Design Foundations I & II, Senior Seminar, Computer Graphic Design

Art 160/Art 260/Art 450/Art 220/ Greg Clayton

Cell phones, laptops, communication devices and other electronic device policy

During general class and lab periods  

DO NOT allow your cell phones, tablets, laptop or other audible devices to make noise during class. 
Either don’t bring them to class, silence them or turn them off.  You may be asked to leave the class and take an unexcused absence if your device interrupts class. If disruption occurs during an exam, you may receive a zero on the exam.

DO NOT take or make phone calls, IM's, nor send or receive emails or other digital messages during class. 

You may use your laptop during class IF:
a) you are using it for class notes or classwork,
b) your mouse, keyboard and system sounds are either off, or so quiet as to not disturb your peers (or your professor) (note that loud typing IS a problem. We are each responsible to contribute to a shared environment that is conducive to our common goals. In a classroom, we are responsible to allow each person to concentrate and think with as little distraction as reasonably possible. That means that even if you are not intending to bug someone else, you may have to stop typing.)

Do not play games or listen to music during class.  (exception:  during lab/studio periods, you may, at the teacher’s discretion, listen to music as long as it does not disturb others, it does not inhibit your ability to interact with the instructor and other students, and it does not diminish concentration on your assignment.)

During exams & quizzes 

All electronic devices must be turned off and out-of-reach. 

Ideally, do not bring them to class at all on exam days.  If in class, put them in back packs or book bags — out of sight and out of reach.  Or, if necessary, leave them at the front of class.  Any phones or digital devices within sight, at hand OR in pockets during an exam may be construed as evidence of cheating.  
(Sorry.  But others, before you, have creatively abused basic privileges.)