Faculty profile is complete with faculty contact email and phone information, office hours, and photo.
Welcome announcement is posted. Faculty introduction video is posted. Message is friendly and welcoming.
Complete a thorough quality check/review of course content and links (i.e., no broken links, no formatting issues, no missing materials). Ensures that integrated tools/technology are activated.
Submit course support ticket(s) for any issues.
Introduction Forum
Personalized response to each student’s message in the Introduction Forum.
Weekly Announcements
Course announcements are posted at the beginning of each week. The announcement provides an introduction to the module content for the week, offers advice for students as they go through the material, and provides links to sites, materials, resources, and/or news that supports the module content. The embellishment of the text announcement with a video or audio file is encouraged.
Fosters collaboration with and support of students through email, text, phone call, and individual live session (i.e., Zoom) to discuss course content or provide personal career/professional advice.
As needed, additional course announcements are posted during the week to share updates or address questions or issues.
Faculty Presence
Active in the course at least five (5) days per week – with at least one of those days on Saturday or Sunday.
Active course participation by being responsive to students’ questions and communications. The expectation is to respond to questions and issues within 24 hours. Communication includes email, Canvas Mail, or within the assignment comment section of the course.
Review Dropout Detective each week and provide additional communication and support to “at-risk” students.
Submit a course support ticket for any content issues.
Discussion Board Presence
At the beginning of each week, preferably Monday, but no earlier than three (3) days before the week starts, the faculty instructor must introduce the weekly discussion with an engaging and topic-relevant post that sets the stage for the discussion and connects important concepts/theories with career-relevant experiences.
Faculty instructors must be active in the discussion a minimum of four (4) days per week, with at least one of those days on the weekend (Saturday or Sunday), by directly responding to the discussion posts of 50% of the students in the course each week.
Faculty actively encourages and fosters a lively and energetic discourse and exchange of ideas by guiding, clarifying, and extending the conversation in the discussion thread. Examples are made through:
Sharing professional insight and experience to the discussion.
Providing a recent video, journal, or news article tied to the discussion topic.
Responding to the discussion by using the audio or video feature in Canvas or other video tools to create a personal connection and extend the conversation.
Timeliness in Grading
Grading of all course components (assignments, discussion forums) which are submitted by midnight (mountain time) on Sunday are graded by midnight (mountain time) the following Thursday.
Late policy is appropriately applied (late submissions turned in within 7 days have no point deductions, assignments turned in 8 to 14 days late are assessed a 10% late penalty, and assignments turned in after 14 days late receive a zero (0) in the gradebook).
Final course grades are submitted by midnight (Mountain Time) on the Thursday following the end of the term.
Grading Discussion Forums
Completion of discussion board grading rubric and providing feedback to a student for any point deduction(s).
Feedback should be substantive and personalized – offers guidance, highlights omissions or errors, focuses on specific areas of analysis or applications that are appropriate, and provides suggestions for improvement.
Grading Critical Thinking Assignments
Completion of grading rubric and providing feedback to a student for points deducted in each area. Assigned grades are an assessment of the academic performance of each student’s true achievement.
Students are provided with extensive, substantive, and personalized feedback on all submissions. A majority of faculty feedback should be focused on content (not just format) and identify specific areas where a student met/did not meet the requirements or expectations of the assignment.
Professionalism
Professionalism in all interactions with students and CSU Global staff.
Manage the course as it is designed in the learning management system, Canvas.
Adhere to the CSU Global faculty handbook, the CSU Global employee handbook, and all general employment policies and processes.
Utilize Turnitin to appropriately assess originality scores for all assignments and coach students on plagiarism issues.
Report academic integrity issues, including plagiarism and artificial intelligence concerns, through the Academic Integrity Alert feature in the faculty portal.