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Netiquette

Learners in remotely taught courses should be encouraged to practice good netiquette, i.e., to adhere to mutually acknowledged guidelines of behavior in online spaces.

Given the proliferation of online interactions, it’s no surprise that there are hundreds of websites offering recommendations for proper behavior online, known as netiquette. Some — like this site — have to do with the content you create:


  • Remember that your posts are public
  • Stay on-topic
  • Be considerate of others contributing to the site
  • Write clearly and succinctly
  • Don’t post advertisements

Others — like this one — deal with social issues, such as proper behavior around other people while receiving or sending texts, responding promptly to messages, choosing social media friends, not emailing large files, and respecting privacy.

While we all would do well to take these suggestions to heart, students in a remote classroom environment need to be particularly cognisant of them, in order to interact appropriately and productively, and contribute to a deeper sense of mutually respectful community.



Instructors* in Princeton’s Spanish department have drawn up their own netiquette recommendations for their courses. We recommend that you familiarize yourself and your students with these, and use them throughout the semester as guidelines for appropriate behavior:


* Anais Holgado-Lage, Anna Alsina, Daniela Salcedo, Jeannie Byrne, and Alberto Bruzos.