Faculty Support Documents to Download
The documents below are all in PDF format and can be viewed with Acrobat Reader. Most website URLs and e-mail addresses within the documents are hyperlinked so they can be used for navigation.
- Orientation for Online Faculty (PDF document, 607KB)
Information, resources, and policies for faculty who teach online at Boise State. Table of Contents sections are linked for easy navigation.
- Orientation for Online Nursing Department Faculty (PDF document, 516KB)
Information, resources, and policies for Nursing Department faculty who teach online at Boise State. Table of Contents sections are linked for easy navigation.
- Online Instruction at Boise State: Statement on Intellectual Property Rights (PDF document, 52KB)
This statement, updated July 2009 by Boise State University General Counsel, is intended to supplement the Boise State University Policy on Intellectual Property as that policy relates to online instruction.
- Boise State Distance Education Guidelines (PDF document 54KB)
Guidelines for Administration of Technologically Mediated Distance Education
Approved by Deans’ Council November 2002.
- Resources for Effective Practice in Online Education (PDF document, 269KB)
Resources for Effective Practice in Online Education, revised in 2003, was written to assist online faculty in enhancing the quality of online courses and ensuring their success.
- 2005 Quality Matters Rubric (PDF document, 149KB)
Annotated version of original Quality Matters (QM) Rubric. Boise State holds membership in QM and uses QM extensively in the Online Course and Faculty Development Program.
- NWCCU Standard Two, Policy 2.6 (PDF document, 59KB)
Distance Delivery of Courses, Certificate, and Degree Programs
The standard used by the Boise State’s regional accreditation body, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), for distance delivery of instruction, including telecommunications technologies—audio, video, and computer-based technologies—used for instruction in either live or stored modes.
