Faculty Checklist for Teaching Online

Offering a course online requires preterm planning and engagement throughout the term. The checklist below is intended for faculty members teaching in a virtual environment at SUNY Empire.

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Preterm Planning

At the start of student registration period, faculty members begin to plan for the courses they will teach.

Access Course Director to Order Course Materials.

Contact bookstore@sunyempire.edu for assistance.

Academic Coordinators are responsible for ordering materials for adjunct taught undergraduate sections.

Check all learning contracts to confirm accuracy.

After confirming, publish the learning contract.

Update Learning Contracts

Academic Coordinators will confirm and publish all learning contracts for adjunct taught undergraduate sections.

Confirm that you have the correct course materials.

Confirm Materials are listed correctly on the bookstore site.

SUNY Empire Bookstore

Academic Coordinators select the materials for adjunct taught undergraduate sections.

Undergraduate and School of Nursing and Allied Health Online mode of study courses are copied from adjunct-ready course primaries. Empty course shells are created months in advance of the next term, and content is copied into those course shells approximately 3-4 weeks before the start of preview week.

Full-time line faculty with Empire Online approved faculty-pour course primaries will have their course primaries mapped as copy sources to their term sections before the start of the term. If you would like to request a different copy source, please submit a service desk ticket.

Instructors teaching EDPL, Independent Studies, Study Groups, Virtual Study Groups, Residency, School of Graduate Studies, School of Labor, and International Education courses need to submit requests to create their courses in Brightspace each term using the OAA Course Request system.

For more information on the course request system, please visit the Knowledgebase.

Course Setup

SUNY Empire online courses open to students one week before the official start of the term. This is referred to as Preview Week. Courses must be set up before Preview Week.

SUNY Empire Online Courses use Brightspace as our primary learning management system.

Access your Online Courses in Brightspace

Adjunct Permissions in Brightspace Transcript (PDF 46kB)

Each term follow the steps outlined below to prepare your online course for your students:

Confirm Course Readiness

Welcome your Students