LPC Distance Education Interaction Guidelines. Approved by the LPC Academic Senate on Nov. 28, 2012. Revisions approved by the Senate on March 10, 2021.
Additional revisions approved by the Distance Education Committee on January 28, 2022.
Faculty training statement. Approved by the LPC Academic Senate on March 11, 2009. "Whereas Blackboard (now Canvas) is such an integral
part of our education, all faculty who use it, need proper training, including copyright
and accessibility issues."
Canvas global messaging policy, agreed upon by LPC Executive Council, Fall 2020: LPC
may use global messaging to push out "changes to policy and services that need to be communicated evenly to students."
Instructor's Withdrawal Option: Distance Education. "The instructor may drop students
who miss the first meeting of a course. The first meeting of online or hybrid Distance
Education courses is the first day of the class as specified in the class schedule
listing. For these courses, instructors may drop students who do not log into their
Canvas course and/or complete indicated activities by the third day of classes. DE
instructors may drop students if they have not submitted work and/or accessed the
class for two consecutive weeks. For Summer courses, DE instructors may drop students
if they have not submitted work and/or accessed the class for one week."
First three sentences approved by the LPC Academic Senate on Dec. 17, 2008. Fourth sentence approved by Senate on May 23, 2012.
Fifth sentence approved by Senate on March 13, 2013.
District
Faculty Contract. Includes DE language on working conditions, evaluations, intellectual property,
etc.
