Photo Rules/Syllabus
Digital Photography Rules Agreement
1. Students shall be subject to the rules and regulations set forth in the Board Policy addressing Pupil Discipline/Code of Conduct and Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying.
2. Students will conduct themselves appropriately when participating on the classroom social networking site: Google Classroom. This includes:
· No profanity or inappropriate language or images on Google Classroom. No obscene, profane, defamatory, libelous, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, embarrassing, disrespectful and/or discriminatory comments on Google Classroom.
· No acronyms, symbols or any abbreviated forms of any words on Google Classroom.
· Postings will be limited to class-related materials.
· Students will keep their passwords secure and will not permit and/or facilitate any other individual’s access to their account.
· Students will be responsible for anything posted in their name. Students will not use any other individual’s name or password to post comments or assignments.
· Participating on Google Classroom is a privilege, not a right. Students’ postings may be removed at any time for any reason. Participation in or access to the site shall not be considered a substitute for classroom participation.
3. On a hall pass for Digital Photography, students will conduct themselves appropriately. This includes:
· Staying with their groups, not splitting up for ANY reason.
· Staying on school property and staying within areas allowed for student access only.
· Keeping your voice down not disturbing any other classes or students.
· Not touching any objects in other classrooms.
· Not taking photographs of anyone without their permission.
Students who fail to follow these or any additional rules set forth by teacher may be subject to the revocation of hall pass use and may be removed from the Digital Photography class (with loss of credit).
4. Students will treat class cameras with care and use them only as directed. This includes:
· Handling camera with care at all times, no swinging camera around or handling parts forcefully.
· Always wearing the neck strap when handling camera.
· Never touching or removing the camera lens unless the teacher has told you to do so. This includes cleaning. The teacher is the only person authorized to clean the camera.
· Cameras should never be placed in a purse or backpack.
· Cameras should never be near food, drinks, water or dirt/sand.
· Cameras should only be used by the specific student(s) they are assigned to. Students should never allow another student to use/hold/borrow their camera.
· The same care should be used when handling camera batteries and SD cards.
Students who fail to follow these or any other additional guidelines set forth by teacher may
be subject to loss of DSLR camera privileges.
*Note: Students may be given Canon PowerShot cameras to take home for extended classroom usage as well as extra time for assignment related purposes.
Questions? Please email me romenson@bhprsd.org