1) No late homework.
2) PRINT your name, the course time, and the assignment number in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.
3) Show your work!
4) Indicate the problem number and the section number for each problem. Do the problems in order. If you skip a problem leave a blank space.
5) Trim any rough edges. Use only 8.5'' x 11'' paper. Only write on the front of each page. Staple all pages together.
6) Extremely sloppy work will not be graded.
Following these guidelines will make grading much easier and faster. Your cooperation is appreciated.
You may work together on homework. In fact this is a good idea if it is done right. A study group with more than 4 members is often not effective for weaker students. The stronger students solve a problem and are ready to move on, while the weaker students copy the answer and never really understand it. In a smaller group students can really learn from each other. The better students often gain a great deal of extra insight by carefully explaining problems to weaker students.
In the "real world" it is important to be able to work with and learn from others, but nobody likes a mooch. While it is possible to fake your way through college you will only wind up unemployable. Simply copying someone else's homework is cheating. While this can be hard to prove, if I do find out you are doing this I will press charges. But, more importantly, cheating on homework makes no sense. Homework is not a big part of your grade, so the gain in cheating is small. But doing the homework, getting stuck, and thinking hard, even when you do not get the problem done, are still vital to your learning. Thus, you lose a lot by taking the easy way out. [I suppose you could apply the reverse logic to tests; thus, there are multiple versions of tests. If caught cheating on a test or final, you will fail the course, period.]