Questions about a grade must be submitted first in writing. The grade is final after one week. The University, the Department of Speech Communication, and the instructor take academic honesty very seriously - as should you the student. If you are not, please obtain one of these booklets and read it carefully. This document has a thorough presentation of the different types of academic dishonesty, as well as the procedures which are in place to adjudicate alleged incidents of academic dishonesty.
Students are responsible for all information in the class, regardless of their personal attendance.
If a student is absent, it is his or her responsibility to inquire about what they have missed. First, no student, regardless of whether or not they are presenting, can miss a group presentation day without prior approval by the instructor. Part of understanding rhetoric is understanding what it means to be an active listener in the audience. Therefore, your attendance on all presentation days is mandatory. Second, an unexcused absence does not excuse the student from assignments and papers due on that day.