Classroom Rules

Video Production Lab

Classroom Rules and Procedures

All school rules are enforced. A copy of these rules are available in the Franklin High School Parent /Student Handbook. You may view this handbook as a Microsoft Word document here.

Enter and exit the class only through the door nearest your assigned seat. No entry or exit is allowed through the “Blue Room” studio.

The area behind the teacher’s desk is out-of-bounds. Do not walk behind the teacher’s desk. Ask for any item that you may need.

Any student with a fourth tardy will receive an after-school detention. Following the school policy, any student with five or more tardies will be referred to the appropriate Vice Principal to be issued a Saturday School. The student is then issued OCD for the remainder of the period. The Vice Principal notifies the parent.

The consumption of food or drink in class is prohibited in all school computer labs. Food and drink must remain sealed in your backpack.

Remain in your assigned seat throughout the entire period. Class is not dismissed until everyone is sitting in their assigned seat and all equipment is accounted for.

You are expected to work throughout the period. There is no free time in this class. If you complete all of your work then you should work on any available extra credit assignments, experiment with the software or do work from another class.

Students should generally remain quiet while working. Any conversation should be assignment-related and maintained at a low level.

Unexcused late work is generally docked one grade level per day. This is especially true with paper assignments.

Make sure that the content of your work is not offensive or inappropriate for a school project.

Your computer may only be used for school-related work. You may not use your computer to play games or surf to sites that are not related to your current work.

No one may check their e-mail (unless special permission is granted to aid a class related purpose). No one may post messages to blogs, etc.

Students are allowed three bathroom/personal need passes each term. A pass form is provided at the beginning of the term – Do not lose it. Unused passes are worth five points each at the end of the term. Anyone needing a fourth pass must write a 500 word essay titled, “Changes I Will Make So That I Will Not Have to Use the Bathroom during Class.” Unless extreme illness is involved, any bathroom break longer than 12 minutes will count as two passes. A bathroom break extending past 20 minutes will result in an after-school detention. Passes are not written within 15 minutes of the bell.

You are required to bring your headphones every day. A loaner set may be approved on a case-by-case basis.

The director of each group is responsible for signing out equipment for their row group. The sign-out form must include the date, director’s first and last name, the period, and the camera number.

When going outside to shoot, groups are expected to stay together and return to class as soon as they have completed their work. It is important that all behavior outside of the classroom is professional and non-disruptive to other classes. Any inappropriate or non-productive behavior while outside may result in the loss of the ability to leave the classroom or the complete loss of camera privileges.

If you volunteer to help another group with their production, you must get permission from the teacher before leaving the classroom.

If you did not have time to capture your footage to the computer, you must fill out a form listing the director’s name, date and period. Place that form in a case with the tape. Hand it to your teacher and ask that it go into the proper period storage box.

Hide your cell phone from view. Make sure your cell phone does not ring in class. In accordance with school policy, anyone caught text messaging with their cell phone is required to surrender it to the teacher. The teacher will wrap it in paper and mark the student name and ID on it. The phone will then be given to the vice principal’s secretary. A parent is required to pick it up from the school office. The office opens at 7:30 a.m. and closes at 4:00 p.m.

You may not use CD or mp3 players in class unless you have specific permission to do so. Hide your music players from view. Anyone caught using a music player without permission will have to surrender it and have a parent collect it from the vice principal’s office.

Unless you have specific permission, any music CD placed into a computer will be seized. If you want it returned, you must have a parent pick it up from the office.

If you need additional time to complete your work, you should contact the teacher and request an appointment to work either before or after-school.

After the class is dismissed, push in your chair and leave your workstation neat and clean.

Students are encouraged, but not required to burn copies of their work to a DVD at the end of the term. Blank DVDs disks are not provided by the school. Compressed files can be uploaded to School Loop and downloaded at home.

While it is generally discouraged, with a few exceptions, if you decide to post any of your student work to the Internet, you must obtain permission from all of the people who appear in the video. You may not post any video that is not yours.

The consequences for violating these rules and procedures can include detention or after-school detention, parent meetings, and vice principal referrals. Parents will be notified of counterproductive behavior. The privilege of working with cameras or computers may be suspended for serious or continual violations.

Avoid touching the computer screen. Ask for the special screen cleaning cloth if you want to remove a smudge from the screen.

When shooting outside, stay within the interior fence of the campus. (Do not go out to the athletic fields.) It is against the law to shoot video in the school bathrooms. Do not shoot video inside of the library.

When you don’t have headphones plugged in, you must mute the sound of your computer.

As soon as you come in class, inspect your work station. If you find anything wrong with your computer, inform your teacher immediately. You do not want to be blamed for any damage.

Rev. 1/3/10