For most adjunct faculty a main responsibility involves teaching. When planning and preparing for your teaching responsibilities you need to be aware of several policies and procedures that guide the instructional activities of all faculty including members of the adjunct faculty.

3.1 Faculty Office, Phone, Computer and Mailbox

Resource limitations do not permit the assignment of offices, telephones, computers, etc., to all adjunct faculty members. However, colleges and schools are encouraged to provide such resources to the extent possible. A mailbox will be made available so you can receive class and grade lists, other information relevant to your classes, and communications from students.

3.2 The Syllabus

Unless part of your responsibility is to develop a course syllabus, each person appointed to the adjunct faculty to teach shall receive from the appointing unit, at a reasonable time before the beginning of his/her teaching assignment, a copy of the standard course syllabus to be used in the course.

Should a standard course syllabus not be available, the appointing unit shall provide one or more of the following: (a) a syllabus for the course when it was recently taught, (b) the course description and/or outline that was presented at the time the course was approved by the academic unit, (c) and/or a reasonably full statement of the course’s purpose and objectives within the curriculum of the appointing unit. For specialized content areas in which the adjunct faculty member creates a new syllabus, please ask your department chair or the Dean to provide you with a copy of the school/college procedures for review and approval of the syllabus.

Whether your appointing unit provides you with a syllabus or whether you will be helping to create one with the help of your appointing unit, please ensure that you become familiar with the Policy on Course Syllabi (Policy #02.78.13): https://secretary.temple.edu/policies. The Policy on Course Syllabi clearly outlines what all Temple instructors must include in the course syllabus. A brief outline of these requirements is listed below:

• Your name and University e-mail address, as well as your office address and office phone number, if they have been provided. You should also note any limitation or guidelines for student contact with you by phone or e-mail, such as specific times when you do not wish to receive communication or reasonable expectations students should have about response time to e-mail or other messages.
• The name of the course and the course number and any co-requisite or prerequisite courses for student enrollment in the course or other special skills or knowledge for effective participation in meeting course requirements.
• A disability disclosure statement that invites students to disclose their need for accommodations, such as: “Any student who has a need for accommodations based on the impact of a documented disability or medical condition should contact Disability Resources and Services (DRS) in the Howard Gittis Student Center South – Rm 420, 1755 N. 13th Street (drs@temple.edu; 215-204-1280) to request accommodations and learn more about the resources available to you. If you have a DRS accommodation letter to share with me, or you would like to discuss your accommodations, please contact me as soon as practical. I will work with you and with DRS to coordinate reasonable accommodations for all students with documented disabilities. All discussions related to your accommodations will be confidential.” Please contact Disability Resources and Services at 215-204-1280 (voice), 215- 204-1786 (TTY), or 215-204-6794 (Fax) in the Howard Gittis Student Center South room 420 for assistance in providing reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. The DRS website can be found at http://disabilityresources.temple.edu/
• The times and location(s) at which the course will meet during the semester, including online or virtual meetings, as well as plans for any special sessions.

• A full and reasonably detailed statement of the course goals, including the substantive knowledge to be learned, any methods or techniques of learning that the student is expected to master and the learning outcomes for students that you hope to achieve.
• A full statement of required readings, other learning materials, instructional supplies or equipment, or other materials that students are expected to use in the course, including, but not limited to, the following: a list of all reading, learning materials and/or supplies a student is expected to acquire, a list of any materials that the instructor will provide to students as well as when such materials will be made available and where they are to be obtained, a statement of the other required or recommended materials and the location of where these may be obtained.
• A statement of all academic requirements in the course, such as exams, quizzes, papers, demonstrations, exhibits, presentations, etc. and the date, time, and location at which those exercises will occur or those materials will be submitted.
• Your policy about class attendance and any impact on student grades that may be associated with such attendance policy.
• A statement of the grading policy, including the weight attached to any of the exercises or evaluations provided for in the syllabus and weight given to class participation by students.
• Your office hours, how you are available to meet (in person, zoom, etc.), and whether you are available by appointment at other times, including the manner in which such appointments may be made. If you maintain a website, bulletin board, or other online means of communication for students, you should indicate whether and when those forms of communication may be used by students wishing to communicate with you without coming to your office.
• A statement on the Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities Policy (#03.70.02), such as: Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The policy can be accessed through the following link: https://secretary.temple.edu/policies.
• For online courses or courses using technology or electronic resources, please reference the Policy on Course Syllabi (Policy #02.78.13) at https://secretary.temple.edu/policies for specific instructions.

