Printed course packs and handouts
Course packs
| Guidelines for making sure your coursepack is "camera-ready" |
| What will students be charged for my syllabus/coursepack? |
Printed course packs are often the most efficient method of providing large quantities of textual material. Course packs can include your course syllabus, lecture notes, readings (journal articles, book chapters), and other course material.
All receive site students in your class and students taking your course online will obtain course packs from the University of Maine at Augusta Bookstore. Students in the broadcast classroom obtain these materials from the broadcast campus bookstore.
We should receive these materials in camera-ready form by eight weeks prior to the start of the semester (send them to University College, 46 University Drive, Augusta, ME 04330, c/o Karen Proulx).
We recommend that your course syllabus/course pack minimally include:
- an overview of the course
- course goals
- grading criteria
- policies regarding attendance, class participation, late assignments, make-up exams, incomplete grades
- exam dates
- assignment due dates
- meeting dates and topics to be covered in each session
- your office hours
- your phone number
- the University Network's HELP line number for reporting technical problems (1-800-696-HELP)
- the Teleservice number (1-800-868-7000)
- the UMA Bookstore number (1-800-621-0083)
and
- ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
If you have a disability which may affect your ability to participate fully in this course, it is your responsibility to request accommodations promptly. Contact the Learning Support Services Office, or Coordinator of Student Services at your campus or center to discuss possible assistance. Accommodations are not provided retroactively. - STUDENT ACADEMIC INTEGRITY CODE
Academic integrity means that a student's work is the product of
his/her own effort. Violations of academic integrity include such
behaviors as cheating, fabrication, and plagiarism, and are described
more fully in the UMA Student Academic Integrity Code which is
published in the online UMA Student Handbook. Each student is
responsible for learning the standards of academic integrity, and
ensuring that his/her work meets these standards. Failure to do so may result in appropriate sanctions. If you have questions about the
academic integrity of your work, discuss these with your instructor
before submitting the work.
Handouts
We can also distribute handouts on an as-needed basis. Handouts to be distributed during the semester should be received by University College (c/o Karen Proulx) copyright-cleared and in camera-ready form two weeks prior to the date your students will use them.
If you plan to distribute a large number of handouts during the semester (in excess of 30), we strongly recommend that you include them in your Course Pack or Student Manual.
Copyright and Broadcast Clearance
Articles (and excerpts from books) sold as part of your syllabus through the bookstore (course packs) or distributed as class handouts must be copyright-cleared. Copyright costs will influence the price of syllabi and course packs. Copyright for the course pack must be renewed every semester.
The clearance process takes at least two months, and we ask that you submit your requests (including titles, publishers, and contact information such as telephone numbers, contact names, and addresses of publishers) ten weeks prior to the start of your course.
Call Donna Bancroft at (1-800-339-7323) or e-mail donnaban@maine.edu to discuss copyright clearance and broadcast approval.