1. Treat others with respect.
2. Please communicate with your instructor and peers in a timely manner and avoid last-minute requests whenever possible.
3. Report any inappropriate communication considered to be of a serious nature, as it may be a violation of University policy, to your instructor.
4. Text messaging for technical help:
   • When permitted by institutional policy, text messaging is considered a professional channel for administering quick problem-solving sessions.
   • Please include screenshots of your full code, and briefly describe the issue and how you have tried to solve the problem.
   • Phone numbers of current students are not added to the instructor's contact list for privacy concerns.
   • Text messages are deleted periodically. The instructor does not keep prior problem-solving conversations.
   • Avoid giving personal information when seeking technical assistance. Just:
     • state the course and topic,
     • describe the problem and your thoughts, and
     • present screenshots.
5. Emailing: Typically, emails are responded to within 24 hours. If you do not see a response in 24 hours, assume the email is lost and resend the email or text a reminder message the instructor.  
6. Grading: Assignments are typically graded within 3 days after each due date.
7. Please place a headshot in your online learning system profile, so the instructor can better match names and faces.

1. Expectation: Class meetings are business meetings. You are expected to attend all class meetings and participate in the class activities.
2. Definition of Absence: Excused absences, per university policy, include documented illness, deaths in the family, and other documented crises, call to active military duty or jury duty, religious holy days, and official University activities. These absences will be accommodated in a way that does not arbitrarily penalize students. Consideration will also be given to students whose dependent children experience serious illness.
3. Communication: Please communicate with the instructor professionally in a timely manner (which usually means notifying the instructor 24 hours or more, unless it's an emergency, before the absence) and with clear message and required documentation .
4. Excuse Documents: In case of an excused absence, please attach your excuse documents in your communication with the instructor for recordkeeping purposes.
5. Attendance Assignments/Quiz: The in-class attendance assignments/quiz are for formative assessment and taking attendance. Points from these assignments/quizzes are for the students who attend the class meetings only.
6. Free Passes: Two to three lowest scores from the attendance assignments may be discounted at the end of the semester. 
7. Multitasking: Unless you are being disruptive, multitasking (e.g., googling for fast fact-checks) is allowed in class. However, you are expected to take a seat in the back of the classroom if you intend to multitask often to avoid distracting the instructor and your peers.

We follow the University 's Academic Honor Policy to prohibit:

1. plagiarism,
2. cheating,
3. unauthorized group work,
4. fabrication, falsification, and misinterpretation,
5. multiple submission, 
6. abuse of academic materials,
7.  complicity in academic dishonesty, and 
8. attempting to commit any above offense.