Beginning of the Semester Items

Everything you need to get the semester off to a great start.

Checklist Items

• Fall 2022 Syllabus Template 
• Fall 2022 Education Syllabus Template
• Course Outcomes
• General Studies Area Outcomes (include relevant outcomes for General Studies courses in your syllabus)
• Credit Hour Requirements (see your Dean if you exceed these minimums)
• Time Calculator from Wake Forest University
• Requesting Learning Management System courses (Blackboard or Canvas): Complete Blackboard Shell Request Form
• Finding your class rosters: Log in to myPSC
• BlackBoard Training Material (scroll down partway on the page)
• Canvas Training Materials

Calendars and Schedules

• Academic Calendars

• • Final exams are scheduled the last week of the semester. Coaches of varsity athletic teams do not schedule regular games or events during this week. However, they may enter their teams in NAIA approved play-offs in which the College has declared an intention to participate if qualified. Students who participate in play-off events during finals week are still subject to the attendance policies of their instructors. Faculty may not schedule final exams for individuals or courses at times other than those established in the Finals Week schedule without the express consent of the appropriate Dean.
    
    
    • Final Exam Schedule

• Dead Week: For 16 week courses, Dead Week is the week prior to finals week, and no exams are to be given during that week. Exceptions to this policy may be granted only by the appropriate Dean.

 

Tips for Starting the Semester

• New: How to Teach a Good First Day of Class (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• 4 Simple Ways to Help them Persist (Chronicle of Higher Education)

• The Absolute Worst Way to Start the Semester (Chronicle of Higher Education)

• Defining the Relationship (Chronicle of Higher Education)

• Building Student Engagement: First Classes (Palmer)

• When Will We Talk About the Syllabus? (Curzan, 2017)