Section Course Policies

Cell phones must be off and put away during class. Laptop computers and tablets are encouraged, as we will be engaging with materials that are available electronically. However, please use them in ways that are focused on the course and the activities of the class.

I may opt to record the classroom activities for instructional purposes and post them to the cloud. The electronic recording of classroom lectures, discussions, simulations, and other course-related activity is governed by Linfield’s Classroom Recording Policy (Faculty Handbook, VII.26 and Student Policy Guide). Students do not have permission to record any Zoom meetings. Students do not have permission to distribute or share any recorded content from Zoom meetings.

Students in this course are expected to avoid the use AI tools, such as Chat GPT, Gemini, Claude, and PhotoMath, to generate activity, quiz, or homework solutions. Any tools may only be used in a manner that contributes to understanding math, rather than avoiding the work necessary to deepen your understanding. Use of such tools, like any other academic work that is not entirely the student’s own, must be cited. Work for a grade that is not primarily in the student’s own words and properly cited, will be considered plagiarized. Note, many of the math tools that exist use techniques that are not part of this course.

If a violation is suspected, the first action will be a conversation about why your work may be read as AI generated. Work that is deemed not the student’s own after this conversation will receive a 0 on the entire assignment/ activity.

Some AI uses that are appropriate: helping summarize key concepts with additional examples, generating practice questions to study for a quiz or exam, helping create a study plan for balancing your workload. Uses that are not appropriate: generating homework or activity solutions, generating proofs for homework or activities, having AI correct your proofs or homework.