This handbook provides you with the basic information you need to know as a student at Miami Dade College. Please review the Students' Rights and Responsibilities Links to an external site. site to learn about policies addressing code of conduct, grade appeals, religious observations, services for students with special needs, and many other areas.
Please carefully review the Academic Dishonesty policies in the Students' Rights and Responsibilities Links to an external site. site.
This site identifies "cheating on an examination" as one action included under academic dishonesty. In this course, you are expected to complete quizzes and exams independently and without access to the course's online content or your own study notes. Having multiple browser windows open, accessing previous quizzes or course readings, and using your course notes while taking a quiz or exam constitutes cheating. The Canvas system records all course activities. Activity logs when you are taking quizzes/exams that show access to other course components make up evidence of cheating and may cause a failing grade for the corresponding quiz or exam.
You may have access to content in completed quizzes/exams. Copying, photographing, or any form of duplicating content in any assessment violates the integrity of the assessment. Such action will be viewed as academic dishonesty and may result in a failing grade for the corresponding quiz or exam.
Plagiarism is another action identified as academic dishonesty. Presenting the work or ideas of someone else as one's own constitutes plagiarism, which is why students are always expected to cite their sources. Through the use of tools such as Turnitin, non-original work can be easily identified; if not sourced, this constitutes evidence of plagiarism and may result in a failing grade for the corresponding assignment.
After registering, students may change their schedules during the drop/add period. The dates for this period are listed on the Academic CalendarLinks to an external site. which may be found as a link on the Miami Dade College homepage.
An Incomplete is given only where extenuating circumstances exist, such as documented medical problems or a death in the family, and is issued solely at the discretion of the instructor. If the instructor agrees to grant an Incomplete, a written agreement must be completed between the instructor and the student, specifying the coursework to be completed, in what manner, and by when. Failure to fulfill the terms of the contract by the end of the next major term will result in an "F" for the course. A student may not remove an Incomplete by registering in a subsequent term to re-take the course.
For more information on Incomplete grades, please refer to the Students' Rights and ResponsibilitiesLinks to an external site..
Class lectures may be recorded and made available to students enrolled in the same class. Students who do not wish to be recorded, please contact the class instructor in the first week of class to discuss alternative arrangements.
In the event of a hurricane or other disaster, the class follows the schedule established by the College for campus-based courses. Please visit the MDC websiteLinks to an external site. or call the MDC Hotline (305-237-7500) for situation updates.