activities whose schedules are known before the start of the semester, you must provide the instructors with a written schedule during the first week of the semester showing the days you expect to miss class. For other university-excused absences, you must provide the instructor with the earliest advanced written notice of the classes you will miss.
Zoom Etiquette
If we need to use the Zoom online conference system, you need to have a webcam/microphone or a smartphone with the Zoom app. We will adopt the same rules and norms as in a physical classroom (take notes, participate by asking and answering questions, and wear classroom-ready clothing). For everyone’s benefit:
- Join the course in a quiet, distraction-free location
- Be aware of your background
- Turn on your video (you may close it after attendance is taken if your internet connection cannot handle having both audio and video going).
- Mute your microphone unless you are speaking.
- Close browser tabs and software not required for participating in class.
- Remember that our classes are in the Mountain Time zone
The success of this class will depend on the same commitment to learning we all typically bring to the physical classroom.