Netiquette
The following guidelines outline expectations regarding courtesy in our interactions with one another:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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introduced a new idea, expanded or elaborate.d upon an idea already posted by someone else
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provided an example of an idea someone else submitted
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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
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raised an issue that has no dear-cut answer but might be explored by others in the class
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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
