You get 4-points for working an out-of-class pre-production setup. You get 5-points for post-production of a show for another producer resulting in the completion of a 3-disk production set. You get 2-points for shooting B-Roll for a production. The professor may, at his option, award a bonus of 5 points for service that goes beyond the call of duty, but this bonus is hard to get - to qualify your service must be so professional and astounding as cause him to loose sleep marvelling over it.

Any person with perfect attendence who completes there final production may get unlimited extra-credit for service. Any person who signs up for service but does not complete it looses all further service opportunities. Service is voluntary, but you may not get an A or B in the class if you decide not to perform any.

Tardiness and Absence Policy: Tardy students are considered absent. Tardiness is considered not being at work when the class starts. This means merely being in the general area of the class may still be considered tardiness if the student is unprepared to work due to removing cold weather gear, putting books away, or catching up on gossip with friends.

Learning Agreement: Students must sign a learning agreement to take this class. Failure to sign this agreement will result in the student being dropped from the class.

Visitors: Visitors to the class are not permitted except with permission of the instructor. Visitors to the class who act in a disruptive manner will be asked to leave.

Disruptive Behavior: Disruptive behavior in class will result in the student being asked to leave and being denied access to the class in the future. Disruptive behavior is defined as any purposeful act that disturbs the free flow of lectures and discussions at the discretion of the professor. This includes refusing to leave the classroom when requested to leave by the instructor.

Respectful Behavior: Respectful behavior is expected at all time between students, between students and teaching assistants, and between students and the professor. Respectful behavior is defined as behaviors which encourage learning by allowing access to discussions, lectures, and materials by all students.

Alcohol and Drug Policy: There is a zero tolerance policy of any form, and students who are found to be intoxicated will be removed from class.

Test make-up: Tests must be taken and projects turned in on the day they are offered unless you provide a doctor’s note specifically outlining a condition that required your absence at the time and day in question. Proxy tests may be given at the instructor’s discretion for legitimate absences at a time and place convenient for the course teaching assistants.

Cell Phones: Using cell phones in class or any other electronic device except a device approved for note taking, talking in class, disruptive behavior, or actions that make learning hard for others will result in loss of 1/2 of a letter grade. In extreme cases you will be asked to leave class. Producers and the professor will be allowed to maintain cell phones during class time during productions to ensure smooth conducting of business, but will not use the phones for personal calls.

Cheating: Cheating on tests will be reported to the office of Academic Affairs, and your grade in the class will be set to “F.”

Plagiarism: Plagiarism of any sort on productions will result in a grade of F for the course unless the professor determines the misconduct was a good faith mistake. Unless egregious failure to cite will not count as plagiarism, although it will likely result in a grade of zero for the paper it is used on. Students are encouraged to cite when any doubt exists of the providence of their materials. The professor reserves the right to retroactively change the grade given in this class if serious plagiarism so students are encouraged to treat this issue seriously. Since all class material is made available through Youtube, a proven accusation on that service of using copyright material will considered proof of plagiarism for the purpose of the class, except for 11 below.

Open Source and Fair Use: Students may use of a small amount of open source or fair use material in papers, especially historical diagrams or images taken by the U.S. Or other government agency, or taken prior to 1922 as long as they have made a reasonable attempt to verify the copyright status of the materials. Where it is possible, this material should be thoroughly cited, and the students should be able to demonstrate why they feel it is open source or public domain, or why they believe they are making fair use of the material. As always, written permission to use materials is the safest way to make use of images and diagrams. Under no circumstances should students attempt to take credit for images that are open sources or fair use unless they have undergone substantial modification by the students, and even then the original document should be cited.

Disabilities: Students with disabilities who wish to set up academic adjustments in this class should give me a copy of their “Confirmation of Eligibility for Academic Adjustments” from the Disability Support Services Office as soon as possible so we can meet to discuss how the approved adjustments will be implemented in this class. Students with disabilities without this form should contact the Disability Support Services Office, Bouillon 205 or dssrecept@cwu.edu or 963-2171 immediately. Students with disabilities who do not want special consideration need not reveal their disability to the professor or the class. In all cases, disabilities, even of the most severe kind, will be worked around by the professor of the class to assure maximum participation.

Communication: Students are required to check their e-mail each day for communications about the class agenda. Claims that communications were not received because of failure to check e-mail will not be considered a valid excuse for missing work sessions.

Professional Behavior: This policies recognize that unusual circumstances occur, and that mistakes happen. The student should understand that the goal of the class is learning, and that many mistakes can be made good by communicating the mistake to the professor, and seeking to make the mistake good by learning from it. The professor will always attempt to find a way to accommodate a student who recognizes a problem and seeks to fix it as long as the fix represents an attempt at professional academic behavior and seeks to work toward the common goal of education and original thinking.

Changing the Syllabus: Modifications to this syllabus will, when possible, be provided in writing as soon as they can be determined, except for changes in lectures due to illness, emergency, or failure to meet learning objectives. Changes can include adding or removing tests, changing production deadlines, or changing the order or content of readings.

Safety Policy: Students are expected to work in a safe manner at all time. Failure to do so will result in permenant expulsion from the class. No college course is worth sustaining an injury to pass. Accidents that occur should be immediately reported to the professor. Students who see unsafe actions taking place are required to inform the rest of the crew by yelling "safety" in a clear voice, and all work should stop until the professor gives says "safety clear." Students should understand that a studio is a dangerous place, and accidents can and will happen, but that in no case will the professor tolerate behavior that increases the chances of accidents. That said, no student who has an accident will be punished for the mere fact that they had one as long as they report it.