Faculty Resources

Common Functions

Attendance Tool: READ | WATCH
Course Messages: READ | WATCH | DOWNLOAD
Discussion Boards: READ | WATCH | DOWNLOAD
Extended Test Time: READ | DOWNLOAD
Grade Center: READ
Course Copy: READ | WATCH | DOWNLOAD
Course Merge: READ * Send requests to cldioi@canton.edu.
Mobile Apps: READ | WATCH

Operational

Guidebook and Standard Operating Procedures
SUNY Distance Education Format Proposal
Student Online Learning Advisory Committee (SOLAC)
Bb Campus Announcement Request Form

Course Development

Course Development

Online Course Development Shell Form
Creating Accessible and Universally Designed Content
Engagement Tools, Bb Collaborate
Required Online Syllabus
Uploading Syllabus to UCanWeb

Time on Task

Online courses focus on total time on task to mirror ‘seat time’ in traditional instruction and the conventional academic credit model (in which one college credit requires 15 hours of classroom time plus two additional hours of homework time per hour of classroom time). For example, time on task for viewing three, 15-minute lectures (text or video), with web links would equal 1 hr. Posting to discussions (original post, responses to three classmates’ posts, responses to responses) would equal 2 hours. Small group project meetings (web conference or asynchronous discussion) would equal 1 hour. The College’s Center for Learning Design, Innovation, and Online Instruction provides faculty with guidance on converting online learning activities to time on task to calculate equivalent hours to meet the requirements of the academic credit model. Students complete no less than three hours of equivalent work per credit per week in online courses.

Assessment

Online Course Data

Textbooks

Federal Textbook Adoption Dates:

The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) requires all institutions receiving federal financial aid to "publish," in time for registration, a list of all required and recommended books and other course materials for all classes offered at the institution.

SUNY Canton OERs
Open SUNY OER Services
Open SUNY Textbooks

Approved Online Courses

Approved Online Course List (All schools are included in list)

Course Review

Pre-Assessment OSCQR Rubric (June 1 review and onward)
Printable Pre-Assessment OSCQR Rubric (June 1 review and onward)

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Rights

US Copyright Law:

Copyright protection is automatic and begins when your work is permanently recorded. This means that you can't copyright your ideas, only the recorded product of your ideas. You are not required to include a copyright statement or register your copyright but there are advantages to doing so (needed if taking legal action, less appealing to plagiarism sites that upload faculty materials). The Library can provide assistance and resources on copyright rules and responsibilities.