4 Course and Section Management (Hybrid, Virtual, and Online)
Key Department Head Duties
- Reviews and approves syllabi for faculty.
- Works with the division support for cloning processes.
- Works with division support and faculty for textbook and material orders.
- Requests and monitors individual faculty members’ completion of the Course Readiness Checklist prior to each course start date.
- Reviews all section materials prior to the start of each term offered to ensure readiness and document completion of this task through institutional processes.
- Engages in continuous quality review of courses and course masters (if applicable) as they are offered through visitations, providing mentoring/guidance, and connection of faculty/instructors with appropriate college resources.
- Ensures faculty teaching Hybrid, Virtual, and Online courses completed the TE125: Teach Level certification.
- Ensures course design and instructors are meeting the RSI (regular substantive interaction) per the US Department of Education for Distance Education.
- Discuss any student feedback, related to instructional delivery using the section masters, with faculty/instructors to improve their sections.
- Coordinate the development of new section masters as necessary for courses in the area in collaboration with discipline faculty/instructors and supported by course developers.
- Engages in the Quality Review process for distance learning courses.
- Recruits and supports SME (Subject Matter Experts) for course development projects.
- Recruits, supports, and supervises the work of MCL (Master Course Leads) to maintain the quality of course masters.
- Ensures the timely submission of NAs and final grades.
Related Resources & Tools
Video to Share with Students to Search, Add, and Drop Courses
Faculty Days of Accountability
TE125: Teach Level certification
Handbook for Academic and Library Leadership 20-21* (*most current version)
To teach a fully-online course, Pima faculty need to attain PCC certification by completing the PimaOnline TE125 TEACH
PimaOnline DH Handbook 2023-2024
LMS & eLearning Quality Faculty Handbook
ALL MODALITIES
Faculty SLO Interface (eLumen)
e-Lumen Faculty Training Instructions
Course Outlines and Objectives Webpage
Course Materials Adoptions Deadlines (updated by cjames2@pima.edu)
Instructions for Attendance Tracking
45th Day Reporting Link
Instructions for 45th Day Reporting
Instructions for Final Grade Submission
Forms
Incomplete Grade Submission Form
PLEASE SEE Student Success and Advising on Section I.
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