Class Rules
Students in this online course must be self-motivated and willing to work with each other. It is easy to procrastinate given that the class is held online; however, this class is participatory! Successfully completing each assignment will mean working carefully through all the steps of that assignment and being prepared to discuss your work in the class conference as well as sending questions about assignments to the class discussion list.
Before the semester begins:
Students must be subscribed to the class email-based discussion list, htmltalk. All questions about course material should be posted
to this email-based discussion list, so that all students enrolled may benefit from and discuss
them. In addition, there will be discussion questions posted periodically throughout the semester in
the class conference. Registration for the conference will take place during the first week of the
semester. Directions for doing this can be found on the class communication page.
Please send me a current email
address and include your name and the name of this class in the email. so I can subscribe you to htmltalk and build the class email page.
During the semester:
Class material is spread evenly over a 17-week period. This is not a self-paced course. There are weekly assignments and due dates. Email contact must be made with the instructor on a weekly basis. If you have problems or questions, please contact me about them. I am always available for phone calls during my office hours and will be happy to set up an appointment at another time if your schedule does not fit with those hours. You may also send email or meet me in my campus office.
It is an integral part of this
course that students interact with each other as well as with the instructor. There is as much communication between all of us in working together in this online class as there is in a face to face class!
This course requires that you be prepared to do all your work at your computer. All components of your assignments will be turned in as electronic text or web pages. Most students find they need to work at least 9 hours per week to be successful in this class.
This semester you will be creating the basis for your electronic portfolio to showcase your work. Each assignment is a series of steps leading to the finished project. All of these steps are part of the project and all steps must be completed to earn a grade on each project. You will be required to hand in all the work, all the steps, involved in its creation. All components must be present for the project to receive a grade. This is explained more thoroughly in Course Grading Policies.
Assignments requiring extensive
correction of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage will be returned ungraded for editing. You will then need to make an appointment with me or contact Western's Online Writing Center to learn how to recognize and repair these errors.
If you are a person with disabilities and require auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations, please see me and/or Kristina Puent (608-785-9875) within ten days of the beginning of the semester, in order to discuss your needs.
Since the final drop date varies from course to course, it is the student's responsibility to identify the drop date for each class for which the student is enrolled. Students can access this information by logging on to My WWTC and viewing their class schedule. When looking at the class schedule click on the calendar icon under the course number. The last day to withdraw from a class is listed as the "Drop with Penalty" date.