Student Responsibilities
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Email
While there
are e-mail policies specific to each online course, Longwood University
encourages faculty members to respond to e-mail messages in online courses in a
timely fashion as stated in the course syllabus. See the specific course
policies for more details.
Faculty
members may elect not to respond to e-mail messages that they deem inappropriate
according to their course guidelines.
Longwood
e-mail accounts may be forwarded to another account. However, ALL Longwood
communications go to the Longwood account. (WARNING: Contents of emails are no
longer secure once they leave the Longwood system.)
To forward Longwood email to another account:
Log into Longwood web mail.
Choose Options
Choose Forwarding
Enter forwarding address
Choose Start
Students are
responsible for checking the Longwood account regularly.
Students are
advised to check Blackboard and e-mail every day to assure receipt of updated
course information and communications.
Excessive
e-mails make unreasonable time demands on both sender and recipient. Have a
legitimate need before sending an email.
Instructors
will answer email about:
1. Questions arising from
difficulty in understanding course content
2. Course issues that are not
appropriate for the Blackboard discussion forum or other public forum
Instructors
may choose NOT to answer e-mail that
1.
Poses questions
answered in the course information sections of the course site
2.
Lacks a subject
line clearly stating the purpose of the e-mail
3.
Raises an inappropriate subject
Students are
responsible for their assignments reaching their instructor
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