Faculty Resources

All courses are scheduled by the academic departments using Courseleaf CLSS; see additional information about scheduling.

Here are some points you may want to consider:

• Offer courses that are heavily impacted or oversubscribed in fall and/or spring terms. Avoid offering courses that were underenrolled or canceled due to lack of enrollment in fall or spring.

• In summer, students want to make up deficits, take courses needed to graduate, or take courses required in their major. Thus, departments will do better offering courses that are required for general education or the major.

• Eliminate courses from the summer schedule that have proven economically marginal or unsuccessful during the previous two summers.

• Offer a balance of upper and lower division courses. Keep in mind that upper-division and non-degree students are the bread and butter of summer. Target offerings to these groups.

It is possible that canceling courses will impact subsequent enrollments, student schedules and financial aid awards, so consider canceling underenrolled courses only as a last resort. In the event that revenues generated by course enrollments do not meet instructional expenses, the following steps should be followed:

• To initiate a course cancellation, use the automated CLSS system as you would for spring/fall semesters. In the Internal Comments field, indicate if you have notified the students. If you have any questions, contact the Summer Session Office at classroomscheduling@uidaho.edu or 208-885-7089.
• The department/college must notify the students in the affected course. Unit administrators/advisers are encouraged to recommend alternative courses.
• The Registrar’s Office will remove canceled courses from the Web schedule and drop enrolled students from the course.
• The department/college cancels or adjusts the EPAF if one was submitted for the instructor of the affected course.

In accordance with the Faculty Staff Handbook, instructors must report final grades for a course within 72 hours of the end of the course. The instructor must use the method of grading reported to the students at the beginning of the session. It is important to submit grades by the established deadlines as part of the summer teaching commitment. Refer to more information about grades on the Registrar's website.

Student evaluations are managed by the Institutional Research Office. For more information about the student evaluation process and schedule, check the Institutional Research webpage.

Refer to the University Budget and Planning Office for summer salary information.

The number of contact hours required in summer for each credit is in accordance with the General Catalog Regulation D-1.

CLSS is designed to provide options for classes that conform to established class periods. System enforced confirmation to these parameters eliminates overlapping class start times and allows students to better schedule their classes.