4.2 Instructor's Ac@ons: Before the Course Starts ..... 35 4.2.1 Faculty InformaFon ..... 35 4.2.2 Welcome Announcement ..... 35 4.2.3 Textbooks and Learning Resources ..... 36 4.2.4 IntroducFon Post in the Community Forum ..... 36 4.3 Instructor's Ac@ons: While the Course is Ac@ve ..... 37 4.3.1 Establishing the AcFve Roster ..... 37 4.3.2 AccommodaFons and Academic Conduct ..... 37 4.3.3 Weekly Module Announcement ..... 38 4.3.4 InstrucFonal PresentaFons ..... 38 4.3.5 EvaluaFng Students' Work and Providing Feedback ..... 39 4.3.6 FacilitaFng Discussion ..... 42 4.3.7 Responding to Student CommunicaFon ..... 42 4.3.8 Appointments with Students (Virtual Office Hours) ..... 42 4.3.9 Student Success and RetenFon Efforts ..... 43 4.3.10 Monitoring Periods of InacFvity ..... 43 4.3.11 Student Support Referrals ..... 44 4.3.12 Encouraging ParFcipaFon in the Course Survey ..... 44 4.4 Instructor's Ac@ons: A\er the Course Concludes ..... 44 4.4.1 Finalizing Grades ..... 44 4.4.2 Concluding Announcement ..... 45 4.4.3 Reviewing Course Surveys ..... 45 4.4.4 Tracking Incompletes ..... 46 Appendix A: Faculty Workload Agreement Appendix B: Revisions to the Online Faculty Handbook
The KYSU Online Faculty Handbook aims to provide administrators and online faculty members with information essential to the operation of effective online programs. In this way, it is an extension of the Kentucky State University Faculty Handbook1 (“Faculty Handbook” hereafter) and Policies.2 The KYSU Online Faculty Handbook focuses more directly on the academic and faculty matters relevant to online education. Thus, there is both continuity and discontinuity with the Faculty Handbook.