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BlendedLearningGuidelines

OnlineParticipationRequirements:

BlueValleyBlendedLearningcoursescontainonlineassignments,groupwork,blogs,wikisor

discussionforumsthatrequirethestudentstoengageandinteractwithotherstudents.During

theonlineinteractions,studentsarerequiredtoberespectfulofothers,useappropriate

grammarandspelling,andfollownetiquetteforallonlinecommunication.

Netiquette:

Netiquetteisthetermforcommon-senseguidelinesforcommunicatingonline.Studentsin

BlueValleyareexpectedtorespectandabidebythefollowingguidelines:

Swearingisunacceptableatalltimes. Avoidsarcasmandslang,especiallywhenparticipatinginonlinediscussion. Derogatorycommentsincludingthoseregardingrace,gender,religion,politics,

sexualorientation,physicalormentalstatus,orabilitywillnotbetolerated.

Allcriticismmustbeconstructive. Avoidspelling,grammaticalandtypographicalerrors. Contentofonlinediscussions,andpersonalinformationlearnedthroughonline

discussionmustremainprivate.

Neverrevealpersonalinformationincludingphonenumbersoraddressesbymeansoftheonlineclassroom.

StudentCodeofConduct:

StudentsenrolledinblendedlearningcoursesmustadheretotheBlueValleySchoolDistricts

codeofconductrulesandpolicies.

AcademicHonesty:

Academicintegrityisthefoundationoftheacademiccommunity.Becauseeachstudenthasthe

primaryresponsibilityforbeingacademicallyhonest,studentsareadvisedtoreadandunderstandallsectionsofthispolicyrelatingtostandardsofconductandacademiclife.

Informationcontainedinblendedcoursesshouldnotbedistributed,duplicatedorsharedby

students(includingassignments,tests,quizzesordocuments)unlessgivenpermissionbythe

courseinstructor.Studentswhodistributematerialswithoutpermissionoftheinstructorwill

besubjecttotheappropriatedisciplineproceduresandpolicies.

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PlagiarismandCopyright:

Plagiarismisclaimingtobetheoriginalauthoroflanguageorideascopiedfromanotherwriter.

ThisbehaviorisnottoleratedinBlueValleySchools.

Examplesofplagiarism:

Copyingorrephrasingotherstudents'work

Completingotherstudents'work

Copyingdirectlyfromanyresourcewithoutproperacknowledgement

Usingorrephrasingtheideasfromanyresourcewithoutproperacknowledgement

CopyrightedMaterial:

Theblendedlearningclassroomreceivesspecialpermissiontomakecopyrightedmaterial

availableonlineforstudentstousewhileenrolledinablendedcourse.Thereproductionofany

ofthesematerialswithoutauthorization,orthedistributionofthesematerialstoothers,is

strictlyprohibited.

TechnologyUsage:

StudentsenrolledinblendedlearningcoursesmustfollowtheBlueValleySchoolDistrictsacceptableusepolicies.Studentsagreetothispolicyeachtimetheyaccesstheonlinecourses.

BlueValleyAcceptableUsePolicy:

UseofBlueValleycomputersystemsandothercommunicationstechnologiesisgovernedby

theBoardofEducation'sacceptableusepolicies(3518-Studentsand6420-Employees)and

supportingguidelines.(Seehttp://www.bluevalleyk12.org/boe/policiesformoreinformation.)

Thisisareminderthatyouhavenoreasonableexpectationofprivacyinyouruseofthis

technologyandthatviolationofthesepoliciesmayresultindisciplinaryaction.Byloggingin,youareagreeingtothesepolicies.