E-Faculty & Adjunct Resources
 WORKSHOPS and TRAINING
Be sure to visit http://scholar.gulfcoast.edu for the latest listing of workshops and training available to faculty and adjunct instructors of Gulf Coast State College. Click here to access online tutorials to help you learn Angel, the college's course management system. Contact Dr. Arifa Garman at agarman@gulfcoast.edu (850-769-1551 x4168) if you need any training not listed.
ANGEL E-FACULTY RESOURCES
NEW: Online Training Videos for Angel: Click here to access online training videos for faculty and adjuncts. These video tutorials will help you to learn the basics of Angel, as well as introduce you to how your colleagues are using the system to support teaching and learning at GCSC.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Need help with ANGEL? Click here for a variety of technical support and training ANGEL resources to answer your questions and help you get started. (ANGEL is GCSC's Learning Management System supporting online, hybrid, and traditional classes).
http://www.gulfcoast.edu/ecampus/etraining.htm
E-LEARNING FACULTY GUIDELINES
E-Learning typically entails the use or integration of electronic resources that support teaching and learning. Distance Education, now part of E-Learning at GCSC, is defined as the acquisition of knowledge and skills via selected media in an environment where the instructor and learner are geographically separated this includes our web based, video, and two way interactive courses. Gulf Coast State College offers a wide variety of E-Learning resources and an extensive distance education program of AA, AAS, and PSAV courses.
Students who are unable to meet the rigors of traditional class schedules due to work, family commitment, or other circumstances, or who simply prefer the E-Learning/distance mode of delivery may enroll in distance education courses.
Course Development
Faculty are responsible for the development and/or selection of all course content. This content should meet the same standards as face to face instruction and require the same outcomes. Due to the uniqueness of each course the content must be approved by the division chair prior to initial offering.
All faculty teaching DE courses must have access to a computer and have e-mail. Faculty must use the GCSC on-line course management system to communicate with students using e-mail, chat rooms, or quizzes.
Communicating with Students
Since distance learning students do not attend regular classroom sessions, it is extremely important to make them feel that someone cares about their progress.
Faculty should e-mail the students a welcome message within the first several days of class and post an initial announcement on ANGEL to ensure that students are recognized as part of the class. In addition it is suggested that you communicate at least every two weeks via e-mail or telephone and respond to student e-mails. This will ensure that the student stays on task and knows you are available. If you are out on travel or otherwise unavailable please notify your students in advance.
A course syllabus MUST be provided to the student via your ANGEL web site. The course syllabus must include the name, e-mail address and phone number of the faculty, orientation dates, testing dates, and a list of course materials such as text books, web sites, and or DVD’s. The faculty’s expectations should be explicit as students in these courses come with varying expectations such as possibly doing all their work at the end of the semester or never having to come to campus at all.
The E-Learning Web site will provide a brief course outline describing the course including assessment techniques (i.e. tests, writing assignments, portfolios.
Orientations
Faculty has the option to have a face-to-face orientation session the first week of class. Information about time and location of the orientation will be available on the course outline. Students are encouraged to attend these sessions. At the orientation the faculty member is responsible for describing the course, and relating the anticipated expectations and outcomes, the grading scale and presentation of the complete course syllabus.
Testing
Students living in Bay County will now test in the GCSC Testing Center. The Testing Center is located on the main campus of GCSC, in Student Union West, 3rd Floor. Information on student's specific test dates should be provided through student's Angel account. Students must make an appointment for taking exams by contacting the Testing Center. Click the Register Blast link on the Testing Center web page for full instructions.
Students in Gulf and Franklin Counties may take tests at the Gulf/Franklin Center in Port St. Joe. They must contact the Testing Center at least two weeks prior to the first exam date.
Students residing outside, Bay, Gulf, or Franklin Counties may request a proctor. The student should contact the Testing Center to arrange the location and receive approval of a proctor. The Testing Center will then inform the faculty member and request copies of the exam for these students, distribute the exams to the proctors and return the exam to the faculty member. All proctors must be professional staff at an educational institution or library.
Student No Shows & Withdrawals
Withdrawal policies can be found in the current college catalog. You can access the catalog online at http://www.gulfcoast.edu/catalogs (Student Information Section, under Academic Policies)
Evaluations Course
Students will have an opportunity to evaluate all online courses each semester. This evaluation is on-line. Faculty and adjuncts are required to complete a Faculty Information Form (FIF) for each course. Faculty and adjuncts will receive an e-mail with a link to the FIF form. Each student in the course will receive an e-mail with a link to the student evaluation form the week before the evaluation window. Be sure to check your e-mail account (using the e-mail account address you stored in the Angel Learning System) for notification that the evaluation forms are available. Please encourage your students to complete these evaluations.
Grades
Grades may be posted by the instructor on ANGEL. When written work is required graded papers are returned by mail.
The E-Learning office will NOT discuss grades with students.
Office Hours
If a distance education course is part of the regular workload for a full-time faculty member, the faculty member should schedule three hours for the class during the 35 hour work week. If the distance education course is an overload for full-time faculty or taught by adjunct faculty the hours may be completed in the faculty office or at home. This will allow overload distance education course office hours and adjunct distance education course office hours to be completed at home via e-mail and ANGEL options rather than requiring the instructor to be on campus. |
