Hi Andrew,
You have captured the essence of how to create student comfort in the classroom setting. By giving them the requirements and then helping them meet the requirements you will be doing what you are suppose to do as an instructor, help students learn.
Consistency is the by word of instruction. Enough cannot be said about this, but often it is forgotten and instructors find themselves in difficult situations that could have be avoided by simple following through with what they said they would do.
Gary
