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• All Microsoft Office documents should be saved as .htm files as well as
saving in the native format on the web for the students to download
• Office hours should be listed on the Class Homepage or faculty member’s
page (three hours per week are required by Southeast’s Faculty Handbook)
• Review publisher provided materials before using in a class
• Once the class has begun, only delete a student if they have never logged
into the class and show as dropped in OIS Manager (you may be required to
provide last date of attendance)
• No assignments should be due before class begins
• Due Dates – Don’t use midnight (it is ambiguous), define due dates in
Central Time
• If due dates have to change, then inform the students with enough notice
that they can have time to adjust their schedules if necessary; moving due
date up is not recommended
• Give students explicit instructions about number/type/style of
communications they can expect from instructor
• Put a phony student in the class without instructor privileges so you can
view the class from the student’s perspective and use that ID to log in
every time you create new pages to check links and assignments
• Require Southeast email addys
• Provide opportunity for students to practice using the OIS components
prior to giving them required assignments
• Office hours should be listed on the Class Homepage or faculty member’s
page (three hours per week are required by Southeast’s Faculty Handbook)
• Keep a dynamic Announcements page
• Don’t link to commercial websites (For more info, visit MORE.net)
• No face-to-face or synchronous meetings for online classes
• Have a schedule which outlines the materials and available dates for the
class
• Minimize reliance on external websites for content or assessment
• Promptly respond to student emails
• No assignments can be due before class begins
• Let students know the timeframe in which they can expect assignments to be
graded.
• Promptly grade and record all assignments
• Clear explain the objective(s) for the class and for each assignment.
Students sometimes think assignments for web classes are busy work because
the instructor does not do a good job explaining the rationale for the
assignment.
• Use a variety of assessments
• Lots of smaller assessments, not a midterm and a final
• Don’t put so much weight on the tests/quizzes that it tempts students to
cheat
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