COMPUTER
GRAPHICS
CLASSROOM
RULES
It is important that we have a working understanding
of how things operate in this room for several reasons:
First, it will help you keep your grade as high as possible! By following
the classroom rules and procedures you insure that you will keep all of
your participation points. Failure to follow the rules will result in
loss of points. ("Forgetting" is not a valid excuse. As young
adults (many of whom are entrusted with a car!) it is your responsibility
to be aware of the rules and remember to follow them. Your grade
depends upon it.
Second, it makes things flow smoothly and help us get to the point where
being in the classroom is a pleasant and happy place to be!
Third, it is vitally important that we take care of the technology in
the room. It is costly and can be easily injured by inappropriate actions.
Make yourself fully aware of the rules and procedures for this room.
1. Be in your assigned
seat, ready to work when the tardy bell rings.
Please do not come to my desk at the beginning of class
with questions unless it is an emergency.
2. Do not talk during class. Hold all unnecessary talking
until after class, or until the teacher indicates that talking is appropriate
for the task.
3. Begin the warm-up immediately. Check for instructions
on the overhead. In order to earn credit, warm ups must be accomplished
within the first few minutes of class, before the lesson begins.
4. Enter the classroom wearing your ID properly.
Students who have to be held at the door to find, put on, or uncover an
ID will lose daily participation points. Additionally, students are not
permitted to log on to the computers at ERHS without a valid ID or temporary
ID. (No ID =loss of participation points for the day.)
5. Do not bring food, drink or liquids of any kind into the classroom.
This includes cosmetics and lotions. Leave these items on the table provided
by the door.
6. Handle the computers with care!!! Do not bump or jar
the computer or touch the monitor screen with your fingers.). Also, be
careful that you place the keyboard & mouse out of harms way when
you are not using it.
7. Adhere to the Code of Conduct and be mindful of The Roosevelt Way:
Respect, Responsibility, Integrity & Kindness! The
reality is if you are polite and patient you have a much better chance
of having success with whatever you want. Everyone responds better to
kindness.
8. Move carefully in the classroom! We have delicate equipment
and many stools, cords, etc.
9. Personal electronic devices must be off and out of sight! (If
you are asked to put away an electronic device, assume that points have
been deducted from the daily participation grade!)
10. Back up your work weekly! Don't be caught short! Hardrives crash,
and it is your responsibility to be sure all your work is protected!
TESTING
TESTING RULES
& THE STUDENT INTEGRITY POLICY
Students will
also be required to sign (or write) the Integrity Policy prior to any
test.
This will include a statement that they did not give or receive help
in any form. ALL WORK TO BE GRADED is included in the Integrity Policy.
Violation of any part of the Integrity Policy will result in a zero
on the assignment or test. Refer to your Integrity Policy for details.
In this class, you
are expected to do your own work.. Here is a partial list of some of the
things that will be considered cheating: (1) Sharing of work,
(2) doing work for someone else to turn in, (3) sharing and/or copying
any information such as test answers, homework, classwork or warmups,
(4) turning in work, projects or papers that have previously been turned
in to another class for grading or credit,
(5) using electronic devices (phones, computers, etc.) to get information
during a test or graded activity (except where allowed), etc.
These and other violations will result in a zero for both parties. It
may also result in further disciplinary action.
Infractions will be reported to advisers of any team, organization, sport
or honors organizations to which the student belongs or participates in.
And it’s OK to say NO. If someone asks to view your classwork or
homework for the purpose of copying, just say no. Tell the other student
you will not jeopardize your grade, or your academic integrity standing
for anyone. Remember that a real friend would’t ask! See me privately
if you have any problems with this issue!
TEN RULES FOR TEST TAKING:
During a test, quiz or exam the following rules will be
in effect. Failure to follow the rules will result in a zero. There are
no “second chances” during a test!
1. Come to class prepared with BOTH pencil and pen. Many
tests will be scantron, necessitating a pencil. It is your responsibility
to come ready for the test. Scantrons taken in pen will not be scored,
and a zero will result.
2. Do not talk, speak aloud, use sign language or communicate
in any way.
3. Eyes must be kept strictly on your desk, your test
and/or your computer screen. Looking at your neighbor or his/her work
is considered a form of communication.
4. All materials except writing utensils must be put
away during the test and not touched until the test is over. During a
test or quiz, unless it it clearly written on the test, no notes, notebooks
or any other written or digital
information may be used. Do not get into notebooks, bookbags, purses,
cellphones, etc., during the test.
Computers must be logged off unless otherwise instructed.
5. Electronic devices (cell phones, pagers, etc.) may
not be on or visible during the exam.
6. If you have a question, raise your hand and wait patiently
for the teacher to come to you. Do not leave your seat or speak out.
7. When you are finished, raise your hand and wait patiently
for your test to be collected. Remain seated and quiet until the test
is over.Do not raise your hand unless it is an emergency. Do not ask for
a pass.
8. Students are to remain seated for the entire period,
or until Ms. Cunningham has verbally indicated that the test is over and
that students are free to move around. STAY SEATED!
