Netiquette

 

The following guidelines outline expectations regarding courtesy in our interactions with one another:

 

•   Maintain a professional and respectful tone in all postings.

•  Avoid language that is ambiguous or may easily be misinterpreted.

•   Refrain from responding to posts that you find off-putting. Choose instead to respond to another learner whose post has given you something productive to think about.

•   Use humor cautiously. Remember that you do not have the benefit of body language and voice inflection to help your co-communicator understand the real intent of your expression.

•   Remember the "bulletin board" nature of the discussion board; anything posted is in the public domain and can be viewed and read by everyone in the class.

•   Personal comments intended for one individual should be sent/emailed directly to that individual rather than posted on the discussion board.

 

Participation Self-Check

 

To help you better understand how asynchronous, text-based discussions work in online courses, please review this checklist. These are not required elements but are guidelines for substantive posts. I have:

•   introduced a new idea, expanded or elaborate.d upon an idea already posted by someone else

•   provided an example of an idea someone else submitted

•   described a vie\\ipoint or perspective that differs from someone else's

•   asked a question of one or more participants

•   responded to questions of one or more participants

•   raised an issue that has no dear-cut answer but might be explored by others in the class

•   posed a problem and have asked for others' vie\'1points

•   shared resources that pertain to an idea or issue under discussion

•   included an outside reference or two (cited the source from which I got my information, as appropriate)

•   shown evidence of critical thinking applied to the concepts or questions