Accountability

 

Document work of faculty and students

 

RecommendationAvailable ResourcesNeeded ResourcesConsiderations for Hybrid Courses
Explicitly address work of remote and online teaching in tenure, promotion, and annual merit processes at the unit level - i.e. develop modified plans for regular teaching evaluation processes, such as peer observation, instructor’s self-reflection, student voices. These will document the increased work and innovative efforts.

Consult the CU Boulder-led Teaching Quality Framework initiative.


See forthcoming College of Arts and Sciences document on teaching quality.

Provide a guide to where and how to report these activities in FRPA.Seek to have consistent "contact" hours whether online, in person or hybrid.

 

Support continuous improvement

 

RecommendationsAvailable ResourcesNeeded ResourcesConsiderations for Hybrid Courses
Include an informal student feedback survey toward the end of the course for suggestions or recommendations that can be incorporated as you design the course for the following term.

Canvas surveys (can be anonymous)


Also could use Google Apps for Education Suite. Google Forms and Google Docs could be helpful.

  
Incorporate frequent (e.g. weekly) student reflections into courses to incorporate any changes within the current term.

Canvas surveys (can be anonymous)


Also could use Google Apps for Education Suite. Google Forms and Google Docs could be helpful.

  
Provide guidance to students on best practices for learning online and remotely.

Campus guides on remote learning for students from the Academic Advising Center, Disability Services and ASSETT


Disability Services guide to Accommodations for Remote Learning.

  
Engage in professional development opportunities to develop your capacity and confidence to teach remotely.   
Pay careful attention to ensure you accommodate students with disabilities.   

 

Maintain academic integrity and learning goals

 

RecommendationsAvailable ResourcesNeeded ResourcesConsiderations for Hybrid Courses
Include course learning outcomes and academic policies in the course syllabus.   
Have students acknowledge the honor code at the start of each assessment.   
Redesign assessments that meet learning goals while maintaining academic integrity (provide opportunities for open book, research-based exams).Use Canvas quiz settings (e.g. question randomization, question pools)

The University should fund graders and funds to support these graders to assist faculty in assessments.


The University should provide guidelines on redesigning assessments.

 
Use available academic honesty tools.Tools include Proctorio (for remote proctoring) and TurnItIn (for plagiarism detection)  

 

Hold students and faculty accountable

 

RecommendationsAvailable ResourcesNeeded ResourcesConsiderations for Hybrid Courses
Ensure accessibility of instructional materials.

SensusAccess (accessible PDFs).


Auto-captions in Zoom or Kaltura.


Disability Services and

Digital Accessibility Office staff.

Funding and staff to support accessibility remediation. 
Clearly define course attendance and participation policies (consider counting participation as substantial fraction of credit).   
Departments to communicate the essential minimum requirements for remote teaching, developing processes to both support and expect faculty to achieve them.