Assignment and Test Policies - Prof. W.Jollymore
Academic Integrity Policy
The School of Applied Computing has a formal missed work policy
(updated May 2021). You can read the full policy at
School of Applied Computing Policies for Evaluations.
You are expected to
read and understand the policy in full. Claiming to be unfamiliar with
the policy will not be accepted as an excuse for missed work.
Assignment Policies
Assignments are an opportunity for you to demonstrate to me your knowledge
and skills of the course content at the time the material is covered in class.
Therefore, it should be important to you to get the work done by the due date,
to figure out what you understand and what you do not understand. It is
important not to fall behind. Remember, assignments constitute practice
material for tests. It is to your benefit to complete them before the tests.
- All assignments must be uploaded using the appropriate SLATE dropbox.
Assignments not uploaded to the SLATE dropbox will not be graded.
- All assignments must be submitted before the specified date/time (the "due
date"). A penalty of 10% of the assignment grade is deducted for any assignment
submitted after the time specified.
- The 10% penalty is deducted from the assignment grade for each day
the assignment is late (including weekends and holidays) for a maximum of 3
days. After 3 days, the assignment is given a grade of 0.
- Each dropbox due date and end date is noted in the SLATE calendar.
Each dropbox
contains both dates together with the instructions.
Always check the dropbox and calendar entries in SLATE for dates.
- The due date is the date/time at which the assignment is due. Anything
uploaded after this date/time is considered late.
- The end date is the last day/time that late submissions are permitted.
After this date, no more submissions will be accepted.
- Exceptions to the missed work policy may be granted for
exceptional circumstances or ALS accommodation.
In such cases, an extension must be requested before the evaluation
deadline (for exams, at least 24 hours prior to the exam),
via email (which must include
supporting documentation e.g. doctor's note, copy of obituary,
police report).
- Note that any extra credit or bonus work does not count
when an assignment is submitted after the due date. Bonus work
is going above and beyond, and you're not going above and beyond if
you submit late work.
- Students with the assignment extension accommodation only receive
an extension if the following criteria are met:
- The student has already self-identified as requiring accommodation
and has discussed the accommodations with the professor
at the start of term.
- The student has requested the extension via email to the
professor 24 hours BEFORE the date/time the assignment is originally
due.
- The assignment extension has been negotiated and approved
by the professor.
- All assignments are to be done individually. You may not work with
another student on your assignment (see Academic
Integrity Policy).
Important!
The following list identifies, but is not limited to, reasons for
which a request for an extension or alternate
testing date will NOT be granted:
- Employment reasons
- Travel/vacation/social plans
- Medical problems which do not seriously interfere with the student's ability to write a test or
work on and submit materials (e.g. headache, common cold)
- Airline flights and schedules
- Inability to have an assignment typed by the due date
- Other assignments due on or about the due date or testing date
- Printer and/or computer issues (includes access to internet and/or computer crash)
- Inability to submit an assignment on time or miss a testing date due to travelling difficulties
includes: parking, public transit and traffic issues.
Copied from School
of Applied Computing Academic Procedures for Evaluations.
Academic Integrity of Submitted Work
Sheridan is committed to Academic Integrity. In this course the
professor has chosen to require students to use Turnitin to check
their own written work to ensure originality.
- By taking this course students agree that they will submit written
work for this course to Turnitin for text comparison.
- Students will have the opportunity to review their initial work
and correct any issues identified by Turnitin prior to submitting
their final work.
- Students will include the final Originality Report as a part of
the written work submission.
- Students are encouraged to discuss the Originality Report at any
time with their faculty member.
- Assignments submitted to Turnitin will be included as source
documents in Turnitin.com's restricted access database, solely for
the purpose of detecting text copying.
In-Class Activites and Quizzes
- All quizzes and other in-class activities must be written on the date
specified at the time specified. No late submissions, make-ups, or
extensions are permitted.
- If you are late for a quiz or other in-class activity,
you will not be given extra time or a make-up.
- Any student who has previously
self-identified as needing special accommodation
for in-class quizzes/activities must make arrangements
one class before or 3 days before (whichever
comes first) the quiz/activity. This must be
communicated to the professor via email.
Exams/Quizzes/In-Class Assignments
- All exams and tests must be written on the date
specified at the time specified. No late submissions, make-ups, or
extensions are permitted.
- All closed-book virtual or online exams will be conducted
using Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor. It is
your responsibility to ensure that you use the TEST YOUR COMPUTER
quiz before the scheduled exam to download/update the most
recent version of Respondus.
- You are required to have a working web cam for all
closed-book virtual/online exams.
- You must notify me no later than 1 week prior to the
scheduled virtual/online exam if you are having
issues with your internet, Respondus, or your web
cam so that alternate arrangements can be made.
