The following limits apply to all
public postings in our virtual classroom as well as to private
postings to individuals in our class.
Messages that are disrespectful,
rude, impolite, combative, or unfriendly will not be tolerated.
For this reason, any messages that, in the instructor's judgment,
could be interpreted as unfriendly, disrespectful, rude, or
impolite will be immediately deleted in order to preserve the
emotionally safe, polite, and friendly atmosphere of the classroom.
Anyone who posts such a message will be warned one time. If
the behavior continues, such messages will continue to be deleted
from the classroom, and more severe measures may be taken (per
Community College Policy), to include disciplinary warnings,
disciplinary probation, disenrollment from the class, and, potentially,
expulsion from the college.
Any messages that, in the instructor's
judgment, contain any sexually inappropriate material or any
racially insensitive remarks will also be immediately deleted
in order to preserve the emotional safety of the classroom. Anyone
who posts such a message will be warned one time. If the behavior
continues, such messages will continue to be deleted from the
classroom, and more severe measures may be taken, to include
disciplinary warnings, disciplinary probation, disenrollment
from the class, and, potentially, expulsion from the college.
Furthermore, everyone has the right
to not respond to posts, whether sent publicly to the classroom
or privately to a mailbox, that they consider to be unfriendly,
combative, disrespectful, demanding, impolite, or sexually or
racially inappropriate.
If anyone in class sends inappropriate
or unpleasant posts to your private email box, please notify
your instructor immediately so that the matter can be dealt with
directly. You have every right to not respond to such posts.
We should all be aware that all
email messages (including those posted to the classroom and those
posted privately) are essentially public communications. Not
many people other than our own class will probably actually read
them, but other people theoretically could read them. You may
want to keep this in mind whenever you send email messages to
anyone.