{"id":43,"date":"2022-08-20T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2022-08-20T00:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T04:00:30","slug":"attendance-and-presence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/syllabus\/attendance-and-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Attendance and Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Summary of Attendance Policies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two unexcused absences lower your final grade by one letter (<strong>A\u2192B<\/strong>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 20 minutes tardy = one absence. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* The first incident will be noted but excused.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asleep in class = one absence. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* The first incident will be noted but excused.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been said: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80% of success is just showing up<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Your physical presence and civic participation in the class are of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">paramount importance<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You are responsible for what happens in class whether you\u2019re here or not. Organize with your classmates to get class information and material that you have missed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Contact the professors in a timely way regarding your situation.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you&#8217;re going to be absent or late, send a message by email or Discord<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you\u2019re ill, or if you know you will have a planned absence, please let us know <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the beginning of that class session: we can be very understanding and accommodating about planned and necessary absences, family circumstances, and\/or medical issues when you inform us in a timely and professional manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mental presence and social media.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Physical presence means nothing if you\u2019re \u201cchecked out\u201d; your mental presence is paramount. During the professor\u2019s lectures or guest presentations, open laptops and social media are prohibited. Any laptop or phone for social media, texting, etc. is banned during lectures, critiques and group discussion, unless specifically allowed\/requested by the professors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sleeping in class.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you begin to nod off in class please address this issue immediately by getting up, drinking water, and taking a bathroom break. Because, if you sleep during a lecture, you will be asked to leave. If it happens more than once, you will be asked to leave, and also given an \u201cabsent\u201d mark. If you chronically fall asleep in class you are advised to address this issue with a medical professional.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>A Word about Unexcused Absences in Critiques<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, students who haven\u2019t completed their projects skip class during critiques, because they are too embarrassed to come to class empty-handed. However: your participation on critique days is essential\u2014even if your project is incomplete or nonexistent\u2014because these sessions and conversations are critical in helping you understand criteria for good work. Even if your own project is unfinished, you are still expected to contribute productively to the class discussion. We take your attendance very seriously, and we take your attendance during critiques most seriously of all.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Lateness to the Final Exhibition<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our class\u2019s end-of-semester exhibition is a special event in which we present our work to the public. It usually takes place in the STUDIO facility. With all of the competing requirements for space, tables, cables, computers, and special adapters, it requires several hours of preparation. For this reason we require everyone to arrive to install their project at least 60 minutes before the final exhibition \u2014 even if your project only takes 5 minutes to set up. Indeed, you may not be able to set up your work if you arrive five minutes before opening time. Showing up late to set up on the final exhibition day, without a prior arrangement confirmed by email, will cost you one letter grade (<strong>A\u2192B<\/strong>). \u201cLate\u201d means: less than 60 minutes before the official exhibition opening time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary of Attendance Policies Two unexcused absences lower your final grade by one letter (A\u2192B). Over 20 minutes tardy = one absence. * The first incident will be noted but excused. Asleep in class = one absence. * The first incident will be noted but excused. It has been said: 80% of success is just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/syllabus\/attendance-and-presence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Attendance and Presence&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/44"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/60-461\/f2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}