Course Expectations
Estimated Time: 15 minutes
Attendance and Engagement
Please make sure you have reviewed all the Kibo Academic Policies that are found in the Catalog.
The general Kibo attendance and engagement policy is as follows:
Students are expected to remain academically engaged in all classes. The requirement for satisfactory academic engagement is to submit all assigned work by the published due date.
You will be deemed academically disengaged in a class if you have an assignment that is 7 or more days late. Academic disengagement carries with it a number of possible penalties, including and up to dismissal from Kibo.
In addition to meeting the requirements for academic engagement, students are expected to actively participate in learning activities. Learning at Kibo involves a variety of experiences including:
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Attending scheduled sessions (e.g., live class or office hours) where there is opportunity for interaction with the instructor and/or peers
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Submitting academic assignments, quizzes, or projects
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Taking exams or engaging in online tutorials and instruction
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Attending a study group that is assigned by the instructor
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Participating in an online discussion about academic matters
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Initiating contact with an instructor to ask a question about the class
You should inform your instructor if personal emergencies arise that prevent satisfactory academic engagement. If you are ill for more than a week and/or expect to not remain academically engaged due to personal, family, or other emergency, you should also contact your advisor and the Dean.
For this course specifically, you are expected to engage in the online discussion and reflection questions and activities that are embedded throughout the online lessons. You are also expected to attend the weekly 90-minute live class. If you are unable to attend the live class, you are required to notify the instructor at least 24 hours in advance of the live class that you will be missing and watch the recording of the live class that you have missed, as it will contain information that will help you correctly tackle your assignments.
If you have any questions, please be sure to post them in the #help-oyl channel in Discord, and the instructor will be able to answer your question there.
Academic Integrity
This course is run in accordance with Kibo School's Academic Honesty and Integrity Policy, which can also be found in the Catalog. We have a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of academic misconduct, including cheating, plagiarism, and fabrication. If you are found to be in breach of the Academic Honesty and Integrity Policy in any of the assignments that you submit, you will be subject to disciplinary action.
Note that assisting another student in the violation of this policy also constitutes a violation of academic integrity (e.g., letting someone copy your assignment counts as a violation for both the person that copied the work and the original owner of the copied work).
Assignment Deadlines
All weekly assignments have a stated assignment deadline on their assignment page by which the assignment must be submitted in order to get full marks. Late submissions will be subject to at least a 25% deduction in the marks available.
Communication Expectations
The most effective way to communicate with the instructor for this course is through posting a message in the #help-oyl channel in Discord. All questions posted there will receive a response within 24 hours.
Course announcements from the instructor will also be posted in the #help-oyl channel in Discord.
Tools Used in This Course
Padlet
To create a Padlet account:
- Go to https://padlet.com/auth/signup and Sign Up for a Padlet account using your Kibo School email address.
- Since you have already created a Kibo School Google Account, you can click "Sign Up with Google" and follow the instructions to link your Padlet account to your Google account. This will mean that you don't have to create a new username and password for the Padlet account.
Optional Tools
This course will require you to complete a lot of reading and writing. There are a number of Text-to-Speech tools that can support you with reading large amounts of text and a number of Speech-to-Text tools that can support you with transcribing your words into written format. Below is one recommendation for each of these categories. However, you are encouraged to do your own research to find additional tools that might better meet your specific needs.