The Canvas Inbox is the best way to contact me. I will respond to emails as quickly as possible, usually within 24 hours. If you do not hear from me within 24 hours, please email me again. I NEVER IGNORE STUDENT EMAILS. Because I obsessively check emails, I do ask in return that when you do email me, please be respectful and professional.

Since our class is online, I must drop you if you fail to log in or participate in the course after one week’s time. This is not to punish you. Instead, I check attendance regularly to ensure that those students who stop attending receive a “W” instead of an “F” on their transcript if this happens before the Withdrawal deadline 5/2.

GCCCD Policy on dropping and withdrawing:

• It is the student’s responsibility to drop all classes in which he/she is no longer participating (for online classes).

• It is the student’s responsibility to drop all classes in which he/she is no longer attending (for on campus classes).

• It is the instructor’s discretion to withdraw a student after the add/drop deadline (include date) due to excessive absences.

• Students who remain enrolled in a class beyond the published withdrawal deadline, as stated in the class schedule, will receive an evaluative letter grade in this class (A, B, C, D, F).

• Students who miss more than 8 hours of instruction (or 4 classes in our case) may be dropped from the course

• You will be required to submit your written work through Canvas Turnitin due to campus-wide concern over plagiarism. Your work will be entered into a nationwide database and compared to that database. I will receive a report for each submission indicating percent and source of duplicate material. Be sure you agree to the Turnitin Policy outlined on the Essay submission page.

Take pride in your educational opportunities. There are many people around the world who would love to be in college but are not able to for various reasons. I do understand that college is very stressful; however, there is never a good reason to cheat. If you don’t understand a reading or assignment, email me for help or visit the writing center.

Plagiarism includes copying the ideas or writings of someone else and claiming it as your own work, collaborating with someone else on an assignment, resubmitting work that you have done for another class, purchasing an essay online, and having a friend or family member help you write your paper. Anyone caught plagiarizing will not only fail that assignment but is likely to fail the class and will also face disciplinary action in accordance with the San Diego Cuyamaca College policy. You are responsible for reviewing Cuyamaca College’s policy on academic dishonesty.

According to the Cuyamaca College Catalog, Student Code of Conduct, Academic Dishonesty such as cheating or plagiarizing, is grounds for instructional and administrative sanctions. That means that if you present the words (even three or more in a row), ideas, or work of someone else as your own, or if you have your work heavily rewritten by someone else and turn it in as your own, I will fail the assignment. The same is true if you are seen or otherwise caught cheating on a quiz, exam or other non-collaborative assignment, and will NOT allow you to rewrite it. In addition to the penalty I instructor apply to your graded work, I will report your misconduct to the Department Chair, the Instructional Dean and the Associate Dean of Student Affairs. The Associated Dean of Student Affairs will keep a master list of cases of student misconduct. Any student who is reported to have cheated or plagiarized twice will be called in for a meeting with that dean. It will be up to the dean's discretion to determine what action to take, but students may be SUSPENDED FROM THE COLLEGE OR PERMANENTLY EXPELLED for repeated acts of cheating or plagiarism. Please feel free to consult the college catalog for further information or visit http://www.cuyamaca.edu/ascc/conduct.asp

Cuyamaca College has a clear Code of Conduct . Take a look!