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Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester

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Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course youve taught before? Early in my career, one chapter per week described my course outline. But Im not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. An exam right after late-drop is unhelpful for these students.

Syllabus 111
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Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester

Faculty Focus

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course youve taught before? Early in my career, one chapter per week described my course outline. But Im not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. An exam right after late-drop is unhelpful for these students.

Syllabus 100
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Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester

Faculty Focus

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you’ve taught before? Early in my career, “one chapter per week” described my course outline. But I’m not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. An exam right after late-drop is unhelpful for these students.

Exams 111
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The Things I Did Badly: Looking Back on My First Five Years of Teaching

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Last year, however, I inserted a passage in my course outlines stating that I would answer student email only during regular business hours: Monday–Friday from 8:30 a.m. A corollary: I no longer answer emails that ask me questions that students can answer for themselves using the course outline and other resources (e.g.

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Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester

Faculty Focus

Do you have a system or standard process for prepping a course you’ve taught before? Early in my career, “one chapter per week” described my course outline. But I’m not talking about a list of chapters or exams and papers with their due dates. An exam right after late-drop is unhelpful for these students.

Exams 105
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A Case for Bi-Modal Flexible Learning, Part 2

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Students are provided proctored test dates and times early in the course so they can plan their schedules to ensure they will be in person (online or classroom) on the scheduled date of the test. If proctored tests are used in the course this should be noted on the course outline (syllabus), as well as within the LMS.

Exams 111
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A Case for Bi-Modal Flexible Learning, Part 2

Faculty Focus

Students are provided proctored test dates and times early in the course so they can plan their schedules to ensure they will be in person (online or classroom) on the scheduled date of the test. If proctored tests are used in the course this should be noted on the course outline (syllabus), as well as within the LMS.

Exams 98