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Access to content in courses not previously taught
OfflineGreetings GCU Colleagues. I am reaching out as an adjunct faculty member for CHSS as well as CDS. I have instructed several courses at the undergraduate and doctoral levels, and I just received a contract for a course in the Master's program for psychology.
I am challenged by my inability to access course materials (syllabus, text, articles, etc.) earlier than one week prior to class. From what I have experienced in all my courses, this is the case.
I would very much like to have more than one week to review the organization of the course, prepare CATs, read and digest the content, and research supplemental content that could enhance the student experience; however, working one week ahead does not create the optimal environment for such preparation.
How do others of you address this challenge? Are there areas where course syllabi and content from prior (recent) versions of the courses are available to provide some level of awareness prior to jumping in?
I look forward to any thoughts, guidance, or suggestions from you all.
Best,
Dr. Hadley
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I agree, I would like to be able to review the course content prior to accepting the contract.
I have material for the course I currently teach and I am familiar with the rhythm of the submissions (and challenges). It has taken several course cycles for me to have the supplemental content I use.
Anne Burnett
Hi Susan and Anne,
I understand your frustration about wanting to review new course content materials much sooner than the week before class begins. For myself, when I wanted to instruct another course that I had not taught before, I just contacted my Scheduler and requested the Syllabus and the link to the textbook. She responded that day and submitted my request to my GCU email account. I had the materials at least eight weeks prior to the start of the course. This was PERFECT! It gave me the opportunity to conduct additional research, create informative documents for my students, CATS, initial DQ posts, organize the course notebook I wanted to create, and much more.
I hope this information helps!
Dr. Susan Messer
I also have contacted my scheduler and requested a copy of the syllabus before accepting a contract. Both the schedulers I have worked with have responded promptly.
Dr. Cecily Smith
Hi Dr. Hadley!
As an online full time faculty member here - we have access to what we call the "F" drive - and it holds best practices, CAT's, announcements, course updates, optional DQ posts, ext from all other OFTF here. The content expert for each area puts it together and updates it. It is separated by college and then course. I know that the F drive cannot be accessed without VPN access - but - I am curious to see if maybe GCU would consider allowing adjunct faculty access to this material else where. An idea may be to have it here in CIRT? The content expert for PSY online is Colin Witherspoon - he may be able to help with this. Just a thought....
Andrea :)
Wow! How helpful the "F" drive would be! I would love to have access to CATs, and especially course updates! I wonder if this content can now be accessed through the new platform somehow?