​​ANT 101H5F - Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

•  It is not permitted to distribute the contents of the quizzes—doing so would constitute an Academic Integrity violation

Virtual Mystery Clues (9% total)

•  You must participate within the week from Thursday @ 9am EST TO Sunday @ 9pm EST for

each clue. Each weekly clue is worth 3%. Once you have responded to the clue, you will see the comments of your practical session team members.

•  In this online project you will participate in a weekly clue (3% per clue, for a total of 3 clues = 9%) released each week in May and submitted on the VM webtool.

•  After 3 individual clues, you work with your practical group on a report (14%)

• The report will be submitted ON QUERCUS by June 11th, 2024 @ 9pm

•  Please read over instructions and rubric for Virtual Mystery project on Quercus

•  VM practical groups are the same students in your practical lab group.

Virtual Mystery Report (14%)

•    Due June 11 @ 9pm

•   You will work in groups to create a ~2-page report culminating from the three clues you have solved throughout the term.

•    More information on our Quercus page

Practical Worksheets (25% total)

•   One exemption without documentation will be permitted per term, in which case your grade will be distributed over fewer practicals (i.e., over 4).

•    Depending on what practical section you are in they are due May 9 or 10, 16 or 17, 23 or 24. 30 or 31, & Jun 6 or 7

•    Practical Exercises will be available at the beginning of the practical session. All exercises will be completed during your practical time. They are due at the end of your practical

•   These are group exercises and can be completed collaboratively

• EXERCISES WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED FROM STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THE

ATTENDANCE SHEET! Attendance will be taken at some point during each of your practicals and if you are not present then your assignment will not be graded

Final Exam (30%)

•   Scheduled during the formal exam time so date is TBD

•   Will be cumulative

•   Can consist of multiple choice, matching, and/or true/false questions as well as short and longer answer questions

•   Will be 2 hours in length

IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION

This course will be using Zoom for UTM lectures and student contact hours. Students must register for a UTM Zoom account using their UTORid and password. (Web Portal Login:

https://utoronto.zoom.us). For more information about minimum technical requirements for students to access online learning, see Recommended Technology Requirements for Remote/Online Learning published by the Office of the Vice-Provost, Students.

USE OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The use of generative Artificial Intelligence Tools and apps is strictly prohibited in all course

assignments unless explicitly stated otherwise by the instructor in this course. This includes ChatGPT and other AI writing and coding assistants. Representing as one’s own idea, or expression of an idea, that was AI-generated is an academic offense in this course. Use of generative AI in this course is considered use of an unauthorized aid, which is a form of cheating. This course policy is designed to promote your learning and intellectual development and to help you reach course learning outcomes

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION POLICY

Normally, students will be required to submit their course essays to the University’s plagiarism  detection tool for a review of textual similarity and detection of possible plagiarism. In doing so, students will allow their essays to be included as source documents in the tool’s reference database, where they will be used solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. The terms that apply to the University’s use of this tool are described on the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation web site

(https://uoft.me/pdt-faq)

Students are permitted, under the conditions of use, to opt-out of using the University’s plagiarism detection tool. If a student chooses not to submit their assignment through the plagiarism detection tool, they must inform the instructor in writing by May 21, 2024, Assignments without plagiarism detection submission must be accompanied by an outline, first draft and an annotated bibliography to demonstrate the paper's originality.

POLICY FOR MISSED AND LATE ACADEMIC TERM WORK

LATE ASSIGNMENTS

Quizzes and Practicals

•  There are NO extensions/late submissions accepted

•  One exemption without documentation will be permitted per term, in which case your grade will be distributed over fewer tutorials and/or practicals.

Virtual Mysteries

• No late VM clues will be accepted

Virtual Mystery Report

•  IF YOU ARE LATE WITH THE VM REPORT: There is a late penalty of 5% per day (including weekends).

Students who miss because of a temporary absence for a legitimate reason will receive reasonable academic consideration without the need to provide supporting documentation.

Legitimate reasons for absence include:

-    Illness or injury

-    Personal or family emergencies

-    Bereavement

-    University sponsored events

The following are not considered legitimate reasons for absence:

-    Personal social obligations

-    Travel unrelated to the student’s academic program

-    Technological issues

-    Avoidance of assessment or deadlines

To receive academic consideration for legitimate reasons, within 72 hours of the missed deadline or test students must use theUTM Anthropology departmental process for special consideration .

Students with departmental approval for special consideration will be given an extended deadline with no late penalty or the opportunity to write a make-up.

Practical Sessions

• Late Practical Exercises will not be accepted and there are no makeups. Remember that the best 4 out of 5 exercises go toward your final grade so you can miss 1 exercise without penalty.

