Deadlines

As explained in the web page for the homework, students must submit their quiz results before 12:00:00 midnight (Utah time) on the day designated in the course calendar. If the internet server receives those quiz results even one second late, at midnight or later, no matter the the rule is simple: you automatically lose 25% of the points possible for each day late, no matter the reason for the delay. In other words, after three days... you might as well forget about it. The sole leniency with this rule is that I only count days when the university is in session —not weekends or holidays. Moreover, no homework assigned before an exam will be worth credit after the exam: it makes no sense whatsoever to take a test, and then study for it! In point of fact, at the midnight deadline for the last homework quiz assigned before an exam, the quizzes will no longer be available, nor will they be worth anything anymore —not even partial points. After the testing windows have closed, and the results are tallied and recorded, the quizzes will once again be available for you to submit the next series of homework assignments.
Of course, you can always complete your homework assignments early and thus avoid any misunderstandings or last-minute technical complications —and the loss of points. Why wait? Forge ahead, do your readings and homework early, and submit your quiz results long before they are due!
As for the exams, the rules are even stricter: it is simply not possible to take them at any other time than the two-day “window” designated in the course calendar. Of course, sometimes a true emergency arises, in which case you must contact me beforehand —not afterwards— and I’ll see if the situation truly deserves a special arrangement. I do not suggest that you hold your breath.
These rules are very strict and inflexible. Do not ask for exceptions because the answer will be negative. This course provides an “equal opportunity” to all —not an “equal outcome.” Consequently, to bend a rule for one individual would be blatantly unfair to all the other classmates. If you anticipate that there might be problems with your schedules or work commitments or athletic activities or other types of family, social, or community obligations that might conflict with these rules... you shouldn’t take the class!

Honesty

Buried in USU’s General Catalog are definitions of academic honesty and the specific rules that govern student behavior. You should read them carefully.
For example, the university considers actions like these dishonest (see USU Academic Policies):

“...using or attempting to use or providing others with any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, examinations, or in any other academic exercise activity;”

“...depending upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments;”

“...substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for oneself, in taking an examination or preparing academic work;”

“...acquiring tests or other academic material belonging to a faculty member, staff member, or another student without express permission.”

The university also states that falsification...
“...includes the intentional and unauthorized altering or inventing of any information or citation in an academic exercise or activity.”

And it defines plagiarism as...
“...representing by paraphrase or direct quotation, the published or unpublished work of another person as one’s own in any academic exercise or activity without... full and clear acknowledgement”

I must warn you that dishonesty is completely unacceptable in any form.

WARNING!
Anyone who commits a dishonest act in this classwill receive an “F” and the infraction will be reported to the Vice President of Student Affairs —who could apply punishments even more severe, such as suspension or expulsion.