No later than the first day of classes, you are required to provide two copies of the syllabus for each course you are teaching to the department office/school/college. One copy will be kept by the office and the other will be forwarded to the library or other designated repository.

3.3 Text Book Selection

Each adjunct faculty member appointed to teach shall receive without charge and at a reasonable time before the beginning of the teaching assignment, a copy of the textbook(s) and other required instructional materials for the course(s) to be taught. An appointing unit may provide a member of the adjunct faculty with a book and materials allowance instead of the textbook(s) and required instructional materials.

If you have not been provided with text materials and your appointing unit has advised you to select your own course textbook, please be aware that all such orders should be placed with the Temple University Bookstore located in the Student Activity Center at 13th and Montgomery Street as soon as possible prior to the start of the semester. By doing so, you are ensuring that students who use Diamond Dollars to purchase their textbooks (a form of electronic cash used on campus) will be able to obtain all required materials. Diamond Dollars are only redeemable at selected campus locations and cannot be used at off-campus locations.

The book store offers adjunct faculty members such services as:

• Online textbook adoptions
• Quick access to extensive textbook information including subject ranking and book usage data
• Special orders and specific supplies
• Ability to pay with Diamond Dollars.

Temple University is committed to an affordable education for our students. If you are in a position to choose a textbook please consider using no or low-cost alternatives to a textbook. Your course may be able to use an existing open textbook or some combination of free web-based content, library resources (e.g., articles, e-books, video) and even selected scanning from an existing textbook (within fair use guidelines) to eliminate a traditional commercial textbook. Temple University librarians are available to assist you to identify open educational resources or library resources that may enable you to save your students the cost of a commercial publisher textbook. Find your subject librarian, go to https://library.temple.edu/people and select "Limit to Subject Specialists Only".

3.4 Canvas

Canvas is a Learning Management System (LMS) used by colleges and schools at Temple University to deliver and manage course material on the web. Many Temple faculty use Canvas to post announcements, place syllabi and course materials on the web, administer examinations, submit student grades, track appointments and due dates, and communicate with their students through e-mail discussion forums and live chat sessions. For more information, you can visit https://teaching.temple.edu/cat-resources-canvas

To access Canvas, you will need an AccessNet account (this will be the same as the user ID for your Temple e-mail account). Once you have obtained an AccessNet account and determined a password, you are ready to log in to Canvas. To log in, go to https://templeu.instructure.com/ and follow the step-by-step instructions on screen. If you run into difficulties with setting up your Canvas account, call the Information Technology Services help desk at 215-204-8000 or for more information, visit the Technical Support website at https://its.temple.edu/technical-support and/or visit Information Technology Services Help Desk, located in The TECH Center, Room 106. Please note: walk in hours may not be available or may change due to social distancing, please call or email first.

3.5 Partnership with FedEx Office

The Office of Business Services is pleased to announce a new University partnership with FedEx Office to meet the needs of the Temple University community. Visit: https://finance.temple.edu/?q=business-services/fedex-office-partnership for more information.

This new partnership, which offsets the recent closing of Digital Document Services at Temple, offers a comprehensive suite of professional printing solutions for students, faculty, and staff including:

• High-volume printing and copying 
• Commercial offset printing 
• Finishing and binding
• Research poster printing 
• Signs and banners 
• Specialty printing
• Event and conference support 
• Direct mail
• Surface graphics

A convenient FedEx Office punch-out has been added to TUmarketplace for streamlined print on-demand ordering and payment by Temple departments using a FOAPAL.

In addition, a new, fully functioning FedEx Office location is now open on Temple's campus for walk-in service and consultations:

FedEx Office Print & Ship Center
1505 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19121
Phone: 215-419-7401
Email: [click-for-email]

Normal hours of operation are Monday – Friday from 8:00AM to 5:00PM, closed on weekends.

