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Enrollment is calculated based on student enrollment on Monday of Week 2 for all delivery formats (this ensures prompt overload payment for faculty). Sibling section enrollment is included in enrollment totals.

Most graduate courses are required for one or more graduate degree or certificate.

For graduate elective courses, the Department Chair and Program Director will monitor enrollment. If enrollment (including sibling sections) is anticipated to be under the College of Business definition of a full course, the graduate associate dean will be notified, and a collaborative decision will be made as to whether to offer the course.

Onload teaching of required graduate courses typically occurs only if enrollment meets the College of Business definition of a full course. Extra care should be taken when planning for onload teaching of elective courses with limited enrollment history to support onload teaching. Exceptions may be made in extenuating circumstances.

Grading support is available for graduate courses (typically available for courses with a demonstrated need and enrollment over 45 students). Questions related to whether a course qualifies should be directed to the Program Director at least 8 weeks before the course begins. The Program Director collaborates with the Financial and Operations Officer and Associate Director, HR & Operations to ensure consistent application of grading support and adherence to HR policy.

If approved to receive grading support, the faculty member is required to engage in a thorough and timely review of candidate applications, seek candidate pool approval, schedule and conduct interviews, comply with all required hiring paperwork, provide grading training, and provide effective supervision of the grader.

Graders may be used to help faculty grade assignments, review discussion boards, or assist with virtual sessions. However, if a student has a grading dispute or requests clarification regarding a grade, it is the responsibility of the instructor to communicate directly with the student. Faculty should note that the graders performance likely will impact the faculty memberā€™s course evaluations.

Although the process may seem cumbersome, effective selection, training, and supervision often yield a long-term grader that can be a tremendous asset to the faculty member and student experience.

Please be aware that:

• Undergraduate students cannot be hired as graders.
• Graduate students not enrolled in COB programs may be hired as Graders but are most likely not eligible if they are receiving any other funding (i.e. stipends) from 51ĀŅĀ×.
• Current College of Business graduate students CANNOT be hired as Graders or grade graduate assignments as a part of GA duties.
• If a Grader is not an 51ĀŅĀ× employee or graduate student, they will need to apply for the official position.
• Questions about a Graderā€™s eligibility or other questions related to Graders, should be directed to the Program Director.

COB graduate programs seek to create a culture of sharing and collaboration across and within graduate degree and certificate programs. As such, the general expectation is that all course material, whether development was compensated or not ā€“ is to be used for the betterment of the student experience. It is expected that faculty responsible for course development are also provided the opportunity to teach that course per the collaborative efforts of department chairs and programs directors in faculty scheduling.

In accordance with University Policy 15.006, course materials created under a course development contract will be owned by the University and become part of the Graduate Programs catalog of course content and used by other instructors. Please see the entire policy for more details.

Questions about this policy or request to deviate from the above should be directed to the Program Director and Department Chair who will then engage the Associate Dean if needed.

The Subject Matter Expert (SME) is involved in all phases of development. This is the faculty member that has been assigned to create and deliver the course for at least the first time.

The Instructional Designer (ID) is also involved in all phases. The College of Business utilizes Instructional Designers from the Office of Instructional Innovation (OII). The Instructional Designer is part of a team of instructional designers who work to support the evolving programs of OHIO University. The Instructional Designer also serves as a liaison with key OII staff including the Production Services Team and Project Manager.

The Project Manager (PM) is involved beginning in Phase III in the creation of the course development process. The Office of Instructional Innovation strives to assign a single PM to work on CoB course and program design projects. The PM works with the SME to establish realistic milestones and deadlines in their project management system and tracks the pipeline of current projects.

Production Services is a team of OII, OIT, and COB staff and students who work together to help to bring the course vision to life through audio and video production, creating complex interactive learning objects, and implementing course content, activities, and assessments in the Blackboard learning management system. The Production Services Team schedules resources based on the timeline and deadlines set forth in the course development plan. The instructional designer works closely with this team to ensure the work performed matches the vision of the subject matter expert as articulated in the course scope and course map documents.

Faculty are expected to maintain up to date content within their courses. As such, approximately 20% of course content should be updated by the faculty member each time the course is offered. For courses offered more than once per year, the expectation is to update the course annually. Instructional designers are available for faculty seeking assistance with these updates and program directors and department chairs may also be involved in providing course update feedback. Requests should be made via the

Faculty teaching existing courses in need of more than a 20% update will submit a proposal to the with the rationale for updating the course. Proposals will be reviewed by the Senior Director, Instructional Operations, Technology, and Learner Success in conjunction with the Program Director and Department Chair. When the proposal is from a Department Chair, the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs will serve in the Chairā€™s role for review purposes.

Based on the percentage of content identified as needing revision, compensation will be prorated by the same percentage on a per credit hour basis. A contract will be issued upon approval and prior to beginning course development. Course development will not begin until all necessary academic and budgetary approvals are granted at Department, College, and University levels. No payment will be made until the course is fully developed and approved.

All new courses will be designed to allow for online and face-to-face delivery. The identification of subject matter experts is led by the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs working with department chairs and program directors.

Compensation for developing new (not previously offered online) online graduate courses is outline in the teaching compensation policy.

All requests for new course development must be submitted at least two full semesters prior to the course launch date through the . Proposals will be reviewed by the Senior Director, Instructional Operations, Technology, and Learner Success in conjunction with the Program Director and Department Chair. When the proposal is from a Department Chair, the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs will serve in the Chairā€™s role for review purposes. A contract will be issued upon approval and prior beginning course development. Course development will not begin until all necessary academic and budgetary approvals are granted at Department, College, and University levels. No payment will be made until the course is fully developed and approved.

It is expected that the subject matter expert will also be the instructor for at least the first course offering (and longer whenever possible). There may be special circumstances when a College of Business subject matter expert is not available to develop a necessary course, or the subject matter expert will not be the instructor for the first delivery of a course. In these situations, the identification and selection of subject matter experts is led by the Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs working with Department Chairs and Program Director.

The process is comprised of eight phases, each with a unique deliverable that marks the completion of that phase. For example, the concept phase ends with the completion of the course scope document. Similarly, the design phase concludes with a finalized course map. While the picture shows a simple linear process, deliverables like the course map are documents that evolve through the development process. Beneath the phases are the resources utilized in each phase of the course development.

Course development for all online and blended-online COB graduate courses is required to follow the above process. The three milestones (M1, M2, M3) have been established to:

1. effectively allocate course development resources,
2. proactively collect information for accreditation, and
3. review the course for quality

Milestone 1 includes a formal request and approval via the . Completion of this milestone ensures that all course design work properly enters the course development pipeline and resources are properly allocated.

Milestone 2 requires a review and approval of the course map and course scope documents by the instructional designer, program director, and department chair. The final versions of these deliverables are also collected to support accreditation and future course updates. The timing of resource allocation is based on the course development plan.

Milestone 3 requires a quality review by the instructional designer.