<Explain your preferred of communication with students and how students should communicate with you. For example: I will send urgent and regular communication to all students using the Announcements tool in Canvas. It is a requirement in this class that you set your New Announcements in Notifications to “Right Away” to ensure that you receive any announcements. (Go to Profile>Notifications, find for new announcements and set to Right Away). > Announcements <Explain how you will use the announcement and/or messaging system within your learning management system. For example: I will use Announcements to send time sensitive information to the entire class. Because you can set your own notification preferences in Canvas, you will need to make sure you receive announcements daily. You are required to set your notifications for New Announcements to be Right Away.> Virtual Office Hours (MT) <Indicate virtual office for remote students. Indicate time zone. Include any links to your virtual office such as Skype ID or Adobe Connect room URL.> Email <Provide your NMSU address for students to contact you. Indicate the response time students should expect for email replies such as 24 hours.> Phone Number <Indicate a number you wish students to use in order to contact you. If this is your preferred form of communication, let students know. If not, let them know that also. Include your area code and communicate anything that warrants explanation about leaving messages and your phone response times. Indicate the response time students should expect a response from you such as, “I will respond to messages within 24 hours.> Grading and Feedback <State your how long it will take for you to grade and provide feedback on student work. If applicable, also state the sort of feedback students should expect. For example: All assignments will be graded within 1-week of the due date. The multiple-choice quizzes will be auto-graded by Canvas. Your quiz responses will be released after the due date for the quiz has passed. Rubrics will be used to grade open-ended assignments such as discussions essays and projects. The rubrics are attached to each Canvas assignment. Please make sure to review the rubric before completing the assignment. Individual feedback will be provided using the Canvas Document Annotation tool and Assignments Comments.). Here is information on how to access this feedback:
weeks for feedback on your course. Courses will be placed in amendment if the course does not meet QM expectations using the QM Rubric and standards. Amendments are made to the course by the course developer. The course is resubmitted for through the amendment form on the Quality Matters website. Once the course meets Quality Matters expectations, the review is marked “met standards” and the review is complete. If the course does not meet the QM Rubric expectations, it goes back through amendment. This cycle continues until the course meets the expectations of a QM Internal Review and is marked as “met standards.” review is marked “met standards.” If the course does not meet the QM Rubric expectations, it goes back through amendment. This cycle continues until the course meets the expectations of a QM Internal Review and is marked as “met standards.” You do NOT need a new Quality Matters Course Review on a previously recognized course if: You have improved or clarified directions. You have added course materials to keep the course current or supplement instruction. You have added innovative technology such as lectures, videos, presentation software, publisher etc. (Remember to get videos captioned.) You have personalized information. You have updated policies. You have substituted one problem for a different one that is