When you write, we will read. When others write, you will read. In this online classroom, we talk about ideas not about the person who expresses them. Intellectual Responsibility You will be held accountable for your views, opinions, words, and language. Be prepared to explain where your opinions come from and to critically examine both the sources, reasoning, and evidence that supports them.
Academic honesty is assumed.
You are responsible for doing your own assignments and for citing the source of any ideas or words that are not your own, including those of other classmates and the instructor. As a member of a learning community, you are committed to the improvement of all its members' writing skills, not just your own. You are responsible for your actions and reactions . The above assumptions and attitudes translate into some very specific, practical actions. Talk about ideas not the person who expresses them.