College of
Arts & Sciences
Workshop for Instructors
Welcome to the
College of Arts & Sciences
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Gordon Anderson,
Dean
Associate/Assistant Deans
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Dan Brown, Assoc. Dean,
Student Affairs
Anita DeAngelis, Assoc. Dean,
Arts
Alan Holmes, Assoc. Dean,
Curriculum & Interdisciplinary Studies
Martha Edde, Asst. Dean,
Student Success
Arts & Sciences
Professional Staff
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Constance Alexander
Office Coordinator, Gilbreath 206
phone: (423) 439-5672
e-mail: alexandrc@etsu.edu
Stephanie White
Executive Aide, Gilbreath 206
phone: (423) 439-5671
e-mail: whitesj2@etsu.edu
Donna Corbitt,
Executive Aide, ARC, Culp Center 222
phone: (423) 439-5248
e-mail: corbitt@etsu.edu
Arts & Sciences
Professional Staff
(continued)
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Allison Smith
Assistant to Dean for Academic Support
Gilbreath 207
Phone: (423) 439-5095
smithsa2@etsu.edu
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Leah Knotts
Executive Aide, CASE
ARC, Culp Center 222
Phone: (423) 439-5602
Constance Vannoy
Executive Aide, CASE
ARC, Culp Center 222
Phone: (423) 439-5602
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Arts & Sciences
Professional Staff
(Mary B. Martin School of the Arts)
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Heidi Ehle
Administrative Coordinator
Gilbreath 211
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Lise Cutshaw
Marketing and Media Director
Gilbreath 204B
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Kristi Smith, Executive Aide
211 Gilbreath Hall
Goals for today
Improving the teaching and learning
environment
 Promoting awareness of resources and
potential problems / solutions
 Encouraging collegial relationships with
colleagues
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ETSU Mission
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Education is the university’s foremost goal.
students to become productive, enlightened
citizens who actively serve their communities and our
world.
 ETSU affirms the value of a liberal education and lifelong learning
Diversity
Research
Innovation
 Educate
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http://www.etsu.edu/president/mission.aspx
Using the ETSU Website
http://www.etsu.edu/
Course Syllabus/
Policy Statement
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Spell out your expectations
Define class policies
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Especially attendance policy
Post on D2L course web site
Stick to it!
Revise it if necessary
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Give written amendments to students
Syllabus Attachment
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Explains important information and dates
that most students should know.
http://www.etsu.edu/reg/academics/syllabus.aspx
D2L
and Academic Technology Support
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ETSU offers lots of tech support
 All
courses have web sites
 ATL offers tech instruction
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Free
AT Lab in Sherrod Library 116
Faculty Tech Leadership Program
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Faculty web server
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http://www.etsu.edu/academicaffairs/elearning/ats/
Handbooks for Reference
 Faculty Handbook
http://www.etsu.edu/senate/facultyhandbook/
 Student Handbook
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=7&navoid=295
See STUDENT CONDUCT AND RIGHTS
Academic Freedom
& Responsibility
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What can you do in
 the
classroom?
 In research?
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What should you avoid?
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Resource: TBR Policy
Copyright and
Intellectual Property
 What
is permitted?
Copyright and Intellectual Property
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Multiple Copies for Classroom Use
 Definitions
 Brevity
Poetry
 Prose
 Illustration
 Visuals
 Special works
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Copyright and Intellectual Property
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Multiple Copies for Classroom Use
 Definitions
 Spontaneity
Copyright and Intellectual Property
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Multiple Copies for Classroom Use
 Definitions
 Cumulative
Effect
Student Privacy

Student information goes only to
respective students
 No
one else may receive this information.
