Title: Online Learning Rules/ Netiquette
Course: BAC300: Management Accounting I (PEBL)

As with face to face classrooms, online learning has its rules which we shall refer to as netiquette.  These are meant to guide discussions and create a conducive e-learning space devoid of rudeness, arrogance, bias, prejudices, fears, and other unnecessary innuendos. These rules are but are not limited to the following.

- Make your statements clear, easy to read, and use conventional language without spelling errors. Using capital letters except at the beginning of a sentence and for proper nouns is considered shouting and so is the use of several exclamation marks at the end of a sentence or statement.
- You will be required to comment on other students’ comments and responses.
- You could do this by adding onto someone’s answer or offering constructive criticism to their comments in a discussion/chat forum.
- Netiquette (online manners) should be observed at all times. Do not use insulting, belittling, or defamatory language when criticizing or commenting on someone else’s answers and comments.
- As you scan the internet resources and library e-resources and you find something interesting and very relevant for the topic of discussion, alert the class either through posting the link or the video online to stimulate further discussion.
- It is good academic practice to recognize the source of any online material that you share with others through citing or attributing to avoid plagiarism.
- If there is something of importance you want the class to know, don’t hesitate to use the contact page available to alert the lecturer.
- Your online participation and progress will be automatically be monitored by the system and you will view your participation performance on the Ranking section of the system. Participation points will partly be used to gauge your performance online