QUESTIONS CONCERNING TEACHING (back to MAIN FAQ LIST page)

• How do I know what classes I am teaching?

• How do I request to teach a particular class?

• What is the current textbook for the class I am teaching and can I change it?

• Where can I access the current roster for the class I am teaching?

• How do I assign final letter grades?

• Do I have to have a web page?
  

• I want to create a new class.  How do I go about doing this?

• I want to get together a group of students for doing research.  How do I go about doing this?

• Can I add a student to my class?

• What is crconfig?

• Is there help available to copy exams, handout, etc?

• Why are there some classes that have two sections of the same class - one with an M on it and the other without an M on it?

• What is the class section with an N on it?

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TEACHING ANSWERS (back to top)

How do I know what classes I am teaching? (back)

• The Faculty Loads report is created by the Department Chair and sent out to all professors/instructors in June (the end of spring quarter) with details about the courses that each person is teaching for the following academic school year.  This report includes what time and during which quarter courses will be taught.  This report also includes the loads for the year and is generated with help from the Teaching Preferences that are entered by each professor/iinstructor in December/January.

How do I request to teach a particular class? (back)

• Each December, the faculty and instructors are asked to fill out their Teaching Preferences online.  If it is after this point in time, a request to the department chair is appropriate.
  

What is the current textbook for the class I am teaching and can I change it? (back)

• Contact the human resources departmental representative for more information.

Where can I access the current roster for the class I am teaching? (back)

• You will need your OSU email account name (lastname.#) and password to logon to the registrar's website to obtain this information.  Under "On-line Services", choose "Faculty and Staff" then "Class Rosters via the Web".  The registrar's website is:  http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/
  

How do I assign final letter grades? (back)

• You will need your OSU email account name (lastname.#) and password to logon to the registrar's website to obtain this information.  Under "On-line Services", choose "Faculty and Staff" then "Grade Posting via the Web".  The registrar's website is:  http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/

Do I have to have a web page? (back)

• Although not absolutely necessary, it is very convenient to have a website for posting course information for your students.  Contact the SOC lab for more direction on how to create a website on your CSE account.
  

I want to create a new class.  How do I go about doing this? (back)

• If you would like the course to eventually be considered as a new course consistently offered by the department, the class must first be offered as a temporary course.  The temporary courses have numeric values of 294, 494, 694, or 794.   Appropriate paperwork, as required by the university, must be created and brought to the Curriculum Committee for approval.  See the Curriculum Committee Chair for a link for more information about this process.
  
• If you are interested in teaching course one time only and would like the course to be graded, you can make a request to the Department Chair to schedule a 788 course.

I want to get together a group of students for doing research.  How do I go about doing this? (back)

• An 888 course can be created at any time to get together a group of graduate students for doing research.  All 888 courses are graded S/U.   The number of credit hours is determined by the professor.  A time/day does not have to be given, as quite a few of these course are "arranged".  That is, the professor will need to contact the students signed up for the 888 and determine an appropriate day/time/room to get together.  Be sure to contact the department representative in charge of scheduling to add an 888 section to the appropriate quarterly schedule.  888's can be added at almost any time.  Once the details of the course are determined, contact the department scheduling representative if you wish for the course announcement to posted in the glass cases outside the main office door.
• 693 and 793 courses are termed individual study credits, which are also S/U graded, and may also be offered to students wanting to do research.
  

Can I add a student to my class? (back)

• Adding students to your class means either the course is full and students are waitlisted or the scheduling system is no longer active.  If the scheduling system is not active, any student you add must first obtain an add slip (can be obtained from the main office) for you to fill out.  If the scheduling is active, you may consider allowing additional students into the course in order by the waitlist.  To do this, call the department person in charge of scheduling to increase your enrollment limit.  The limit of the number of students that you add to the course at this point is the number of seats in the classroom where you are teaching.  Students you voluntarily add to your class do not affect your load values.  Also, if you add students using the add slip when scheduling is still active, you may find that you have overloaded your classroom since the system will continue to use the waitlist to add students to your course if others drop, plus you are adding students through the paperwork which will take time to get entered into the system!
  

What is crconfig? (back)

• If the course you are teaching requires students to write assignments using the departmental computing facilities and/or requires students to submit  computer related assignments for grading, then you will receive student computer accounts through crconfig.  crconfig is a Unix command that is internal to the department department which is a  mechanism  that allows professors/instsructors to assign a grader (or other administrative personnel) access to the submit folder usually for grading purposes and makes it easy to create group project directories for courses that have team-oriented assignments.
  

Is there help available to copy exams, handouts, etc? (back)

• There is a basket in the mail room with request sheets located nearby.  Fill them out and drop them in the basket.  If it is an emergency, you can copy papers yourself, but will need a code for the copy machine.  If you do not want to leave sensitive information in the mail room, you can drop the handouts off at the front desk.  If you need help either ask the front desk personnel or the office assistant.
  

Why are there some classes that have two sections of the same class - one with an M on it and the other without an M on it?  (back)

• The M next to a course name designates that section of the course as the "major" section.  The major section is used to give CSE students priority seating in the course.  The other section without the M on it has the same class, time, day, and instructor, however, when windows open for students to sign up for the course, less seats (sometimes even zero) are available on the non-M section, allowing majors priority to the seats in the class.  In reality, the major and non-major section are a unit that denotes only one class, however, they do have two different call numbers.
  

What is the class section with an N on it?  (back)

• The N denotes a night class.  Any course with an N designation is considered the non-major section of the course!