During a Course

The “During a Course” section is centered on active facilitation and student support throughout your course.

GFD Best Practices

1. Fulfill the Be Known Promise

- Encourage students to connect
- Create opportunities for you to connect with students
- Consider opportunities for you to be known

2. Create a Virtual Community

- Ensure that all modules are open at the start of the course
- Write weekly course announcement and post by 12 pm (PT) Monday
- Film weekly video and post by 12 pm (PT) Monday
- Encourage students to fill out Course Evaluation and place the Course Evaluation link in the final week of your Canvas site

3. Engage with Students

- Routinely monitor online forums, engaging as necessary
- Provide personalized feedback on student work within seven days
- Contact students immediately if they miss weekly forums or major assignments**
- Respond to student communications asap, ideally within 48 hours

4. Contact GFD Staff

- Use the Student Alert Form for attendance issues**, Ds or Fs, and any other non-academic integrity issues.
- Visit the Academic Integrity page for inappropriate AI use, plagiarism and other academic integrity issues.
- Email Program Director and Associate Dean of significant life event's of your own.
- Make notes in Canvas for future instruction

**GFD Attendance Policy (Taken from GFD Faculty Teaching & Policies Guide)

GFD students are required to engage in online forums each week. Students who miss more than one week of forum engagement in a course will earn an F and must repeat the class.

If a student has not participated in a weekly forum, especially during the first week, and has not made contact with you to explain their absence, please make a timely effort to contact the student. If the student does not respond, please notify the Program Director via email as soon as possible, copying the Career & Academic Planning Coach and Associate Dean. Current contact information can be found on our website.

Additional Questions? Incompletes? Withdrawals? Accommodations? Contact your Program Director.

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