 Written waiver signed by student needed for
EACH exception
 First Mate
http://www.etsu.edu/firstmate/
Library Resources
Live and online
 Reserve services available
 Tours available
 http://sherrod.etsu.edu/
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Grade Scale –
Undergraduates
A
 C-
 A-
 D+
 B+
D
B
F
 B-
 C+
C
 FN
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=7&navoid=295#Grades
Grade Scale –
Graduate Students
A
 A-
 B+
B
 B-
 C+
C
F
S
 SP
U
 FN
Source:
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=5&navoid=136#Grades
Other Grades
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Do not influence grade point average
(GPA)
 Au
- audit
 Cr - credit
 I – Incomplete
 P – pass
 W – withdrawn while passing
 WF – withdrawn while failing
Other Grades
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Do not influence grade point average
(GPA)
 Au
- audit
 Cr - credit
 I – Incomplete
 P – pass
 W – withdrawn while passing
 WF – withdrawn while failing
Adding Classes
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Add any open section in first week
Chair permission required second week
 Electronic
 “Cut
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permit
card”
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=7&navoid=2
95#Adding_A_Course_
Dropping Classes
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Instructors do NOT approve / disapprove drops
No permission needed for first 8 weeks
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=13&
navoid=613#Dropping_A_Course
Late Drop
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Definition: dropping one or more courses after 8
weeks of a fall or spring semester
 Student
remains enrolled in at least one course
 Dates published for all terms in Schedule of Classes
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Required condition: Extenuating circumstances
Instructor verifies grade on a form
 Does
NOT approve the drop
Withdrawal Policy
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Withdrawing from ETSU in first 8 weeks: W
 i.e.,
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dropping all courses
After 8th week: W or WF at instructor discretion
Deadline:
no later than 4:30 p.m. two days before the last
day of classes of any academic term
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=7&n
avoid=295#Withdrawal_Policy
Recording Grades
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Grades entered electronically in Banner
 Grades
due in Office of Registrar
by noon on the Monday after
final exam week
 See Banner Tutorials
Reporting Grades and Attendance
via GoldLink
First, log into the GoldLink section for
Faculty and Advisors
Report on time!
By noon, Monday
after exams
Posting Student Grades
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Prohibited by FERPA
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act
Use the Grade Book in D2L
 See Fast FERPA Facts for Teachers at:
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http://www.etsu.edu/reg/documents/PDF/Main%20Campus%20FAST%20FERPA%20
FACTS%20FOR%20FACULTY.pdf
Grade Appeals
Catalog:
A student may appeal a course grade if
the student has evidence that the grade
was assigned in a malicious, capricious,
erroneous, or arbitrary manner.
 Catalog link:
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http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=13&navoid=
613#Grade_Appeal_Process
Attendance Policy
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ETSU Catalog
 University
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Exception:
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sponsored activities must be excused
previously announced departmental policy and the faculty
member has been informed in advance of the intended
absence.
Emergency, Special Circumstances, or Illness
Student appeals
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Chair
Dean
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=13&navoid=613#C
lass_Attendance_Policy
Supporting Student Success
Encourage class attendance and contact
students not attending regularly
 E-mail students in your classes early in the
term
 Give a graded assignment within the first
month and make sure students
understand your grading system
 Participate in Buc Path Academic Alert
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Buc Path
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Instructors with freshman students
 Receive
email 9/14/15
Link to information and instructions
 Opportunity to report students in difficulty
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Advisor contacts with students will follow
Final Examinations
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One week after the end of classes is set aside
for final examinations.
Times differ from regular meeting times – add to
your syllabus
http://www.etsu.edu/reg/registration/finalexam.aspx
Pre-Finals Week Policy
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Pre-Finals week is the last week of classes in the fall or
spring semester schedule.
