coe-staff: Message from the COE Academic Continuity Team

Wed Mar 11 17:31:38 PDT 2020

Dear Faculty and Staff,
Please see the memo below from the COE Academic Continuity Team. For questions related to this memo, or next steps, please contact myself and Lillian Duran. We will share more information tomorrow.

Dianna

College of Education: Academic Continuity Team Summary Memo - 3.11.2020
The goal is to continue academic operations as much as possible while maintaining academic integrity, transparency, and fairness for students. - Academic Council.

A brief summary of status:

*         The University has just notified faculty to offer no in-person finals and to offer spring courses remotely for the first three weeks of spring quarter https://around.uoregon.edu/content/updated-information-covid-19-changes-operations?utm_source=homepage&utm_campaign=news
What Should Instructors of Record Do Now:

*         Work with their Department Heads and Program Directors to finalize all needs related to offering courses remotely to be ready on the first day of classes.

*         Communicate with students to ensure they are fully prepared for the expectations of the final in its new format

*         Communicate with students to ensure that they are fully prepared for the new format that will be in place on March 30th, 2020.

*         Stay healthy

What does offering courses remotely look like:

*         Instructional content can be streamed via Zoom and graded via Canvas.

*         Instructional content can be streamed via Canvas conference tools and graded via Canvas.

*         Instructional materials can be shared by Canvas in the form of assignments, and graded in Canvas.

All faculty are advised to load enough academic work onto canvas in advance so that students can proceed for 1 - 2 weeks in the event of a temporary disruption to instruction.

College and University Resources for remote delivery:

*         Zoom trainings are available in the College. Look for the next training date or send a request to schedule a training session.

o   HEDCO 230 T: March 13th:  3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

o   HEDCO 230 T: March 19th: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

*         Online resources for Zoom including training modules are posted on the Governance site under curriculum resources: https://coedocs.uoregon.edu/display/governance/Curriculum+Resources

*         Canvas trainings are available regularly across campus. Look for the next training dates here: https://provost.uoregon.edu/canvas-trainings-academic-continuity-preparations

Information about additional licenses will be shared by the end of day tomorrow.

What Should Programs Do Now:
Program directors in concert with Department Heads should be able to provide the following information to the best of their ability by the end of the week:

*         Confirmation from all Spring course instructors, that they have a plan for offering their courses remotely.

*         An identified a substitute instructor for all Spring courses.

*         An identified list of courses that will require further discussion if the academic disruption persists longer than the three-week timeframe, particularly those that do not translate well to online platforms (e.g. student teaching, field requirements, clinical activities, practicum credit). Many are already in these discussions currently.

*         A plan for how students will be expected to proceed with the course or make up course content if they are ill, quarantined, or navigating extenuating circumstances for extended periods of the quarter?
For important questions about your health, faculty are encouraged to continue to visit https://www.uoregon.edu/coronavirus  this will also continue to be the primary location for updates and changes to university contingency planning.

Dianna

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Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann, PhD
Assistant Dean for Administration, College of Education
dcarriza at uoregon.edu<mailto:dcarriza at uoregon.edu> | 541-346-5407
1215 University of Oregon | Eugene, OR 97403-5277

I support all students regardless of immigration status or country of origin. As a Dreamer Ally, I support Dreamer students and promote their sense of belonging and safety as they pursue their higher education goals. For more information and resources please visit our Dreamers<https://www.uoregon.edu/dreamers> page and the Immigration FAQs<https://international.uoregon.edu/immigration_faq> page. I commit to not sharing your status with anyone if you reveal it to me, but also remind you that when interacting with faculty, staff, and offices around campus you are never required to reveal your immigration status.
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