Faculty Resources: Communicating with Students

Office Hours:

Scheduled office hours are required for all courses.  

• 3-hour courses require 15 total office hours.
  • May Mini courses require 5 office hours / week.
  • 5-week sessions require 3 office hours / week.
  • 10-week sessions require 1.5 office hours / week.
• 4-hour courses require 20 total office hours.
• 2-hour courses require 10 total office hours.
• 1-hour courses require 5 total office hours.

Office hours can be available in-person, by phone or virtually, but they must be scheduled, NOT "by appointment" or "as needed."

Blackboard:

Email:

Lee College must abide by the restrictions of the Family Educational Right and Privacy Act (FERPA).

• US Department of Education: Protecting Student Privacy: includes FERPA regulations, guidance and FAQs.

Requiring students to use free web apps for class assignments may have implications for students' abilities to protect their privacy and personal data on the web. 

Research how apps treat their user data BEFORE requiring your students to sign up and/or use online services.

• Library Freedom Wiki:  Privacy for online teaching:  this article provides some guidelines for maintaining student privacy in an online environment.

Transfer calls from your Office Phone:

• Use the Forward function on your Lee College phone.
• For assistance, contact Ernest Johnson at 281-425-6580 or ejohnson@lee.edu

Google Voice: make and receive calls to students without disclosing your personal phone number

• Creates a new phone number that you can use to make and receive calls, texts and voicemail via phone or computer
• Google Voice does transcribe voice messages, so it is best to ask callers not to leave sensitive information on VM.