Group membership will be the same for all assignments. Each video will be graded for lighting, editing and so on. Because of necessary equipment limitations, assignments will not be graded down for sound quality. However, you should still try to have the best possible sound quality on your assignments. The media field is highly competitive.
Absenteeism is simply unacceptable.
This course has a number of days on which the class does not meet, or only editors for a project attend. Because of this, you are expected to attend all class meetings which will be held, and to be on time. Any lateness or absenteeism will affect your grade, and the effect will increase proportionately as the amount of lateness and absenteeism increases. One or two absences would have only a minimal effect on your grade. By the time you reach 10 missed classes, however, it will no longer be possible to get a passing grade.