Below are the course policies for the TAM 2XX courses (210, 211, 212, and 251). Please read through them and familiarize yourself with the policies regarding course logistics.

1. Excuses from assessments will only be given in the following circumstances:
   1. Illness.
   2. Personal crisis (e.g., car accident, required court appearance, death of a close relative).
   3. Required attendance at an official UIUC activity (e.g., varsity athletics, band concert).
   4. You are using accommodations from your DRES letter.
2. In all cases you must upload a scan of the official written documentation explaining your absence to the instructors via a private post to "Instructors & TAs" on Campuswire
3. In cases (a) or (b) an official excuse letter from the Dean on Duty (or for illness or injury, a doctor's note with specific dates to be excused from schoolwork) must be submitted via the online form within 2 weeks of the due date of the missed assessment. In cases of extended or unusual illness, late submission of excuse documentation will be considered.
4. In case (c) an official letter from the designated university official must be submitted via the online form at least one week prior to the due date of the missed assessment.
5. In case (d) you must submit your DRES letter and state the specific accommodations you are requesting to use.
6. Notwithstanding the above, at your professor's discretion you may be required to make up any excused work or attend substitute instruction or assessment.

Academic integrity infractions, harassment, and discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. See the University's Student Code, Article 1, Part 4 and the Campus Conduct Policy. Please report any concerns immediately to your professor.

Academic integrity infractions will be dealt with using the most stringent available counter-measures. All infractions are documented through the campus-wide FAIR database, that remains part of the student's permanent record. All infractions in this database will be referred to the Senate Committee on Student Discipline for review and potential additional sanctions. Typical penalties in TAM 2XX courses for academic infractions include dropping one course letter grade. Students have been expelled from the university for cheating.

Infractions include, but are not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, and assisting others in a manner not prescribed or allowed for in the original assignment or directions. Notably, for homework assignments, students are encouraged and allowed to work together. The philosophy is that homeworks are formative assessments, meaning they are intended to foster learning. This is in contrast to summative assessments, including quizzes and exams, that measure individual student mastery of course concepts, for which students are of course forbidden from assisting each other.

Computer-based testing deserves special mention. This testing is typically given across multiple days. During the entire time period of testing, students are strictly forbidden from discussing any aspect of the test/quiz whatsoever with other students. This includes specifics of questions, general aspects of questions, comments on the difficulty of the quiz, etc. This policy is strictly enforced to preserve the integrity of the computer-based testing.

The two main ways to obtain help are online at Campuswire, or at office hours. Please do not send email directly to CAs, TAs or professors for routine help or absences.  

This class uses Campuswire for ALL communications between the instructor, TAs, CAs, and students. Students should not communicate with instructors via email. This is so we can ensure a faster response and keep everyone informed about what's going on.

Students are encouraged to post public messages on Campuswire ("Post to Entire Class"). If you like, you can post anonymously, but we encourage everyone to use their name because it makes a friendlier and more welcoming environment. We will never judge anyone for asking anything on Campuswire, and you will see professors, TAs, and CAs making mistakes and saying stupid things as well!

You can use the private feature on Campuswire by posting a message visible only to the Instructors. To do so, choose the "Post to instructors and TAs" option in the dropdown menu located at the bottom right corner of the window.

The use of Campuswire should not replace the in-person Office Hours time, since some questions cannot be fully addressed via an online forum.

All assessment scores are stored on Canvas. All other class-related information will be posted only to the official class website or Campuswire. Any errors in grade reporting appearing on Canvas must be reported to "Instructors" via Campuswire within 1 week of the due date of the assessment item or by the last day of class, whichever is earlier.

Prompt and regular viewing of all at lecture material is essential for your comprehension and success in the course.

You will have online quizzes and exams using the PrairieLearn system. Your lowest quiz grade for the semester will be replaced with your cumulative (TAM 210) or final (TAM 212/251) exam score if it is higher. All quizzes and exams will be proctored by course staff over Zoom. Instructions and guidelines regarding Zoom- proctored exams will be shared by each course. Failure to follow all exam instructions and protocols may be considered an academic integrity violation.

If you have accommodations identified by the Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) for exams, you must share your Letter of Accommodations with course staff no more than 5 business days before the first exam of the semester. You can find a DRES Letter Intake Form on the home page of each course. Course staff will advise you as to whether your accommodations will be granted for the quizzes and final exam.

Any problem during testing must be reported to your proctor at the time the problem occurs. If you do not inform a proctor of a problem during the test then you forfeit all rights to redress.

Weekly online homeworks will be assigned via PrairieLearn. Each assignment is due at 11:59pm on the assigned due date. Due dates are available inside PrairieLearn. These assignments place an emphasis on mastery. The idea is to keep doing questions until you master the underlying concept or method. Once you do, you should be able to answer these questions very quickly.

The way this works in PrairieLearn is that each question has a value, a point total, and a point maximum. If you answer a question correctly, two things happen:

• The point total increases by the value, until you reach the point maximum.
• The value increases (2x, 3x, 4x, etc.).
• The value increases (2x, 3x, 4x, etc.).

If you answer a question incorrectly, one thing happens:

• The value goes back to what it was originally (1x).

This system rewards repeated correct answers, which tend to demonstrate mastery. There is no penalty (other than resetting the value) for answering a question incorrectly, so don't be afraid to submit an answer. Similarly, don't be afraid to keep doing a question after you reach the point maximum - your point total with never go down!

If you click on the "?" just to the right of the line about available credit, you'll see all the dates associated with this homework. In particular, it says:

• you can receive 100% until Main End Date
• you can receive 80% until Extended End Date(two days later)
• you can receive 0%, but can keep doing problems as practice for the rest of the semester.

Note that your score will never go down. For example, if you achieve 90% by the Main End Date, you won't be able to increase your score after that time, but you won't be penalized for not reaching 100% - your score will remain 90% forever. On the other hand, if you achieve only 70% by the Main End Date you will be able to increase your score after that time (to a maximum of 80%) until the Extended End Date.

To obtain disability-related academic adjustments or accommodations, students with disabilities must contact their professor and Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) as soon as possible.

If you have accommodations identified by the Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) for exams, please submit your Letter of Accommodations (LOA) to the DRES letter intake form found at https://forms.gle/h4aCZY7WwGY7NhFu6

Please visit each course's home page for details regarding the final exam.