December 4

Categories: Weekly Digest Tags: 2023

Final grades for Fall 2023 full term and Fall 2023 Half 2 can be submitted now through my.charlotte.edu . Grading will be available until 12:00 p.m. on December 18, 2023.  For each student, select the appropriate grade from the drop-down menu. The appropriate grades are:   

Standard
Undergraduate – A, B, C, D, F* or I** 
Graduate – A, B, C, U* or I**
*When submitting an F or U grade, the last participation date is required.
**When submitting a grade of I, please make sure to confirm the Incomplete Extension Date by clicking submit on the confirmation page.

Pass/No Credit
Undergraduate – P (Pass) or N (No Credit) or I (Incomplete)
Graduate – P (Pass) or U (Unsatisfactory)

Audit
AU (Audit) or NR (No Record)

Items of Note

  • The drop-down options for available grades are automatically adjusted if the student has made a pass/no credit election.
  • Students who have officially withdrawn from a course and received a grade of W or WE do not need a grade assigned. 
  • If a student has never attended the course (and they do not have a grade of W or WE), then enter a grade of F, U, or N from the grade drop-down menu.  Additionally, please provide the date for your first day of class in Last Attend Date, along with a zero (0) in the Attend Hours.
  • If the student attended but stopped participating during the term, enter a grade of F, U, or N and enter the last participatory date for the student in Last Attend Date.
  • If the student attended the entire term and earned an F, U, or N grade, please enter a grade of F, U, or N and the last day of class (not exam) in Last Attend Date.
  • A grade of I is assigned at your discretion when a student, who is otherwise passing, has not completed all the work in a course due to circumstances beyond their control. 
  • A grade of IP is only assigned for prearranged courses extending over more than one semester and is NOT to be used as a substitute for an Incomplete.
  • Final grades can also be submitted to Banner using Canvas. Canvas can be accessed through My UNC Charlotte.
  • Grades not submitted by the deadline will be assigned an NG grade and will require a grade change. 

If you have questions or problems submitting grades or grade changes, review the web grading instructions.

As instructors finalize their syllabi for spring semester, they may wish to add a statement about the University’s Religious Accommodation for Students Policy 409. This policy authorizes a minimum of two excused absences each academic year for religious observances required by the faith of a student, and provides the opportunity for a student to make up tests or other work missed due to an excused absence for a religious observance. If a religious accommodation is needed, students are expected to communicate directly with their faculty regarding the related need. The request should be made in writing and should state (i) the specific accommodation being requested, (ii) the religious practice or belief the student holds, (iii) how the requested accommodation enables the student to participate in their religious practice or belief, and (iv) the date(s) and/or frequency of the requested accommodation. The request should be submitted as far in advance as possible. The length of time between when the request is submitted and the date of the requested accommodation may affect the reasonableness of the requested accommodation. The instructor and the student will then discuss what a reasonable accommodation should be in the given case and then document this agreed-upon accommodation. University Policy 409 provides more details about this procedure. The Office of Civil Rights and Title IX is available as a resource if students or faculty have questions about the process. The policy provides more details about this procedure. Please be mindful that some students may be fasting during upcoming religious holidays (such as Ramadan) and may request accommodation for a different exam time since they may not perform at their best during times of fasting. In most cases, the University would consider this a reasonable accommodation. The University maintains a list of religious and cultural holidays that have particular significance to some traditions represented on campus. For students observing fasting during religious holidays, Dining Services provides a variety of options for students

Spring into Success Teaching Innovation Workshops
Register now for workshops from the Center for Teaching and Learning that help you prepare to start the 2024 semester! Workshop topics include: Syllabus 101, Cultural Awareness, Inclusive Teaching, Using Feedback, Generative AI, Backward Design, Active Learning, Facilitating Dialogue, New Canvas Tools, Canvas Analytics, Canvas Studio, Teaching with Poll Everywhere and more. Spring Offerings

Syllabus 101: Roadmap to Success
Your course syllabus is one of the most important documents you create for your class. It serves as an agreement between you and your students about your goals for the course and your expectations for your students, plus it conveys a first–and lasting–impression with your students. This session will provide information about the important components of a syllabus, ways in which you can enhance your course syllabus, and strategies for using your syllabus as a learning tool. This is a three-day, fully online, asynchronous, facilitated course in Canvas. The workshop consists of readings, illustrations, self-checks, and two final assessments. To be marked as complete for this workshop, you will need to complete both the discussion forum and the final assessment.  You may take the final assessment as many times as you need to, but you must receive at least 85% on the assessment to be marked as complete for the workshop.  You should plan to work consistently throughout the workshop to complete the readings, self-checks, and final assessments during the three day time limit. The workshop should take around one hour to complete. This workshop counts towards the Essentials of Teaching and Learning Certificate.

