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What Every Instructor Should Know
Office Hours
Making and sustaining contact
TIP. You can obtain a free course site on Blackboard to hold office hours online, post grades, store syllabi and other documents, build quizzes, and meet with students in a chat room. Call the CU Online Help Desk at 303-315-3700.
There is no system-wide office hour policy for lecturers, only for full time instructors. That said, it behooves us to note that student learning is improved via regular contact with their instructor. You are encouraged to regularly meet with your students, face to face or online as appropriate.
If you need an "office" to hold your office hours, you can use the Auraria Library's Faculty Reading and Research Room for student conferences, as well as for reading, computer services, and photocopying. It's on the 1st Floor of the library. You can also reserve a private study room by calling Library Reservations at 303-556-2805.
TIP. Before you reserve one of these rooms, check to see if your department provides an office for lecturers. Ask your department chair.