Reality: We live in a world that revolves around a 15 week semester, we like to add a pre-week (Week 0) and a post-week (Week 16) and then you pretty much repeat this pattern each semester.
Week Number |
Advice/Information |
Things to pay attention to/links to resources |
| Week 0 |
Prepping for your courses. This isn’t limited to Week 0 and this work can happen any time but there is a definite buzz at the college the week before the semester starts. |
– Course Outlines – Setting Up and Rolling Over – Course Content in D2L – read back issues of the Teaching Hub – Check out the Faculty Patchbook of Pedagogy– Check out D2L tipsheets for a variety of tools- Come down and visit the LDS team, or call or email them with your questions, wonderings, etc.,(There might be other things going on this week – check for teaching team meetings, school meetings or all-staff meetings)Policy: Learning Management System Usage |
| Week 1 |
Orientation for New Students Upper-semester students start on Day 2
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Things we suggest: – show your students how you have set up your D2L course page and what you expect them to do. |
| Week 2 |
By day 5 students will have had to register in a course that is 7 weeks in length (or less) By day 10 students will have had to register in a course that is 15 weeks in length (more than 7 weeks – less than 15 weeks) |
Policies and Procedures 2-201 Registration and Withdrawal 2-201B Procedure 2-201C Grading and Academic Standing 2-201D Grading Procedure 2-201E Academic Standing Procedure 2-204 Class Cancellation/ Faculty Absenteeism 2-211 Curricular and Instructional Innovation 2-205 Class Absence Operating Procedure 3-311 Harassment and Discrimination Prevention 5-503 Maintenance of, and access to Student RecordsFor students: Final Date to Withdraw from College with a Partial Refund (Day 10) |
| Week 3 | Things tend to settle down a bit this week… right before they ramp up again 🙂 | |
| Week 4 | Policies and Procedures 2-215 Intellectual Property & Copyright |
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| Week 5 | Final Date to Withdraw from a course of less than eight weeks duration and receive a ‘W’ designation on Academic Record | |
| Week 6 | Policies and Procedures 2-219 Academic Appeal, Procedure & Forms |
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| Week 7 | ||
| Week 8 | Independant Learning Week | Plan to Attend our Teaching and Learning Day – you will read lots about it in the Teaching Hub and recieve an email from ‘Communications’ to RSVP |
| Week 9 | Final date to register for a 7 week course that starts after the Independant Learning Week (Friday of this week) | |
| Week 10 | Final Date to Withdraw from a course of more than seven weeks and receive a ‘W’ designation on Academic Record | |
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| Week 12 | ||
| Week 13 | Final Date to Withdraw from a course of less than eight weeks duration (Delivered in second half of term) and receive a ‘W’ designation on Academic Record | |
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| Week 15 | End of Semester | |
| Week 16 | Grades are due in to the Registrar’s office by noon on the Tuesday |