Students who miss more than 1 practical worksheet because of a temporary absence for a

legitimate reason will receive reasonable academic consideration such that if you miss 2 or 3 practical sessions, then 5% from each missed practical exercise will be applied to the final exam ONLY UPON  approval by the Anthropology Department through the following process:

Legitimate reasons for absence include:

-    Illness or injury

-    Personal or family emergencies

-    Bereavement

-    University sponsored events

The following are not considered legitimate reasons for absence:

-    Personal social obligations

-    Travel unrelated to the student’s academic program

-    Technological issues

-    Avoidance of assessment or deadlines

To receive academic consideration for legitimate reasons, within 72 hours of the missed deadline or test students must use theUTM Anthropology departmental process for special consideration .

**If you miss 4 or more practical exercises then you must make an appointment with the instructor before the end of the term to determine if you can complete the course**

MISSED EXAMS

Please see the policies below:

Final Exams (UTM Academic Calendar)

Missed Final Exams (UTM Office of the Registrar)

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Academic integrity is essential to the pursuit of learning and scholarship in a university, and to

ensuring that a degree from the University of Toronto is a strong signal of each student's individual

academic achievement. As a result, the University treats cases of cheating and plagiarism very

seriously. The University of Toronto's Code of Behaviour on Academic Mattersoutlines the

behaviours that constitute academic dishonesty and the processes for addressing academic

offences. It is your responsibility to understand the Code of Student Conductand the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters

Potential offences include, but are not limited to:

In papers and assignments:

•  Using someone else's ideas or words without appropriate acknowledgement.

•  Submitting your own work in more than one course without the permission of the instructor.

•  Making up sources or facts.

•  Obtaining or providing unauthorized assistance on any assignment

On tests and exams:

•  Using or possessing unauthorized aids.

•  Looking at someone else's answers during an exam or test.

•  Misrepresenting your identity

In academic work:

•  Falsifying institutional documents or grades.

•  Falsifying or altering any documentation required by the University, including (but not limited to) doctor's notes

On sharing instructor’s intellectual property covered by the Canadian Copyright Act:

•  Posting test, essay, or exam questions to message boards or social media.

•  Creating, accessing, sharing assessment questions and answers in virtual course groups

Lesser-known academic offenses:

•  Access unauthorized resources (search engines, chat rooms, Reddit, etc.) for assessment

•  technological aids (e.g. software) beyond what is listed as permitted in an assessment.

•  The unauthorized use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist in academic work.

Plagiarism: It shall be an offence for a student knowingly:

(a) to forge or in any other way alter or falsify any document or evidence required by the University, or to utter, circulate or make use of any such forged, altered or falsified document, whether the

record be in print or electronic form;

(b) to use or possess an unauthorized aid or aids or obtain unauthorized assistance in any academic examination or term test or in connection with any other form of academic work; (c) to personate another person, or to have another person personate, at any academic

examination or term test or in connection with any other form of academic work;

(d) to represent as one's own any idea or expression of an idea or work of another in any academic examination or term test or in connection with any other form of academic work, i.e. to commit

plagiarism (for a more detailed account of plagiarism, see Appendix "A")

(e) to submit, without the knowledge and approval of the instructor to whom it is submitted, any

academic work for which credit has previously been obtained or is being sought in another course or program of study in the University or elsewhere;

(f) to submit any academic work containing a purported statement of fact or reference to a source that has been concocted.

(cited from the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters)

All suspected cases of academic dishonesty will be investigated following procedures outlined in the

Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters. If you have questions or concerns about what constitutes

appropriate academic behaviour or appropriate research and citation methods, you are expected to

seek out additional information on academic integrity from your instructor or from other institutional resources

COURSE COMMUNITCATION

Email correspondence: Please use your utoronto.ca email address to ensure that your email

messages are not filtered out by spam software and include “ANT101” in the contact line of your

emails.  I will try to reply to all appropriate emails within 48 hours. Keep your emails brief, and make an appointment to meet with me for longer discussions.

NOTICE OF VIDEO RECORDING AND SHARING

Lectures

This course, including your participation, will be recorded on video and will be available to students in the course for viewing remotely and after each session. Course videos and materials belong to your   instructor, the University, and/or other sources depending on the specific facts of each situation, and  are protected by copyright. Do not download, copy, or share any course or student materials or

videos without the explicit permission of the instructor. For questions about recording and use of videos in which you appear please contact your instructor

CLASSROOM CONDUCT

•    Mute your microphone and turn off your video during the instructor’s livestream lectures and TA instructions (to reduce bandwidth) except when you are invited to speak or display.

•   Students who exhibit inappropriate chat messages or displays orsay something inappropriate will be removed from ZOOM.

•   Quercus can identify all students by the UTORid upon login.

FINAL EXAMS

Final Exams (UTM Academic Calendar)

Missed Final Exams (UTM Office of the Registrar)

FINAL MARKS

Final marks are tentative until approved by the Department of Anthropology Chair, the Office of the Dean, and recorded in the Office of the Registrar.Final Grades (UTM Academic Calendar)