Department of American Studies
University of Maryland College Park
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Section 1: University of Maryland Teaching Policies & General Procedures
1-1 -- Teaching Policies & Guidelines, from Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs; web location: http://www.faculty.umd.edu/teach/InstructionalGuide.htm
1-2 -- Statement on Classroom Climate
1-3 -- Sexual Harassment (definitions, UM policy)
1-4 -- Full Student Honor Council statement for syllabi (academic integrity)
1-5 -- Course evaluations (online)
Information about: https://www.irpa.umd.edu/Assessment/crs_eval.shtml
Information for syllabi for fall 2009 Instructor Access to results through Faculty Services at http://ares.umd.edu/home/
1-6 -- Monitoring academic progress of athletes request
1-7 -- Center for Teaching Excellence teaching & learning program
CTE Newsletter: http://www.cte.umd.edu/teaching/newsletter/index.html Faculty Programs: http://www.cte.umd.edu/programs/faculty/index.html Graduate Student Programs: http://www.cte.umd.edu/programs/graduate/index.html
1-8 -- "A Brief Summary of the Best Practices in College Teaching," by Tom Drummond
Section 2: Specific Grading & Attendance Policies & Considerations
2-1 -- University attendance and assessment policy statement on Testudo: http://www.testudo.umd.edu/soc/atedasse.html
2-2 -- Grading and exam policies/incomplete grades: http://www.faculty.umd.edu/teach/grading.htm
2-3 -- University grading system: http://www.faculty.umd.edu/teach/grades.html
2-4 -- CTE introduction to grading policies and resources
2-5 -- CTE preparing for the end of the semester
2-6 -- University online grade entry via Ares: http://ares.umd.edu/home/
Section 3: Sample Grading Criteria & Rubrics
3-1 – Effective Structures for Assessment; Policies and Standards/ Grading Criteria: UMD Department of English (ENGL 101); “Philosophy of Grading”: Hood College, English department
3-2 -- "Developing Grading Rubrics," by Dawn M. Zimmaro
3-3 -- Sample rubrics
Section 4: Online Teaching Assistance
4-1 -- Online teaching considerations
4-2 -- Building a class website, from http://catalyst.washington.edu/help/planning/class_web.html
4-3 -- Goals for the electronic discussion, from Ohio State University, University Center for the Advancement of Teaching
4-4 -- Online assessment options, from Australian Flexible Learning Framework; http://pre2005.flexiblelearning.net.au/guides/assessment.pdf
4-5 -- 7 things you should know about wikis, from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf
4-6—Activities for online forums, from CELT (Centre for Enhancing Learning and Teaching) at Charles Sturt University
4-7—Library Course Reserves Information, including electronic reserves website: http://www.lib.umd.edu/PUBSERV/RESERVE/student.html
4-8—The Library's American Studies area specialist: Eric Lindquist 301-314-7266, ericl@umd.edu
4-9—University of Maryland, College Park:
Counseling Center & Disability Services: http://www.counseling.umd.edu/ http://www.counseling.umd.edu/DSS/
4-10—Instructions for Computer/ Projector Setup (Room 1108)
4-11—OIT Learning Technologies: http://otal.umd.edu and ELMS services: http://otal.umd.edu/elms-services and ELMS login page: https://elms.umd.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp
