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How this class is designed
How this class is designed
This class is APAP: "As Paperless As Possible".
You will be assigned a Chromebook to use each day that will be housed in the cart. Use only your assigned Chromebook!
There will be a set of headphones to go with the Chromebook for days when listening to a video or podcast is required. use only your assigned headphones!
Grades
Assignments will be daily and count 42.5% of the final grade. These will usually be 20 points each.
Assignments = tasks
Tasks will emphasis either reading text, listening to podcasts, or viewing videos
Assessments will be weekly and count 42.5% of the final grade. These will usually be 100 points each.
Assessments = Challenges
Challenges will be nearly identical in nature to tasks, but may vary in length and question design
There will be a cumulative final exam worth 15% of the final class grade on Monday, 19 May 2025
All task, challenge, and final designs are at the discretion of the instructor.
YOU MUST JOIN OUR CLASS IN CANVA:
Put your backpacks and bags on or under the tables under the windows to the librarian's office.
Retrieve your Chromebook from the cart.
Sit at your assigned table/seat. Yes, there is a seating chart. No, you do not make or change it.
Check for the day's lesson/assignment in Thoth's Daily Messages on this site.
Use the kiosk by the north door for restroom requests.
Execute the day's lesson/assignment being mindful of due dates/times. Submit in a timely fashion.
Refer questions about unaddressed issues to Coach privately.
Ignore the interruptions that will occur due to class being held in the library.
At the close of class, return and charge Chromebook/headphones.
Backpacks may be retrieved after the bell on your way out. Do not get them earlier than the bell. There is no law, rule, tradition, nor right to deciding class must end five minutes (or at any point arbitrarily decided upon by a student) before the bell.
This is not a lecture class. I will not be standing over you reciting myths for you to sleep through. You will be required to read, listen, or view silently and or work independently for the majority of most class periods.
There will often be traffic in and out of the library and many interruptions. These visitors are not here to see you and are not an excuse for you to disengage with your assignment.
As Paperless As Possible
As Paperless As Possible
You can expect your assignments and assessments to be 99% digital; however, I do retain the right to kill a tree if it suits me.
Grading Scale
A 100-90
B 89-80
C 79-70
D 69-60
F 59-0
Do what you are supposed to be doing, when you are supposed to be doing it, the way you are supposed to be doing it.
Technology is to be used for assigned academic purposes
You will have an assigned Chromebook in the cart. Use only it.
You will have assigned headphones for when listening to audio is required. Use only your assigned ones. See #2 above. Personal earbuds/headphones are not allowed.
At close of class, put your Chromebook in its corresponding slot and plug it in. Not doing so will be disastrous.
I will monitor you remotely to observe that you are honoring rule #1. You probably won't know it until after the fact.
Cell Phones
Cell Phones
Cellphones are to remain turned off and stowed away during the entire school day at Haughton High School. Students who need to call home must use the phone in the main office during school hours. Earbuds, headphones, or AirPods are not allowed on campus.
If a cell phone is seen, it is to be turned into the teacher.
The teacher will then transfer the phone to the main office.
On the 1st offense, the phone is returned to the student at the end of the school day with the parent contacted.
Assignment submission
Assignment submission
The vast majority of assignments will be submitted either via On Course Classroom. There will not be a Google Classroom for this class. Occasionally, there may be a physical project to (physically) put in my hands, but this "should be" infrequent.
NEVER "share" assignments instead of submitting. This causes unnecessary cluttering of my inbox. Submitting a blank assignment does not count as turning it in. Both of these actions can result in that assignment not be accepted for credit after the fact.
Pay attention to both the due date and time for each assignment.
FYI: "due date" is not the same as "do date". Be thou not a fool.
It is the student's responsibility to make sure I have access to submissions in On Course. The student should always click the blue Share button, choose either "Bossier Parish Schools" or "Anyone with the link", then click "Done".
If you submit any assignment for which I do not have access to grade, it is an automatic zero (0) in the gradebook and will be coded as missing (red color). This means when I click on the submission in OCC I get an error screen from Google saying I do not have access.
If you mark the assignment as done instead of submitting an actual assignment, this will be marked as a zero as well.
Should you allow access after the fact and resubmit in OCC in a timely fashion, you will receive at least partial credit.
Late Work?!
Late Work?!
Should you need to submit an assignment after the due date, submit it as directed; but then, immediately send me a Gmail to russell.melton@bossierschools.org that tells me me explicitly what assignment you submitted late and why it is late. Don't follow these directions? Then don't expect any credit.
I do take points off for work submitted late. Unless there are extremely mitigating circumstances, I do not grade late work from a previous grading period. It is my discretion alone as to what qualifies for that.
I do not take work from the previous grading period for credit. There will be a date somewhere during the last two weeks of the quarter (which changes every year because ... calendar) where I will not take late work for credit.
Spring 2025 Q3 deadline is Tuesday, 4 Mar at 2:20 PM
Spring 2025 Q4 deadline is Tuesday, 13 May at 2:20 PM
Restroom procedures
Restroom procedures
Don't be in the restroom during the first part of class when I am taking roll. If I've marked you absent, and then you show up, you are tardy. There is no exception for going in prior to the tardy bell.
We use Pass (formerly e-hallpass) for class departures. There is a kiosk available to the right of the north door. You must make sure I see the request to authorize it. Not using Pass basically equals leaving class without permission. If leaving the building make sure to be wearing an office/hall pass on a lanyard.
What if you need a drink?
What if you need a drink?
There is a water fountain across from the circulation desk.
If you have your own water bottle, it should be stored with your backpack over/under the table for those. If you need a drink, go get a sip and return to your seat. Leave the bottle there. Do not bring it to the class area or around technology. You do not need a Pass to do this. These same procedures apply to if you need a bite of your snack in your bag. This does not make taking time for a buffet or lunch okay. Neither is it okay to share your snacky-stuff with your table, the class, me, or some visitor. Do not bring any of it back to the table. Don't be the reason these privileges get revoked for the class.
"So sayeth the Soveriegn"
"So sayeth the Soveriegn"
The following offenses should be avoided at all costs
Do not wander around the library when you should be at your seat taking care of your business.
Never assume a visitor to the library is here to visit with you. You are in class. if someone you know shows up, they have other business here than you.
Falleth not under the impression that the last minutes in class make normal policies and procedures unenforceable.
Should Got a different question about expectations, procedures, or policies? Email Coach at russell.melton@bossierschools.org
Do not, under any circumstances, try to stand around the door during the time prior to the end of class!!!
There is NO rule about having to get your backpack at five minutes until the end of class. You can grab it on the way out as you leave.
"But what about...?" Did I not cover something here that you need to know? Email me with this link russell.melton@bossierschools.org and ask.
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