Graduate School of Management and Technology

Beginning of Semester Checklist for GSMT Face-to-Face Classes - Short Form


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No teaching is expected to take place in online classrooms prior to the official class start dates; however, it is UMUC policy that all online classrooms adhere to the minimum required setup standard most by one week prior to the start of classes. 

This page presents a brief overview of Graduate School online classroom setup requirements. A detailed online-class checklist and a detailed face-to-face web enhanced-class checklist are provided on a separate page that includes resource links.

In the event that an instructor is unable to provide the basic materials listed below by one week before the course start date, s/he should contact the program director and the CSI Instructional Support Specialist for the course.

Faculty access to classrooms

WebTycho classrooms are fully available to faculty as of four weeks prior to the official start date of a given class. Faculty members may access their online class(es) only after being staffed officially in PeopleSoft (MyUMUC), UMUC's course information system database. Once staffed in MyUMUC, faculty should gain access their WebTycho classroom(s) on TychoUSA within 24-48 hours.

Student access to classrooms

Students can access their online classes as soon as they register, but their access is limited to Class Announcement, Faculty Bio and Email link (see example). Students gain full access to their class menus (and therefore all content there) exactly one week before the official start of the class.

Required Items

1. _____ Faculty Biography

2. _____ Accurate email address

3. _____ Welcoming Initial/Introductory Class Announcement

4. _____ Course Syllabus and Schedule

_____ Faculty contact information

_____ Course goals and objectives

_____ Required text(s) and other course materials

_____ Grading criteria

_____ Descriptions of all projects/assignments

_____ Detailed course schedule

5. _____ Gradebook

The Gradebook is required to be completely setup before the start of the semester, setting up and using the Gradebook IS a requirement of WebTycho classroom management and the total value of all assignements need to total 100% or 100 points. No letter grades can be used when grading assignments. Please use points or percentages when grading assignments.

There are seval resons why getting up the gradebook before the start of the semester is required:

  • Issues that might arise when setting up the Gradebook sometimes cause an instructor to rethink his/her grading plan, which would impact the Syllabus document.
  • Once the semester begins, dynamic management of class activity becomes the instructor's primary focus. Setting up the Gradebook before class starts helps avoid the delays or distractions of doing it later, as well as helps avoid student complaints when there isn't a way to submit assignments
  • No Gradebook item = no way for students to privately submit an assignment online.

Optional Items

1. _____ Reserved Readings

2. _____ Study Groups

3. _____ Webliography

4. _____ Workbook

5. _____ Class Chatroom

If you do not plan to use the above items, uncheck them in the Faculty Center index page (and Submit) to remove them from the class menu.

For additional ways to use WebTycho to enhance a Graduate School face-to-face course, see the following:

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