Policies 

Openness: One of the characteristics of the digital humanities is its open, public quality. Most of the work in this course you will be documenting in a site you create in your own NYU web hosting. It is a new and interesting experience for students to work in the open, since it asks us to think about our audience more than if we were only writing a paper for a single person to read.  You will have your own web address in the form {avatar}.hosting.nyu.edu. You can use your own name if you want, or you can chose an avatar.  If you do not want your postings to be public and open, it is possible for them to be protected with a password that you share with the instructor.  At the end of the semester once all is graded, you can keep or delete your work.  Your web hosting will remain active as long as you are a student at NYU.

Attendance and participation: Attendance and participation in class will be an essential part of the final grade. Attendance means that you are present and that you bring your laptop. Class participation means that you come prepared to discuss the materials, that you speak up when you have something relevant to say and that you are respectful of all students’ desire to speak.

Attendance Policy: The course is based on regular, progressive exercises. It is required for students to attend course. A maximum of three unexcused absences in the semester is allowed, but not suggested.  Excused absences should come with a note or be negotiated with the instructor.

Device policy: Devices are allowed, even encouraged, in the course since they provide multiple points of access to information in our age. This does not mean a phone. You should not text in class. We will discuss “digital drift.”  You should close applications that are not class related. Sometimes you will be offered the opportunity to connect your machine to the screen–in which case everything you see, the class will see. Keep your computer organized and orderly. In the case of some exercises and/or assessment you will be asked to close or put away your devices. Device abuse may require the instructor to revise this policy.

Other Course policies

  • If you must leave class early, inform me in advance.

  • If you know that you have to miss class, please inform the instructor ahead of time, and preferably in writing. Staying in communication is the key.

  • Students should make sure the readings are downloaded to a device and that you have read them on the day they are required and that you have jotted down notes about them.

  • Excused absences should come from a physician or a counselor, and are subject to verification.

Integrity: Academic integrity and honesty are central components of a student’s education. Ethical conduct maintained in an academic context will be taken eventually into a student’s professional career. Academic honesty is essential to a community of teachers and learners. Anything less than total commitment to honesty undermines the efforts of the entire academic community.

NYU Abu Dhabi expects its students to adhere to the highest possible standards of scholarship and academic conduct. Students should be aware that engaging in behaviors that violate the standards of academic integrity will be subject to review and may face the imposition of penalties in accordance with the procedures set out in the NYUAD policy.