No final exams permitted this week
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Review recommended
Avoid
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Exception: laboratory final exams
Unscheduled tests
Quizzes
Other unscheduled work
Permitted: make-up tests & assignments
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=13&navoid=613#PreFinals_Week_Policy
Plagiarism
and Academic Misconduct
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Definition
:// Cheating
 Plagiarism
 Fabrication
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=11
&navoid=522#Honor_Code
Plagiarism
and Academic Misconduct
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(continued)
Faculty Response Process
 any
penalty that is proportional to the offense
is permitted
 If penalty is applied for Academic Misconduct
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Faculty MUST report to Office of the Dean
penalty is required – teachable moment
 Campus database
 No
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2nd offense may bring expulsion
http://catalog.etsu.edu/content.php?catoid=13&navoid=613#ACADEMIC_AND_CLASSROOM_MISCO
NDUCT__0240-3-2-.03_
http://www.etsu.edu/academicintegrity/
Academic Misconduct
Preventing Misconduct
Awareness
 Constructing assignments
 Testing formats and environment
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 New
tech cheating techniques
 Proctoring
 Limitations of D2L assessment
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Prosecute violators
Turnitin
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Plagiarism
detection tool
Required Syllabus
Statement
Workshops
available
Option: automatic
checking in D2L
http://www.etsu.edu/academicaffairs/elearning/ats/traini
ng/handouts.aspx#turnitin
Making Referrals
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Examples
 Scholarships
 Financial
Aid
 Fees and Refunds
 etc.
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Your department
ARC, near the ETSU Bookstore
439-8650
http://www.etsu.edu/arc/
Advising
List of advisors
http://www.etsu.edu/advisement/continuin
gstudents/AdvisorContactList.aspx
 See your department chair
 Students may add your class during the
first week, if openings are available in the
electronic system
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Center for Academic Achievement
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Location: Sherrod Library
 Tutoring
 Writing
and speaking help
 Math
 Testing
support for large classes
 Other student services
 Live and online services available
in some courses
 http://www.etsu.edu/academicaffairs/cfaa/
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Encourage students to seek tutoring!
Disability Services
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Students registered with Disability Services may
present accommodation forms
 Specific accommodations required by law
 Examples
Distraction free testing
Extra testing time
http://www.etsu.edu/students/disable/
Retaining Records at End of Term
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Retain student papers on which grades are based for 1
calendar year
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Objectively scored items:
record of results is sufficient
Faculty leaving ETSU
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Provide materials to department chair
Special Efforts at ETSU
Degree Works
 EAB Student Success Collaborative
 Advisement and Degree Completion
Systems Committee
 Tennessee Transfer Pathways
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Degree Works
Administrator: Evelyn Roach
 Draws data from ETSU catalog
http://catalog.etsu.edu/
 Workshops available
 Publicity
 Planning features
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Advisement & Degree
Completion Systems Committee
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Web address:
http://www.etsu.edu/universitygovernance/committees/degree_comp
letion_system.aspx
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Charge includes:
 Promote
actions that elevate practice for
undergraduate degree completion
Report to Vice Provost
 Membership
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Tennessee Transfer Pathways
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Pathways from associated degrees to
bachelor’s degrees
 Http://www.tntransferpathway.org/

Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010
 http://thec.ppr.tn.gov/THECSIS/CompleteColl
egeTN/Default.aspx
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Training
 Office
of Undergraduate Advisement
http://www.etsu.edu/advisement/
ETSU ID Cards
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Take a copy of your contract to the ETSU
ID Office in the D. P. Culp Center
 Second
level, near ETSU Bookstore
 439-8316
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ID Office will
phone HR for
your employee
number.
Parking
Permits required
 $50 at the Parking Office
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 132
Stout Drive at the main campus entrance
from University Parkway
 423-439-5650
 http://www.etsu.edu/fa/fs/parking/default.aspx
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Monthly payments available
Basler Center for Physical Activity
http://www.etsu.edu/students/campusrec/
Important Meetings
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ETSU Fall Faculty Convocation
 Friday,
August 21
 9:30 am in Culp Auditorium
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Refreshments available before start
Questions
Troubled Students

Counseling Center
 Special
presentation by Dr. Dan Jones,
Director, ETSU Counseling Center
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http://www.etsu.edu/students/counseling/help/concern/default.aspx
Disruptive Students
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Dr. Michelle Byrd,
Assistant Dean of Students
 No
immediate danger
Report directly 439-4311
 Web report
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http://www.etsu.edu/students/conduct/
 Immediate
danger
911 via landline or mobile phone
 ETSU Public Safety: 439-4480
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