SPCH 1321


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Online Communication
Guidelines for Students

Please observe the requests below when communicating with the class online. The items below apply to the e-classroom and email as noted, and may differ somewhat from what is usually seen on the web.

In both the E-classroom and E-mail:

1. Keep the content course-related.

  • Avoiding sending inappropriate non-course related humor that may be offensive to some of your classmates.
  • Do not use the course to send spam or otherwise promote a business. That violates the spirit of SAC's code of conduct.

2. Make sure that everything in the content is respectful.

  • Write nothing that violates or infringes the rights of others or interferes with their learning.
  • Examples of such violations include statements that are libelous, invade someone else's privacy, or are shameful, embarrassing, offensive, sexually suggestive or discourteous.
  • Write nothing that violates the college policies for student behavior, harasses people, or incites others to take violent or otherwise unlawful action.

3. Don't type in all caps.

  • Many interpret it as SHOUTING and consider it rude. As one site recommends, "Treat contacts with respect so the dialogue on the Internet continues to grow in a valuable way."
  • Type set in all capital letters is harder to read than type set in capital and lower case letters.

4. Post class-related questions in the Discussion section of WebCT.

  • Placing them there gives access to the information to everyone, including the two or three others to whom the question occurred, but who haven't asked yet.
  • It also reduces the amount of everyone's email.

E-mail Only

5. After receiving any of your submissions, I will always send you a reply to confirm that I have received your work. If you do NOT receive a confirmation e-mail within 48 hours after you sent your e-mail, please contact me immediately! You can send me another e-mail, call my office at (210) 733-2753, or stop by my office McCreless 220.

6. If your e-mail program does not show the date, type it in the message box.

7. Include a signature because not all e-mail programs make the sender's name clear. At minimum for this class, it should include your name, phone number, and student ID #.

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