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PONCHATOULA HIGH SCHOOL

POLICIES & PRACTICES FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING

 

 

ATTENDANCE:

Students are expected to log into their course(s) daily in order to keep up with the course materials. Faculty, staff and administration are able to track the students’ activities online. If an unexpected situation such as illness should arise and there is an extended leave from the course, it is the student's responsibility to contact the teacher, who will determine alternatives and course of action for meeting class requirements. 

 

ZOOM CLASS SESSIONS: 

The Zoom class sessions are an important component of Remote Learning. In large measure, they provide the needed interaction of a live traditional class. Given the constraints of the medium, all participants in the Zoom class sessions are expected to adhere to the following rules and best practices in order to ensure the best possible learning environment. 

 

Preparation:

  • Make sure your chromebook is charged and the camera is on. Use headphones if you have them.
  • Never enter, or attempt to enter, a Zoom session fraudulently using the name of another student, faculty or staff member. 

  • Make certain that you are logging in using your school email account. 

  • Your Zoom name IS only your first and last name.

  • Never enter a Zoom session for a class that is not part of the regular schedule, and more so, never enter a Zoom session for a class at another school. 

  • Class meeting IDs are never to be shared with others outside of the class. 

  • Students should only use the meeting IDs that pertain to the classes on their schedule. 

  • The background for a Zoom session must be the student’s setting and not a virtual image. This setting must be appropriate to the other participants and offer enough light for the student’s face to be visible. 

  • Find a quiet place. Check your surroundings.

  • Be dressed appropriately, arrive a few minutes early, sit up straight, and be in camera view.

Participation:

  • The student will be admitted to the “waiting room” before being admitted to the class. 

  • Log into the Zoom account using your tangistudents email (e.g., [email protected]) and the specific instructions sent out by the teacher. 

  • Zoom is a virtual classroom; therefore, all classroom rules apply. 

  • The device being used should be identified by the student’s full name, which is the name the teacher will see on the Zoom “waiting room.” Changing your name to something inappropriate is unacceptable behavior and will be addressed immediately. 

  • Posture before the camera must be conducive to active learning and participation (e.g., no reclining). The student’s full face must be visible in the camera frame. 

  • As expected of any class interaction, participants are to treat each other with courtesy and respect. 

  • Offensive or inappropriate language is not to be used in any form of communication. This extends to emails, discussion postings, group projects, and submitted assignments which may be part of or an extension of the Zoom interaction. Stay on topic. No side conversations.

  • Use of any profanity - written, drawn, displayed or spoken - during a meeting is unacceptable and consequences will result. 

  • Remember that all lessons will be recorded by the teacher for future reference and review. 

 

Unacceptable Behaviors Include: 

  • Entering a meeting fraudulently. 

  • Creating negative images of meetings using screenshots or screen recordings of any member of the faculty, staff or administration. 

  • Using profanity or obscenities in any form. 

  • Verbal or physical abuse in the form of intimidation, harassment, or threatening behavior directed toward the teacher, fellow students or administrative staff. 

  • Any student who is found plagiarizing or cheating may have his grade for the assignment/assessment lowered or may fail the course.