items covered in compliance reports include weekly announcements, faculty activity in the LMS, upholding the student “attendance” policy, posting final grades on time, etc.

Evidence of an instructor’s academic engagement with students can take many forms. This might include engagement in discussion boards, assignment feedback, and other instructional presence in the course. Information about the standards of instruction is found in Section 4 below.

Online faculty do not hold any rank apart from their full-time status. When a full-time faculty member applies for promotion, their work as an online faculty member in support of KYSU Online/Global is one component of their portfolio. The primary duties of full-time faculty are oriented toward the residential campus and degree programs. For this reason, the workload completed as an online faculty member for KYSU Online/Global is not a significant factor in faculty rank and promotion decisions for full-time faculty.

Online faculty members who hold rank at another institution can appeal to use their rank and title at KYSU Online/Global. Appeals should be directed to the Office of Online Education. No additional compensation or benefits are afforded to faculty who hold rank at another institution. The appeal, if granted, allows academic rank elsewhere to be reflected in the email signature of the adjunct faculty member at KYSU Online/Global.

See 3.1 – Subject Matter Expert (SME) Model for Online Courses for a description of SMEs.