You need to log in to Zoom using your Cornell netID to attend lecture/section· Please keep your microphone muted except when it is your turn to talk, and make sure that your screen name is set with your first and last name.
We appreciate that it can be uncomfortable to give the entire class a view into your personal life. In lecture you are not required to have your camera on. We do ask you to turn your cameras on when we have small-group breakout sessions of 5 or fewer students; the quality of conversation and co-design improves greatly with a visual channel.
In section, to foster a personal, relational climate and collabroative design work, you are required to have camera on; to accommodate students in special circumstaces, exceptions are possible by contacting your section TA privately.
If you need to step out temporarily during lecture or section, please log out of the Zoom meeting and log back in when you return. This avoids other students having the unpleasant experience of getting into a breakout room to find the other "students" are zombie attenders.
Please treat our Zoom classes as you would in-person class in terms of dress and appearance. Your camera should not reveal anything potentially offensive.Of course, babies, little siblings, grandparents, pets, messy rooms, etc. are fine — we’re all working in unusual locations.
You may use the "Everyone" chat channel to share questions or comments about the lecture; we will also use chat at times for in-class exercises. Public and private chat channels should be used for course-related work. Personal comments or other non-section dialogues should not be sent in Zoom chat, even with friends. Flirting on chat channels is off-topic and may easily be experienced as sexual harrassment, even if this is not your intention. Please remember that anything said on a private chat channel in the Zoom meeting may potentially be seen by the course instructors and keep your comments on appropriate topics.
It is possible to hand in design workbook submissions and mini-projects up to 7 days after the assignment is due. You will be charged "slip days" for late assignments. A slip day is accrued starting immediately after the assignment is due (i.e. an assignment which is one hour late will incur a full slip day).
Life happens. We believe you are the best judge of when you need a break in the course. Therefore, we allow you some flexibility in handing in your assignments, to use at your own judgement, for situations such as routine illness, minor injuries, interviews, competing workload in other courses, extra-curricular activities, or just the need to take a break. You will have 7 free slip days that you can use to hand homework assignments in late at any point over the semester. For example, you could hand one workbook assignment in 4 days late, and one mini-project 3 days late. Each slip day beyond the 7 allowed for the course will result in a deduction of 1/2 point from your final grade. Please note that free slip days cannot be applied to the final exam.
Additional homework extensions can only be granted by the professors and are only granted under truly exceptional circumstances. It is wise to save your slip days for illness, sudden personal emergencies, and other unexpected events. We strongly discourage using slip days on your first assignment.
The final exam carries a late penalty of 1 full letter grade (10 points out of 100) per hour late, starting immediately after the final exam is due (i.e. a final exam which is 10 minutes late will incur a full letter grade penalty).Please note late assignments may be (very) delayed in grading, as they fall outside our regular course rhythm. Late final exams may result in a temporary grade of incomplete for the course.
We teach this course with the goal of reaching every student, no matter your circumstances. If you find that issues around ability, family commitments, health problems, religious commitments, legal issues, or other personal situations are impeding your ability to learn in this course, please reach out to the course instructors so we can make a personal plan to help you succeed in this course. Reaching out early, before things get out of hand, makes it easier for us to help you effectively. Nevertheless, do not let being late deter you from reaching out.
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Questions about why you got a grade may be answered by any TA. You may also ask any TA whether they believe there may be an error in the grading. However, TAs are not permitted to change your grade. If you believe that there may be an error in your grading, you can let us know about a potential issue by requesting your assignment to be formally regraded, through the on-line regrade form available over Canvas.
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