I.3 Netiquette expectations with regard to discussions and email communication are clearly stated.

(Very Important Standard -- 2 points)

Expectations

• 1. Expectations for student conduct for email, discussion boards, chats and other communications are clearly stated in the syllabus and at the appropriate place in the course site.

  2. Rules of conduct for participating in the discussion board

  3. Rules of conduct for email content

  4. "Speaking style" requirements (e.g. use of correct English required as opposed to net acronyms)

  5. Spelling and grammar expectations

Examples

• • General Netiquette guidelines can be found in the CDE Online Student Orientation (http://www.usd.edu/cde/upload/Online-Orientation-Guide.pdf).

  • IMPORTANT: Instructors are encouraged to reference the guidelines by providing a general summary of Netiquette and then referencing the URL, NOT by copying the guidelines into your syllabus. You are free to expand upon these guidelines, or have your own guidelines.

  • I expect you to follow the basic rules of netiquette and to be courteous to all those in the class. Please type in complete sentences and follow the discussion board guidelines. Use only appropriate acronyms, for example DE for distance education and F2F for face to face. For more information on netiquette please review the following site: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html.

  • You should treat all communications in this class as you would in the business world. In other words, I expect communication to be formal, using proper grammar, spelling and netiquette. For examples of proper netiquette, please refer to the CDE Online Orientation (http://www.usd.edu/cde/upload/Online-Orientation-Guide.pdf).