- At the start of closed-book, virtual/online exams,
you are required to show your student ID and perform
an envionment check as described in the instructions
that appear on your screen. Failure to show a visible
student ID or perform a complete environment check will
result in a grade of 0 on the exam.
- If you are late for an exam/test
you will not be given extra time or a make-up. If
you are more than 30 minutes late for an exam or test,
or you show up late after another student has already
completed and submitted their exam/test, you will
not be permitted to write the exam/test and will
receive a grade of 0.
- Exceptions to the missed exam/test policy may be granted for
exceptional circumstances, as long as the professor is notified within
24 hours of the missed test/exam via email (which must include
supporting documentation e.g. doctor's note, copy of obituary, police report).
- If an exam is missed for a valid reason, the exam must
be made up within 24 to 48 hours of the missed exam (depending on
the reason for missing the exam).
- If an exceptional circumstance requires that you know you will be missing
an exam, you must notify your professor at least 3 days prior to the exam/test
via email, along with supporting documentation. For example, if you have 3 or
more exams in a single day, you would qualify for such an exception but you
must provide proof of your exam schedule.
- Any student who has previously
self-identified as needing special accommodation
for exams must make arrangements one week
prior to the exam.
You must submit your form to the professor one week in
advance of the exam date, otherwise it is assumed that you are writing
your exam at the normal date/time/location within the standard allotted time.
Due to my own accommodations, I will only accept electronic
versions of test forms that can be filled in on the computer
(e.g. not screen shots of forms that are simply
graphics that can't be edited)
Note
Requests for accommodations for religious or cultural reasons should be made within two weeks of the start of
the semester through the Professor (who may consult with the Associated Dean).
Note
In a course with two or more exams, you must receive an overall
average of 50% on all exams in order to pass the course. This is
calculated as a weighted average.
Exam Procedures
The following procedures are for all exams in this course:
- If the exam is written on paper, no laptops are allowed to be open or on the desks during the exam.
- Paper exams are closed-book. No textbooks, notes, reference sheets or other material are allowed on
the desks during the exam.
- Bring your own writing materials.
- No paper, notes, books, or calculators are allowed on the desk during the exam.
If scrap paper is required, it will be provided by your professor.
- If your professor gives you scrap paper, it MUST be returned with your exam.
- Failure to submit any scrap paper will result in a grade of 0.
- You are permitted the following things at your desk: writing materials, exam materials
provided by professor, one clear beverage/water bottle with no label.
- The professor/invigilator has the right to inspect any materials at your desk to ensure
no cheating is taking place.
- All phones/devices must be turned off during the exam (not just silenced
or on vibrate: they must be OFF).
You may not answer your phone or use any electronic device or use any
other means of communication with anyone other than the instructor and
invigilator during the exam.
- You will be required to leave all bags, backpacks, purses, phones, computers, tablets, jackets/coats,
hats, headphones/headsets, food/beverages, etc. at the front of the
room. This list is not exclusive: your professor may have you leave other items at the front
of the room. You may retrieve these items once you have submitted your exam.
- No conversation or any form of communication between students is permitted
in the examination room. The slightest sign of communication will result
in the confiscation of your exam, and you will be penalized with a breach
of Sheridan’s Academic Integrity Policy
- Students will not be permitted to wear baseball caps or hats.
Religious head coverings are an exception (baseball caps or other
hats may not substitute for one).
- You may not leave the room for any reason during the exam. You may only leave the room
after you have submitted your exam paper.
- If you have a medical problem that requires you to leave
the room frequently, you must provide medical documentation (i.e. doctor's
note) one week before the exam so that an escort can be arranged.
- If a student has a question they are to raise their hand and wait for a professor or invigilator to come to them
- If you have completed your exam early, raise your hand and indicate to
an instructor or invigilator that you are finished. Wait for them to
come to you and retrieve your exam. Do not leave your seat until your
exam has been collected.
- Once you have completed your exam and left the room, you are not permitted
to re-enter.
- If you are late for the exam, you will only be allowed to write the exam if
no one else has completed the test and left the room. You will not be given extra time.
- There are no make-up exams.
- No cheating will be tolerated. This includes talking
during the exam, using notes/textbook/etc, looking
up answers on an electronic device or hard copy resource,
taking photos of exam pages, writing exam questions or
answers on anything other than the exam paper, etc.
See the Academic Integrity Breach Policy
for definitions and sanctions.
Bonus Marks
You have a few opportunities to earn bonus marks though throughout the term.
- Bonus marks cannot be used to bring the mark from fail to pass.
Bonus marks will not be added to a failing grade!
- Bonus marks will be applied only when you meet both of the following conditions:
- you achieve a weighted average of 50% or more on all
exams
- your calculated grade is at least 60 percent
- Bonus marks will be applied only to decide whether or not the grade should be bumped up.