Opportunity Center
Part-time Faculty
Chemeketa Communication Systems
It is important to get linked into the campus communication system ASAP - preferably before classes start - so that you will be able to receive important campus information and to access resources.
My Chemeketa E-mail is where you will receive communication from the college and from current or future students. Students using My Chemeketa to look up course information will have easy access to your e-mail information as the assigned instructor of a course. It is critical for you to check this email account in order to respond to student inquiries. This is a condition of hiring!
Please maintain and delete old messages since there is a space limitation in each account. While you are in a teaching position for the college, do not forward your chemeketa.edu e-mail to any other personal or business related account. For student records confidentiality and professional reasons, it is required that you respond to student e-mails from your chemeketa.edu account.
Business cards are available to part-time faculty and can be requested through your department secretary.
Campus computers are available for you to work on or to send and receive e-mail. You will need a log-in and password which you can get from your department secretary. Campus computers are available in these locations:
Building 1 - 2nd floor behind the secretaries' office.
Building 37 - Room 139
Building 38 - 1st door on the left in the computer room
Library - 2nd floor of Bldg. 9
FAX machines are available for college business, as well as for personal use, at these locations:
Library - 2nd floor of Bldg. 9
Bookstore - 1st floor of Bldg. 1
If the FAX is college business, you may pay for it with an account number obtained from the department secretary.
Campus mail boxes are available to all part-time faculty. If you have not been assigned one, see your supervisor or department secretary. You may put your mail box location on your syllabus if you want students to be able to turn in assignments outside of class. It is a good idea to check your mail box whenever you are on campus.
Staff IDs are available from Public Safety in the lower level of Building 2, 503-399-5023. You will need your staff ID for library/media use. This card can be adapted to act as an electronic access keycard to various buildings on campus (Requires director approval). Public Safety issues staff IDs during the term from 9 am to 2 pm, Monday through Thursday.
Voice mail: To request a phone number for a voice mailbox, contact your supervisor. Your voice mailbox number may be added to your syllabus as a way for students to contact you. You can easily access your voice mailbox from off campus. Your department secretary will be able to show you how to retrieve messages from off campus.
For making calls or retrieving voice mail on the Salem campus, go to one of these locations:
Building 1 has a telephone in the Staff Office behind the secretaries' desks.
Building 38 has phones in the part-time faculty office and in the computer room - 1st and 2nd doors on the left.
Building 37 also has a part-time faculty office, 37/139, with computers and a phone (399-8945 - local calls only).
Building 2 has a phone for making local calls - just outside Student Government on the first floor.
Web Presence: All Chemeketa Classes Have A Web Presence
With the implementation of My Chemeketa, all credit and non-credit classes automatically have a web presence that contains a Course Homepage. This online homepage contains communication tools such as posting text messages to students, linking them to other web materials, a class message board (discussion) area, and course chat. The assigned instructor for the class can also send email to the My Chemeketa inbox of all students enrolled in that particular CRN.
The Course Homepage is available to the instructor and students enrolled by clicking on the "Course Resources" link in My Chemeketa. The heading "Courses I'm Taking" is where students will seelinks to the homepages for classes they are enrolled in. The heading "Courses I'm Teaching" will also appear if you are assigned as the instructor for a particular CRN. By clicking on the name of the course, you will be linked to the Course Homepage. As the instructor, you will see a red Add/Edit link for adding messages and links to materials and other web sites. If you are not seeing a homepage link for a class that is assigned to you, please contact your Director's office. (for help in using these features, see below.)
Important: If you are not planning to use online enhancements
The Course Homepage is created automatically at the time of course input. The use of online enhancements is entirely up to the instructor. If you are not going to incorporate these features into your class activities and communication, it's important for you to post a text message on the Course Homepage to notify your students so that expectations are clear. Without that message, students may go to the Course Homepage and post to the message board expecting their instructor to respond. Click on the red Add/Edit button and in the first description field add a statement such as: Please note that your instructor will not be participating in the Message Board or Course Chat area for this class. Click on Save Changes at the bottom right. This text message will now appear when students access the class.
There are additional online features available by posting web materials using WebCT. Along with the messaging features listed above, there are additional tools such as online testing and a gradebook feature. At one time, instructors could access this system themselves. To assist with system efficiency, we are now creating this access centrally, on request.
Assistance in using the features of My Chemeketa as well WebCT is available by contacting the Digital Media Lab at 503 399-2335. Many of the instructional secretaries have also been learning about online delivery options and are available to provide assistance with creating and posting online materials There are additional online learning features available by using the WebCT online system. WebCT provides you an online classroom with communication, assessment, and other tools to facilitate asynchronous learning. It even has an online gradebook that allows students to monitor their progress. To get a WebCT classroom for your course, ask your department secretary to indicate 'WebCT presence' in the Banner system. A WebCT classroom will automatically be created for you before the start of the quarter.
Assistance with My Chemeketa or WebCT is available by contacting the Tech Hub at 503 589-7864. Many of the instructional secretaries have been trainined in online delivery methods and are available to provide assistance with creating and posting online materials. More information about the Tech Hub services, resources and training is available at: http://online.chemeketa.edu/faculty/
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Updated February 2007 by the College Advancement Department.