3.6 Library and Library Reserve Materials

Temple’s main library, Charles Library, is located on the main campus of Temple University at 13th Street and Polett Walk; the library has entrances on 13th Street and Liacouras Walk. The library houses the main collection of the University Libraries and provides a central site for most library operations, including research services and instruction, acquisitions and collection development activity, and course reserves support. The One Stop Assistance Desk, in the main lobby, is the starting point for general questions and support. Charles Library also houses several specialized collections and services, including the Special Collections Research Center, the Faculty and Graduate Student Study Space and the Duckworth Scholars Studio. Learn more about services for faculty at: https://library.temple.edu/research-services

3.6.1 Placing Library Materials on Reserve

Instructors can request books, films, videos, book chapters, and articles to be placed on reserve through their course in Canvas. Library staff will scan book chapters, upload or provide permanent links to articles/streaming media in our databases, and pull books and videos from our shelves to put on physical reserve. Instructors can also provide their own items to be placed on reserve.

By placing materials on reserve, the instructor ensures that these items are readily available for use by students for the current semester. For more information on how to place materials on reserve at Temple Libraries, please feel free to stop by the Charles Library One Stop Assistance Desk, the Ambler Library Circulation Desk or visit the Faculty Course Reserves section of the Library website: http://library.temple.edu/services/34

Electronic access to reserve documents for your students (journal articles, book chapters, etc.) is available through Canvas, both on and off campus. Students can check out a book on physical reserve for a 3 hour, Library Use Only, loan period at the Charles Library One Stop Assistance desk or the Ambler Library Circulation desk. They may scan or photocopy pages from these items. Reserve books cannot be renewed. Students can check out media reserves for a 4 hour, Library Use Only, loan period at the Charles Library One Stop Assistance desk. Portable DVD players are available to borrow. At the Ambler Circulation desk reserve DVDs can be checked out at the for a 4 hour loan period and viewed in the library computer lab.

Course packs, photocopies of pages from workbooks, compilations of photocopied readings, and books belonging to other libraries cannot be placed on reserve. These materials infringe on the owners’ rights, according to copyright law. Instructors may place compilations of their own lecture notes and examinations on reserve, provided that they are the owners of the copyrights for these materials. Temple University Libraries provide information on copyright and fair use of copyright materials on its website: https://guides.temple.edu/copyright

Please note the additional information regarding reserve materials:

• Reserve staff will process requests in the order received and will make every effort to ensure a two week or less turn-around of requests. Please submit your reserve requests well in advance of the beginning of the semester.
• Reserve requests must include complete citation information.

3.6.2 Taking Items Off Reserve

All reserve materials are removed from the reserve collection at the end of the semester. Faculty may come to the Charles Library One Stop Assistance Desk or the Ambler Circulation desk to pick up personal material or they can request that these items are sent to a campus address. Please contact us to indicate your preference.

For questions regarding reserve materials contact:

Charles Reserves: [click-for-email] 215-204-0748
Ambler Reserves: [click-for-email] 267-468-8640

3.6.3 Discovering Library Resources

The rich collections of the Temple Universities Libraries are fully searchable online, from any internet-connected location. When connecting from off campus use your AccessNet account. Use Library Search to discover items among millions of print and digital books and other materials such as magazine and scholarly articles, film, and research guides. Other discoverable collections include digital archives, electronic theses and dissertations. All of these resources are discoverable from the Libraries home page at https://library.temple.edu.

3.6.4 Scheduling Library Instruction for your Classes

Assume that students have minimal knowledge of academic research resources. Though many students may be familiar with using the library to check out books, most undergraduates have little or no exposure to the vast and complex array of scholarly research tools and materials that are available. Though your students may appear web savvy, they will likely have had little experience using research databases, data, and other specialized tools. See our Ten Ways to Improve Student Research here: https://guides.temple.edu/improving_research?p=512270.

3.6.5 Library Media Services

Charles Library houses a collection of movies, primarily in DVD format, for use in supporting course learning objectives. In addition to course reserves, faculty have the option to book DVDs in advance for in class use on a specific date. To place a booking request, login to My Library Account, search for the needed film, and click the “Request” button located above the availability information.

The library also subscribes to streaming video databases, such as Films on Demand and Academic Video Online, and we will attempt to license additional titles for streaming on an as-needed basis. Learn more about our streaming video collections at http://guides.temple.edu/streaming. Due to the expense and short-term nature of streaming licenses, priority is given to distance education use and titles being used in large, multiple section courses. Please contact Media Services Librarian Brian Boling ([click-for-email]) with purchase suggestions, questions about streaming, or for other assistance with library media.