The Management regrets to inform you of the following…

Please make sure to post links well in advance of due date time due to technical issues. Double check by refreshing pages to make sure work has been submitted. Learning management systems are very bad at stopping an upload half way through so checking is a must. All work is due on Friday by the end of the business day.

I will use e-mail to communicate important information about the class. Make sure your most used email account is working or link notifications to your phone in the best way for you. You are expected to have regular access to your school email account. I’m usually pretty good at getting back to student’s quickly but I don’t check my work email on the weekend (and you wouldn’t either).

Technology breakdowns happen. Be flexible (don’t freak out if our learning management site goes down) and aware (backup your files–Google Drive–and use anti-virus software) in order to keep our stress level as low as possible. Download everything.

Attendance

You many not miss more than one course in the semester, excused or unexcused. Missing more than one class, regardless or reason, will result in a overall reduction of course grade of 5% of total grade for the semester. Excused or unexcused rationale is at the sole digression of the instructor. Any evidentiary documentation must be provided to the instructor before or within a week of missed class. No evidence will be counted if provided later.

I do not repeat class content for students who have missed. By the same token, it is not my responsibility to repeat course content individually to students who have missed. Please make sure to become friends with someone who takes notes in the class to find out what you have missed. In the era of multiple ongoing global pandemics, for God’s sake, if you are sick stay home.

Academic integrity and honesty

Students are required to comply with the university policy on academic integrity found in the Code of Student Conduct 11.35.01 sections 8 and 9. Therefore, students are required to uphold the Pack Pledge: “I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this test or assignment.” Violations of academic integrity will be handled in accordance with the Student Discipline Procedures.

I consider the use of LLM or other AI technologies for anything other than submission draft refinement a violation of this policy. This course requires you to complete various assignments that produce personal knowledge, understanding, and application of the course content. You are expected to do your own work and cite any sources you use properly. You are not allowed to use any artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as chatbots, text generators, paraphrasers, summarizers, or solvers, to complete any part of your assignments before a ~complete~ draft. Any attempt to use these tools will be considered academic misconduct and will be dealt with according to the university’s academic integrity policy. Students are expected to complete all work independently and without the assistance of AI-generated content. If you have any questions about what constitutes acceptable use of AI tools, please consult with me before submitting your work.

Please refer to the Academic Integrity web page for a detailed explanation of the University’s policies on academic integrity and some of the common understandings related to those policies.

Class privacy statement:

This course requires online exchanges among students and the instructor, but NOT with persons outside the course. Students may be required to disclose personally identifiable information to other students in the course, via electronic tools like email or web postings, where relevant to the course. Examples include online discussions of class topics and posting of student coursework. All students are expected to respect the privacy of each other by not sharing or using such information outside the course.

Originality Checking Software

Software is not used in this course to detect the originality of student submissions. It is the responsibility of the student to use assistive writing tools responsibly knowing that many technical communication positions will not be able to use such technologies due to proprietary IP.

Class Recording Statement

This course will not be recorded. I ask that you refrain from recording your fellow students or myself during the course. This includes machine assisted note taking. Please do not take pictures of slides as reproduction and distribution of that work outside of the course would be considered a violation of copyright and intellectual property rules of myself or others who have allowed me to remix their material. The movement of captured data into AI software through either personal or university networks is a violation of the terms of those networks. All intellectual property presented by the instructor including slides, lectures, and dialogues with students are solely the property of the instructor.

Other Policies

Students are responsible for reviewing the NC State University PRR’s which pertain to their course rights and responsibilities: – Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy Statement and additional references – Code of Student Conduct – Grades and Grade Point Average

Student Resources

Academic and Student Affairs maintains a website with links for student support on campus, including academic support, community support, health and wellness, financial hardship or insecurity, and more. Find Help on Campus.

Disability resources

Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accommodations, students must register with the Disability Resource Office, 3rd Floor, Holmes Hall, Suite 304, 2751 Cates Avenue, Campus Box 7509, 919-515-7653.

For more information on NC State’s policy on working with students with disabilities, please see the Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities Regulation (NC State REG 02.20.01).

Safe at NC State

At NC State, we take the health and safety of students, faculty and staff seriously. The Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity supports the university community by providing services and resources to support and guide individuals in obtaining the help they need. See the Safe at NC State webpage for resources.

Supporting Fellow Students in Distress

As members of the NC State Wolfpack community, we each share a personal responsibility to express concern for one another and to ensure that this classroom and the campus as a whole remain a healthy and safe environment for learning. Occasionally, you may come across a fellow classmate whose personal behavior concerns or worries you, either for the classmate’s well-being or yours. If you feel this way, I would encourage you to report this behavior to the NC State CARES website. Although you can report anonymously, it is preferred that you share your contact information so they can follow up with you personally.

Additional NC State Rules and Regulations

Students are responsible for reviewing the NC State University Policies, Rules, and Regulations (PRRs) which pertain to their course rights and responsibilities, including those referenced both below and above in this syllabus: Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy Statement https://policies.ncsu.edu/policy/pol-04-25-05 with additional references at https://oied.ncsu.edu/divweb/policies/ and Code of Student Conduct https://policies.ncsu.edu/policy/pol-11-35-01.

Course Evaluations

ClassEval is the end-of-semester survey for students to evaluate the instruction of all university classes. The current survey is administered online and includes 12 closed-ended questions and 3 open-ended questions. Deans, department heads, and instructors may add a limited number of their own questions to these 15 common-core questions.

Each semester students’ responses are compiled into a ClassEval report for every instructor and class. Instructors use the evaluations to improve instruction and include them in their promotion and tenure dossiers, while department heads use them in annual reviews. The reports are included in instructors’ personnel files and are considered confidential.

Online class evaluations will be available for students to complete during the last two weeks of the semester for full-semester courses and the last week of shorter sessions. Students will receive an email directing them to a website to complete class evaluations. These become unavailable at 8 am on the first day of finals. – Contact ClassEval Help Desk: [email protected] – ClassEval website – More information about ClassEval

Syllabus Modification Statement

Our syllabus represents a flexible agreement. It outlines the topics we will cover and the order in which we will cover them. Dates for assignments represent the earliest possible time they would be due. The pace of the class depends on student mastery and interests. Thus minor changes in the syllabus can occur if we need to slow down or speed up the pace of instruction.