Academic Honesty
As a University of Florida student, your
performance is governed by the UF Student Honor Code,
(http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/students.html). The Honor Code
requires Florida students to neither give nor receive unauthorized aid in
completing all assignments. Violations include cheating, plagiarism, bribery,
and misrepresentation, all defined in detail at the above site.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious violation of the
Student Honor Code. The Honor Code prohibits and defines plagiarism as follows:
Plagiarism.
A student shall not represent as the student’s own work all or any portion of
the work of another. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to:
1.
Quoting oral or written materials including but not limited to those found on
the internet, whether published or unpublished, without proper attribution.
2.
Submitting a document or assignment which in whole or in part is identical or
substantially identical to a document or assignment not authored by the student
(University of Florida, Student Honor Code, 8 July 2011).
University of Florida students are responsible
for reading, understanding, and abiding by the entire Student Honor Code. The
University Writing Program takes plagiarism very seriously, and treats
instances of plagiarism as dishonesty and as a failure to comply with the
scholarly requirements of this course. You commit plagiarism when you present
the ideas or words of someone else as your own.
Important
tip:
There should never be a time when you copy and paste something from the
Internet and don't provide the exact location and citation information for the
source.
If a student plagiarizes all or any part of any
assignment, they will be awarded a failing grade on the assignment.
Additionally, University policy suggests that, as a MINIMUM, instructors should
impose a course grade penalty and report any incident of academic dishonesty to
the Office of the Dean of Students. Each student’s work may be tested for its
originality against a wide variety of databases by anti-plagiarism sites to
which the University subscribes, and negative reports from such sites may
constitute proof of plagiarism. Other forms of academic dishonesty will also
result in a failing grade on the assignment as a minimum penalty. Examples
include cheating on a quiz or inaccurately citing sources or quotations.
Late Work
Students are responsible for submitting assignments by their due dates. Papers must be submitted to Sakai by the due date and time. Papers that do not meet this requirement will not be accepted and will receive a failing grade.Failure of technology is not an acceptable excuse. WR assignments will only be accepted in order to meet word count, and will not receive a point value above 0. Part of working for a college education is to prepare for life outside of academia. As such, late work is almost never acceptable in the workplace and is thus not permitted in this class.
Readings
Reading assignments will be announced by the
instructor on Sakai. Plan to read from a variety of online sources, including opensource textbooks, journal articles, newspaper articles, e-books, etc. There may be discussion questions posted regarding readings, which will factor into the Writing Process points, as reading assignments are almost always necessary for an online course.
Conferences
Expect to have various conferences throughout the semester. At the request of the instructor, conferences may include video chat meetings (e.g. Skype), emails, chat rooms, or shared docs (e.g. Google Docs). Conferences are vital for academic success in this class. Missing a scheduled paper conference will result in a 20% deduction from the respective paper's final grade.
Communicating with Peers
Throughout the semester, we will be reviewing
the work of our peers and reading one another's writings whether this be through peer review, discussion boards, chat rooms, etc. Disrespectful comments/commentary or harassment in any way, shape, or form will not be tolerated. Remember: one of your many goals in this class is to learn proper netiquette. What you type can be interpreted in a harmful or negative manner than what you initially perceived because of a lack of contextual rhetoric, like body language, tone, etc. (i.e. don't get hard with the keyboard, okay?)
Participation and Attendance
Since this is an online class, students are expected to participate in an amount equal to a face-to-face class. To do so, students are expected to participate in weekly discussions. These may be in the form of a blog post, discussion board commentary, video presentation, media creation, group email, etc. Instructions for weekly discussions will be posted on the blog EVERY MONDAY by 12PM EST. Failure to respond will result in negative consequences. The policy of the University Writing Program is that if a student misses more than six periods during a full-term semester, the student will fail the entire course. The UWP exempts from this policy only those absences involving university-sponsored events, such as athletics and band, and religious holidays. Absences related to university-sponsored events must be discussed with the instructor prior to the date that will be missed. In other words, failing to contribute to more than six weekly discussions during the semester will result in failure of the course. Do not rely on make-up discussion topics. There will be at minimum 15 discussion topics. Do not miss more than six of them.
Students with Disabilities
The University of Florida complies with the
Americans with Disabilities Act. Students requesting classroom accommodation
must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students
Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this
documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation.