Faculty/Staff Resources

A Message from the Provost

August 7, 2020 - Academic calendar, ProctorU, Campus copy centers, Updated syllabus statement

I hope you are all enjoying some well-deserved time off as we officially end summer semester and look forward to fall. As you take this time to relax and recharge, I did want to provide a few announcements and updates:

• This year’s academic calendar can be found here: https://www.tri-c.edu/academic-calendar/documents/academic-calendar-2020.pdf. Please be reminded that for fall semester, courses that meet on-ground will move to online instruction following Thanksgiving break (Monday November 30) through the end of the term. Some exceptions may apply in health careers, nursing and other disciplines. Please check with your associate dean if needed.
• For faculty who use our online proctoring service ProctorU, we are pleased to announce that this fall semester there will be a few designated computer stations on each campus available to students to use when completing a proctored online exam. The stations are to be used by students who either do not have the appropriate technology at home or need a quiet space. At this time, we do not have the capacity to serve all academic testing needs on campus. Students desiring to use ProctorU on campus will need to make an appointment in advance. No walk-ins can be accommodated at this time. Appointments will be available on days the campuses are open for services (at this time, this is Mondays and Thursdays only). We look forward to sharing more specific appointment information in the next couple of weeks. Students and faculty may, of course, continue to use ProctorU remotely. A special thanks to our campus TLCs, OLAT and ITS for working through technical challenges to implement this service for fall.
• Our reprographic centers at Metro, East and West campuses will begin updated hours for fall on August 11:
  • Tuesdays: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  • Wednesdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Thursdays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• As a reminder, to address academic concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic for the spring semester and summer session, we changed our Pass/No Pass policy to allow students to request one or more final letter grades be converted to Pass (P) or No Pass (NP) after receiving the final grade. The deadline for spring courses has passed, but for summer courses students may request a change to Pass/No Pass through October 5. Summer will be the last semester this option is available for students. Students may opt for Pass/No Pass grades at time of registration beginning with fall term.
• As you know, we are asking that all faculty include an updated COVID-19 syllabus statement in your fall course syllabi. Part of the updated syllabus statement required students to “wear a mask or face covering at all times, including, but not limited to: upon entering and exiting any Tri-C facility, in class, and in all common areas.” As we have had more students visiting campuses this summer, it has been noted that while our students are wearing masks, a handful of them are not covering their nose and mouth. We will work on updating the syllabus template for spring, but in the meantime please feel free to amend any of your course syllabi to update the above language to “wear a mask or face covering over the nose and mouth”.

Enjoy your break between semesters, and I am very much looking forward to joining you all virtually for Convocation on Tuesday, August 18th!

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