9. When the test is completed, you will know it is over
because Ms. Cunningham will say:
“Everyone has completed the test and you are now free to move around
and speak”.
CLASSROOM
PROCEDURES:
Classroom procedures are just as important and just as binding as rules!
PART I: ABSENCES &
MAKE UP WORK:
If you are absent, it is your responsibility to make up the work. Remember
that according to the county policy, you have exactly as many days as
you were out to make up the work. This applies to homework or any other
work due while you were absent, which includes practice time using the
computers. Skill building is an important part of the class. In most cases,
I would expect that 1/2 a period is enough time to make up the work or
practice time. )While computer work is expected to be made up within the
time allowed by the policy, I am open to some flexibility with students
who demonstrate a sincere desire to be conscientious about their work.
Students should see me on an individual basis to schedule make up time
if necessary.) If make up time is not done, a zero for participation for
that day will result.
Follow these steps:
1. Go online to the website for information. Check the calendar to see
what we did in class.
2. Check the HANDOUTS webpage and the ARCHIVE DOCS if you've missed any
handouts.
3. See me before school
or during the second half of my planning period to get any information
you may have missed.
3. Come to the Graphics Lab for make up time. Because this is a skills
based class, you are expected to make up time and practice. This is how
you recover the participation points lost when you are absent.
With prior notice, the Graphics Lab is open prior to
school for 30-45 minutes most days. After school is also a possibility,
if Ms. C. knows you are coming. You may also sign up to come in during
the second half of your lunch. Pick up a pass to the Graphics Lab one
day prior to coming for lunch.
PART
III: HOMEWORK
and JOURNALS
Homework: is DUE at the beginning of the period. Turn homework (except
Journals) in to the designated tray as you enter the classroom, on your
way to your seat. This tray will disappear shortly after the tardy bell
rings. Homework submitted after this time will not be accepted. Homework
left anywhere else, including my desk, will be not graded. Late
homework will not be accepted and will be counted as zero.
About Journals: JOURNAL assignments are 25% of your
grade, therefore it is important
that you do your best and turn them in on time. As with any homework
assignment, late homework is not accepted.
Each week, you will receive a journal assignment. The due date is the
following day, unless otherwise announced. Journal assignments are an
OVERNIGHT assignment.
(I may however, choose to have you bring them in on another day so that
we can look at them together. This is called a class critique.) Students
are expected to have the journal finished and ready to evaluate the
day after the assignment is given. Also, be aware that any day you are
in school you must make arrangements for your journal to be turned in
on time. Sports events, trips to the nurse, SGA activities and other
school activities do not keep homework from being due! (If you are too
ill to make it to class and must report to the nurses office, please
ask the nurse to send her student aide to me with your homework.)
PART
IV: OTHER
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. PASS TO THE GRAPHICS LAB: You can pick up a pre-printed pass from
the box on my desk. Fill it out with your name, the date you wish to
come and time and leave it in the tray with yellow slips. I will sign
it. You are welcome to come to the lab any day it is open to work, however
if it is during another class period your station may not be available.
Be sure you’ve planned in advance by putting your work on a CD
or jumpdrive so that you can use one of the side stations to work. Do
not bring visitors.
2. BACK UP YOUR WORK!!! It is your responsibility to
back up your work, either by writing CD’s or using a jumpdrive
or using the H-drive!!. Hard drives fail! Don’t risk all your
work by not following the required procedure to back up each week! Any
ungraded work must be redone if work is lost due to not being backed
up! (It happens to some unlucky person every year!!!)
2. WET STUFF: Leave wet umbrellas and coats over on the side of the
classroom. Feel free to hang them on a chair...but NOT on the large
tables.
3. CAREFUL OF ARTWORK! Be mindful of artwork laid out on the student
tables! It takes time and money to print...and injury can occur from
moving items or stacking things on top of artwork. Don’t do it!
Be respectful of other peoples work and handle it with care! Check with
your teacher for help.
4. Remember that it is the teacher’s job to answer the door. It’s
a big room. If Ms. Cunningham doesn't’t hear the knock, please
call her attention to it. Do NOT answer the door.
5.Do not borrow from my desk or anywhere in the room without asking.
You MAY use items on the Student Work tables. And there is always tissue
and paper towels for your convenience.
6. If you are illegally tardy, sign the tardy log. Write neatly, and
place the date and time in the area provided. Failure to sign in will
result in an unexcused absence!
7. DO NOT MOVE STOOLS unless you check with Ms. Cunningham first! It
is dangerous and hazardous to the equipment. If you have a need, see
me! (I don’t like the stools either, but we are stuck with them
until sometime in the future. Make do!)
8. HALL PASSES: In general, I do not give out hall passes unless it
is an emergency. Don’t plan to have too many (emergencies). Use
your class change time for personal business. If you have a medical
reason
that necessitates having to leave the room often, please see me. Passes
will not be issued
to go to your locker or take care of personal business.
9. Do not use the back door to enter or leave the classroom at any time.
It is open strictly for ventilation and will be closed permanently if
this becomes an issue.
10. Do not bring balloons to the classroom. Static electricity is the
enemy of computers!
11. TLC...Let me know if you need TLC today....We all have those days!
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