Students Agreement

Fab Academy Student Agreement

The Fab Academy is responsible for:

• Teaching principles and practices of digital fabrication
• Arranging lectures, recitations, meetings, and events for the class
• Evaluating and providing feedback on student work
• Offering clear standards for completing assignments
• Certifying and archiving student progress
• Supervising class preparation
• Reviewing prospective students, instructors, and labs
• Providing central staff and infrastructure for students, instructors, and labs
• Fund-raising for costs not covered by student tuition
• Managing and reporting on the program's finances, results, and impacts
• Publicizing the program
• Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination
• Encourage a diverse, accessible, and equitable community

I am a Fab Academy student, responsible for:

• Attending class lectures and participating in reviews
• Developing and documenting projects assigned to introduce and demonstrate skills, in enough detail to be able to reproduce them
• Honestly reporting on my work, and appropriately attributing the work of others (both human and machine, including AI prompts)
• Being prepared to answer questions about my work
• Allowing the Fab Academy to share my work (with attribution) in the class for purposes compatible with its mission
• Working safely
• Leaving workspaces in the same (or better) condition than I found them
• Participating in the upkeep of my lab
• Ensuring that my tuition for local and central class costs is covered
• Following locally applicable health and safety guidance
• Recognizing limits on lab and staff time
• Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination

Olivier Nteziryayo