Faculty Assistance and Procedures for ITV Courses
Group orientation is available for new and veteran faculty, followed by one-on-one sessions to answer additional questions about operations, video production, and programming and scheduling. Faculty learn first-hand about the studio environment so they may plan their course; receive advice on classroom management; learn about the types of multimedia that can be used and schedule mock teaching sessions. Other services follow.
Instructional
Support Services:
· Staff to handle logistics between faculty on-campus and off-campus sites (e.g., procedure on delivery of course materials and textbooks; professional courier service).
· Classroom facilitators monitor on-campus overflow rooms and off-campus sites. They serve as faculty members' arms and legs to pass out homework, tests, and exams; take attendance; videotape classes (at selected sites); adjust equipment before class starts, etc. They are a local contact for the student. Their role varies because of the level of the course, the number of and level of students at a site, the individual instructional methods, and type of transmission system used.
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An ITV technician also is available during each class.
He/she takes care of the technical and production side of your
class and manages technical problems when they arise.
The technician’s role varies because of the level of the
course, the individual faculty member’s instructional methods, and
type of transmission system used.
· Each distance education class is videotaped. Currently, copies are placed at the Library Media Center of the Sherrod Library, ETSU at Bristol, ETSU at Greeneville, and at ETSU/UT at Kingsport. Students may watch the videotapes for review or to make up a class they missed. Faculty may view the videotapes for personal, diagnostic instructional review. Videotapes are kept for two weeks and then erased. Tapes are not checked out.
Delivery and Receipt of Materials. Materials for ITV receive sites are delivered to the Office of Distance Education, located at 908 W. Maple Street. A meeting with new ITV faculty is required prior to the first class to review these procedures.
· A local courier service is used to deliver materials to and from the off-campus receive sites.
· Faculty must provide enough copies of all class materials (e.g., syllabus, homework assignments, tests, and quizzes, etc.) for each student enrolled in the course for all on- and off-campus sections.
· Instructions should be included in each package to help insure proper handling.
· Each site’s materials must be individually packaged and properly addressed to the site receiving the course. The materials are sent to each classroom facilitator for distribution to the students.
· A drop off day and time is established for each course.
· A roll sheet is also provided for your use, if you choose to have roll taken.
· For materials to be at the site before class time, packages must be in the Office of Distance Education by the scheduled deadline.
· Materials returned from off-campus sites are delivered to the Office of Distance Education. Faculty can pick up materials. A staff member (internal courier) from the Office of Distance Education can deliver materials.
· All materials sent to on- and off-campus sites are logged for accurate record keeping. If you are working under a deadline for purposes of graduation, it is the responsibility of the faculty member to request a special delivery of those materials.
· The Office of Distance Education does not provide clerical or test grading services.
· If your materials must be sent to an off-campus site, call 9-6874 and request materials to be picked-up. Or you can have materials delivered to the Office of Distance Education at 908 W. Maple by the scheduled time.
For more information contact Mrs. Dia Smith (smithdl@etsu.edu) Operations Coordinator at 439-6874.