Instructor Role, Access and Workload assignment in ConnectCarolina
The following guidelines were developed to assist Scheduling Officers with assigning instructor roles, grading access, and workload percentages in the Schedule of Classes within ConnectCarolina.
Component Types
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Lecture
A class in which an instructor presents the main body of course material.
Section Numbers:
- 001-299 (on-campus sections)
- 01M-09M (Maymester)
- For all section numbers, see the Standard Section Numbering System.
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Laboratory (Lab)
Applies lecture material in small-group situations such as experiments, assignments, and projects. Labs usually meet for two to three hours per week.
Section Numbers:
- 400-599
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Recitation
Small discussion classes designed to reinforce main ideas from lectures and offer more individualized attention to students.
Section Numbers:
- 600-850
Instructor Roles
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Primary Instructor
Instructor with primary teaching responsibility for a component. This includes a lecture, lab, or recitation component.
Graduate students with primary teaching responsibility for a lab or recitation should be coded as a “primary instructor,” not a “TA.”
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Secondary Instructor
Used infrequently when an instructor has less than 50% of the overall teaching and grading responsibility for a component.
- May be used when a guest professor teaches less than half of the classes.
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TA
Teaching Assistant with grading and/or administrative responsibilities for a component, but no responsibility for instruction.
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Proxy
Proxy is a infrequently used setting.
Note: Student Services Managers (SSM) should not be listed as proxies. SSM can access class rolls through the Curriculum Management tab in ConnectCarolina. Instructors can add SSM to the Sakai class site if necessary.
- Sakai provides the following user roles: auditor, coordinator, guest, instructor, student, teaching assistant, tech support.
- It is not necessary to include graduate students as TA’s on the lecture component if they also have responsibility for recitation sections; but if they need/want access to the lecture class roster, you may include them as proxies with a 1% workload.
Scenarios
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Lecture with 1 Instructor
Instructor Role: Primary Instructor *
Access: Primary Instructor *
Workload: 100%
* Graduate students with primary responsibility for instruction and grading, also known as a “Teaching Fellow” (TF), should be coded as “Primary Instructor,” not “TA.”
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Lecture with 1 instructor and at least 1 TA
Lecture instructor 1 (001)
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 100%
TA 1 (001)
Instructor Role: TA
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
TA 2 (001)
Instructor Role: TA
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
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Lecture with recitations (non-graded component), no TA graders
Lecture instructor * (001)
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Approve
strong>Workload: 100%Recitation 601 instructor
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
Recitation 602 instructor
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
* If lecture instructors want access to recitation sections, they should be listed on the recitation as “Secondary instructor” with “Approve” access and a 1% Workload.
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Lecture with recitations (non-graded component), with TA graders
Lecture instructor 1 (001)
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 100%
Lecture TA 1 (001)
Instructor Role: TA
Access: Grade
Workload: 10%
Lecture TA 1 (002)
Instructor Role: TA
Access: Grade
Workload: 10%
Recitation 601 instructor
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
Recitation 602 instructor
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
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Lecture with recitations (non-graded component), with TA graders who are not the same as the recitation instructors
Lecture instructor 1 (001)
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 100%
Lecture TA 1 (001)
Instructor Role: TA
Access: Grade
Workload: 10%
Recitation 601 instructor
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
Recitation 602 instructor
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
Lecture TA 2 (recitation 601 instructor)
Instructor Role: Proxy
Access: Grade
Workload: 1%
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Lecture with 2 (primary) instructors, each contributing equally (co-teaching)
Lecture instructor 1 (001)(recitation 601 instructor)
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 50%
Lecture instructor 2 (001)
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 50%
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Lecture with 2 or more instructors (with different teaching contributions)
Lecture instructor 1 (001)
Instructor Role: Primary instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 75%
Lecture instructor 2 (001)
Instructor Role: Secondary instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 25%
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Lab (graded component) with multiple sections
Lab 1 instructor (401)
Instructor Role: Primary Instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 100%
Lab 2 instructor (402)
Instructor Role: Primary Instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 100%
Lab 3 instructor (403)
Instructor Role: Primary Instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 100%
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Lab (graded component) with lab director and multiple sections
Lab 1 Director (401)
Instructor Role: Secondary instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 10% *
Lab 1 instructor (401)
Instructor Role: Primary Instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
Lab 2 Director (402)
Instructor Role: Secondary instructor
Access: Approve
Workload: 10% *
Lab 2 instructor (402)
Instructor Role: Primary Instructor
Access: Grade
Workload: 100%
* The workload percentage for a lab director should be 10% for each section. The combined total percentage does not need to equal 100%.
Have additional questions?
Contact the Scheduling team at scheduling_office@unc.edu