NETIQUETTE

Participate

• No lurking in the cyberspace background.
• It is not enough to login and read the discussion thread of others.

HELP OTHERS

• You may have more experience with online discussion forums than the person next to you.
• Give them a hand. Show them it’s not so hard.

CITE YOUR SOURCES

• If your contribution to the conversation includes the intellectual property (authored material) of others, e.g., books, newspaper, magazine, or journal articles—online or in print—they must be given proper attribution.

NO YELLING

• Step carefully. Beware the electronic footprint you leave behind. .
• Using bold upper-case letters is bad form.

EMOTICONS

• Social networking and text messaging has spawned a body of linguistic shortcuts that are not part of the academic dialogue.
• Please refrain from :-) faces and c u l8r’s