Late Policy

The IS211 submission system should prevent you from editing your submissions after they are due. If you wish us to replace one or more of your submission files with other versions that you modify after the deadline, you may submit to eLearn or e-mail them to the teaching staff up to 24 hours after the deadline. However, doing this will cause you to lose from 50% to 90% of your credit on the assignment (depending on how late we receive your modifications). Before you ask us to accept late work, consider whether your modifications are worth the penalty you will receive.

Collaboration Policy

SMU Academic Integrity Policy

Grading Appeals

Once grades for an assignment or an exam have been distributed to the class, you have three days to appeal the grade. If you appeal for a re-grading, keep in mind that we could discover grading errors that result in a lower grade than what you originally received.

Attendance

Attendance is not mandatory in IS211, and there is no need to warn the teaching staff of your absence or to submit an MC when you are sick. However, you must be present in your own section to receive in-class participation credit.  Missing class consistently could mean failing the course. (See Class Participation.) Also remember that absence from the final exam will result in an incomplete grade, as per the SMU registrar’s policy.

Readings

The course web site and slides will refer to readings that accompany many topics. You are not required to read these, but you may find that they supplement or complete your understanding of a topic when the slides are sparse.