  • Monday, December 4 – Wednesday, December 6 (Asynchronous) (Register)

Are you teaching course content that could be enhanced by hearing the perspectives of international students in your class? The Cultural Ambassador Program facilitates panel presentations by international students in classrooms and training sessions. Faculty interested in having Cultural Ambassadors present in your class should complete the Cultural Ambassador Program request form. The deadline for requesting Spring presentations is Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

UNC Charlotte’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) 2024 is scheduled for Friday, April 12, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Popp Martin Student Union. The URC 2024 will be supported with the ForagerOne online conference platform as a way to further document and share students’ research presentations. Please save the important URC 2024 dates listed below. Undergraduate students are also encouraged to “save the URC 2024 dates” and to submit an abstract for the URC 2024. More information.

  • URC 2024 Abstract submission period opens on Monday, January 22, 2024
  • URC 2024 Abstract submission closes at 5pm, Friday, March 1
  • URC 2024 Presentation upload into ForagerOne by Thursday, March 28
  • URC 2024 Judging period on ForagerOne from April 1-5
  • URC 2024 In-person event: Friday, April 12, 2024, from 8:30am-3pm in the Popp Martin Student Union

Christine Robinson, UNC Charlotte’s assistant provost for institutional effectiveness and analytics, was the 2023 recipient of the Improvement Influencer Award from Indiana University’s Assessment Institute. Robinson was recognized for her outstanding contributions to the higher education sector by providing influential leadership for The Grand Challenges for Assessment in Higher Education project.

The Women + Girls Research Alliance (W+GRA) is excited to announce their 2023-2024 Seed Grants recipients. Each of the grants emphasize community partnerships and community-engaged research activities that address the critical areas of mental health and wellness, economic security/mobility, and equity in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The W+GRA has awarded each grantee, or team $5000 each toward their research project. Visit the W+GRA Seed Grant Fund page for more details.

Now that we are approaching the coldest time of the year, it is only natural to start thinking about summer. Are you planning to throw yourself deeply into your research this summer? Have you considered engaging undergraduates on a research, scholarly, or creative project? Have you thought about how an undergraduate student can help your scholarly research program?  Have you had students asking you questions that would be interesting to further investigate? Are you looking to test a new question or try something interdisciplinary? Do you have a need for a student, but not the means? The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Scholars program can help you find and employ students in collaborative learning through undergraduate research, scholarly and creative activities. The summer program is ten weeks long and students can log up to 400 hours working on a research project. New to mentoring summer students? Check out mentor expectations.

The Office of Undergraduate Research is now accepting submissions for faculty project descriptions for the 2024 OUR Summer Research Program. OUR will help support the scholars by also organizing professional development workshops for the summer students as well as hosting networking events and the Summer Research Symposium. Are you ready to submit?  If you’ve worked with OUR in the past, you’ll notice the faculty application looks different this year. Check out the faculty project proposal form. If you have questions about the form, the process, or how to attract students, feel free to attend one of OUR’s virtual faculty proposal workshops. When you’re ready, submit your project descriptions. The deadline for submission is January 30, 2024. Don’t forget that this is only step 1. Please help us broaden the applicant pool as much as possible and ensure that the students you’re looking for are in the applicant pool. Encourage your students to apply for the program starting February 1.

Please visit the Faculty Governance website for the latest news from the Faculty Council including: 

The dissertation defense is one of the ways a new scholar demonstrates readiness to join the academy and is an opportunity to share their research widely. View All Dissertation Defense Announcements.

For up-to-the-minute news from Academic Affairs (faculty awards, research, recognition, initiatives), visit the Academic Affairs Division News webpage.

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