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| Policies for Aquinas CourseConnect |
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| Creating a Course |
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A request to create an online course
may be submitted to the Instructional Technologies Coordinator
up to and including the last day to withdraw from a Semester-
or Quadmester-course with no academic penalty. According
to the Calendar for Academic Areas School Year 2008-2009
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| 1st Quadmester |
September 19, 2008 |
1st Semester |
October 31, 2008 |
| 2nd Quadmester |
November 21, 2008 |
2nd Semester |
March 20, 2009 |
| 3rd Quadmester |
February 6, 2009 |
| 4th Quadmester |
April 9, 2009 |
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- Requests for an online course for a Directed
Study may be submitted up to the Friday prior to the weekend
of the first Directed Study session of the semester.
- Any request to create a course must be
made in writing by filling out a "Course Creation
Form" or by submitting an email to the Instructional
Technologies Coordinator containing the same information
as requested on the "Course Creation Form."
Any course creation request will be verified with the
Registrar as an acknowledged, student-eligible class.
Requests are processed as soon as possible. Once the course
has been verified and created, the requesting faculty
will receive instructions and training on how to use the
course management software. The faculty member will receive
an e-mail containing a link to the CourseConnect site,
notifying them of the creation of the course. At that
time, a faculty member may begin adding/changing/altering
their specified course for teaching use.
- It is the responsibility of the faculty
member to contact the Instructional Technologies Coordinator
to renew any and all courses for subsequent semesters.
It is the responsibility of the faculty member to remove
previous Course Participants and update any and all resources
and time frames previously created.
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| Removing a Course |
- A course will be deleted from the CourseConnect
web site two (2) weeks after the last day of the semester
(or quadmester) in which the class is held. It is the
faculty member's responsibility to request a course to
be archived for any future retrieval.
- A course will not be deleted if it is
to be renewed for the subsequent semester or quadmester.
- Any and all Resources, forum discussions,
and uploaded files are the responsibility of the Faculty
member to save in another location. Files cannot be retrieved
after a course has been deleted.
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| Archiving a Course |
| Archiving allows an instructor to retain course materials,
which will be reused to teach the course in future semesters. |
- Archived files will remain archived for 54 weeks (to accommodate
courses offered only once a year).
- The CourseConnect archive will be organized by semester.
- Only the faculty member who creates the materials can
request them to be archived and reinstated.
- All archival procedures will be monitored and facilitated
by the Instructional Technology Coordinator.
- Archived materials will remain under the domain of the
individual who created the material, according to the Aquinas
College AUP computing agreement.
- Requests for archiving and reinstating materials will
be fulfilled within 2 business days.
- Archiving of courses can only occur at the time of removal
from the CourseConnect site
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| Copying a Course |
- A separate course must be created for
each class having a unique section number.
- Copying a course containing any files,
resources, or alterations from the beginning template
is not possible unless the copy is for the same instructor.
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| Storage of Resources
(File Manager) |
- Any and all Resources, forum discussions,
quizzes, and uploaded files are the responsibility of
the Faculty member to save in another location. Files
cannot be retrieved after a course has been deleted, unless
the faculty member has requested the course to be archived.
- Do not depend on your uploaded files as
primary documents, you must save the originals separately
somewhere.
- Any changes made to documents must be
re-uploaded into the Course Files Manager.
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| Material Ownership upon
Departure from the College |
| Files/courses existing on CourseConnect may
be handled in the following ways upon departure from the
College: |
- Your supervisor may request ownership
of any files/courses you may have on CourseConnect be
transferred to his/herself or other authorized individual.
- You may request a copy of your files or ask that the files
be removed from the CourseConnect system.
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| Monitoring of Discussions |
| Logging into CourseConnect constitutes agreement to comply
with the Aquinas
Acceptable Use Policy. |
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| It is the faculty member's responsibility
to monitor and guide any and all discussion forums within
their course. Consequences for inappropriate postings (harassing
comments, attacks on individuals rather than discussing the
issue, inappropriate/unrelated documents or files made available,
etc.) are at the discretion and responsibility of each faculty
member. |
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| Handouts
and Resources |
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| Problems, Concerns
and Trouble Shooting |
- If students do not currently have their
ELM password for logging onto CourseConnect, refer them
to Campus Safety or Grace Hauenstein Library's Reference Desk
to obtain it. Picture I.D. is required.
- Remember to review your web links periodically, as web
pages can disappear or change.
- If you notice any features you would like
to see integrated into CourseConnect, please let us know,
as the software is constantly updated with suggested features
from clients.
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| If you have any questions or problems regarding
CourseConnect capabilities, please contact: |
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