CGS2064 Computer Lit II
Fall 2006 Syllabus

Attendance

• Attendance is required for Lecture and Recitation classes.
  • Reasons to attend Lecture
    • keep up-to-date on important class announcements and reminders
    • obtain a deeper understanding of textbook topics
    • take lecture exams
    • earn quiz and attendance points
    • learn about important technologies and concepts not presented in the textbook
    • obtain insight into items that will be on the tests
    • earn extra credit points only available to students in attendance
    • students who regularly attend lecture are more likely to meet with success when asking the teacher for favors
  • Reasons to attend Recitation
    • obtain hands-on, guided, practice in preparation for assignment work
    • take skills exams
    • earn attendance points
• Students that miss class without an acceptable and documented excuse forfeit all of the above advantages.
• Email from students who habitually miss class without an acceptable excuse may go unanswered.
• Students must be present and engaged from the beginning to the end of class to be considered "in attendance" and deserving of any participation, or extra credit points.
• Students are responsible for any information presented in class, even when absent. It is the student's responsibility to find out what was missed if unable to attend.
• Cell phone use is prohibited in the classroom.

  Students who miss class must present official documentation for the absence to the instructor if they wish to find out what they missed, make up quiz, extra-credit, or attendance points, or have late penalties overlooked. Acceptable documentation includes official letters from a doctor or university administrator, obituary or dated literature from a funeral in the case of the passing of a loved one.

  NO INCOMPLETES WILL BE GIVEN FOR THIS COURSE.

Assignments

• Assignment due dates are listed on the Course Agenda located on our course website.
• Assignments are accessed from the course website.
• Students are responsible for regularly checking their grades on-line to confirm that assignments were received and graded.
• Assignments are submitted according to the instructions included in the assignment which may include submitting files using a Web form on our class website or publishing to your own Web site.

  	There will be a 20 point per recitation class penalty for late assignments. In other words an assignment that is submitted between one second late and one week late will be penalized 20%, from one second over one week to two weeks late will be 40%, etc.
  	Students should keep a copy of their assignment files until final grades for the course are posted and you are satisfied that your score is accurately recorded.

  No assignments will be accepted after Friday, Dec 1.

Cheating

Students must turn in their own original and unique work. Including a portion of some other students work is considered cheating. We consider it cheating when a student starts an assignment from some other student's assignment file. We also consider it cheating when a portion of a file is copied from another student. Always begin your assignments from a new, blank document file. Cheating Penalties : First Offense: ALL students involved are given zeros on the assignment Second Offense: An "F" for the course and formal charges against ALL students involved

There are no innocent participants in cheating incidents. Students who leave their assignment work available for others to access either on a private or public computer, intentionally or accidentally, will be considered accomplices to cheating should someone else use their work and submit it as their own. DON'T SAVE YOUR HOMEWORK FILES ON FSU COMPUTER LAB COMPUTERS. USE A PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE. DON'T LEAVE YOUR ASSIGNMENT FILES ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER IF SHARING YOUR COMPUTER WITH ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE CLASS.

Exams

Makeup Exam Procedure Make-up exams must be scheduled within two weeks of the original exam date. After that time the student will automatically receive a zero for the exam regardless of the excuse for missing the exam. Make-up exams are scheduled with the recitation instructor and taken during recitation class. Only students with official documentation for their absence will be allowed to make-up a missed test. Acceptable documentation includes official letters from a doctor or university administrator, obituary or dated literature from a funeral in the case of the passing of a loved one.

Communication

Students are responsible for announcements sent to their FSU email account and should check their email (http://webmail.fsu.edu) at least twice a week.

You may have your email forwarded from your FSU garnet account to another account using the form at https://cars.acns.fsu.edu/CARS/account_maintenance.html. Make sure to test your mail forwarding to confirm that it works!

If you forget your FSU garnet email password or have difficulty with webmail phone 644-8502.

Students will familiarize themselves with our course Web site, accessed from your Campus Website.

Students are expected to uphold the Academic Honor Code (http://registrar.fsu.edu/Grad_Website/ugr034.htm) based on the premise that each student has the responsibility to:

1. Uphold the highest standards of academic integrity in the student's own work,
2. Refuse to tolerate violations of academic integrity in the University community, and
3. Foster a high sense of integrity and social responsibility on the part of the University community.

Students are expected to uphold the Student Conduct Code (http://www.fsu.edu/Books/Student-Handbook/codes/conduct.html) that applies the principles found in the "Statement on Values at Florida State University" by promoting responsible freedom for all students. In particular note that any "conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive campus, educational or working environment for another person." will not be tolerated in this class.

Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should:

1. Register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC).
2. Bring a letter to the instructor from the SDRC indicating you need academic accommodations. This should be done within the first week of class.

(This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request.)

For more information about services available to FSU students with disabilities, contact the Assistant Dean of Students: sdrc@admin.fsu.edu, Disabled Student Services, 08 Kellum Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4066, (850) 644-9566.