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Teaching Tips (including Best Practices)

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There has been a departmental policy that if a student fails a course because of a failed final exam, failed project, or other component of the course that must be passed in order to pass the course, the student's mark is the minimum of the computed mark for the term and a mark of 45. This is the usual policy, but mention it in the course outline (and in class near the end of the term), to avoid any misunderstanding.
Grad students must have an average of 80% and at least 72% in each course for the course to count for their breadth requirements (see http://www/grads/affairs/Handbook.pdf).
If you want to give a student an extension at the end of the term, then when submitting marks to the FSC, you should enter a "T" for Thesis in Progress, or you can just leave it blank. If you enter "T", then you would need to submit a Change of Grade form when the student completes the course requirement. Some instructors prefer leaving the grade blank to avoid the paperwork. There is no published deadline for filling it out, and other students should be able to see their grades as long as you "submit" (but not "save") the grades.

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You should be very careful in computing and submitting marks, because a change of grade involves a number of signatures, including that of the head of the department, and someone from the Dean's office. The procedure is as follows:
If you require to change a student's mark after you have submitted your grades, there is now an option on the Faculty Service Centre (FSC) to print out the form with the student and course information already on it. All you will have to do is fill in the new grade, the reasons for the change and of course obtain the signatures.
Log on to FSC as if you were entering grades (https://ssc.adm.ubc.ca/fsc/servlets/SRVFSCFramework) and click on the small box on the column marked "Change Grade" on the right hand side of your screen and then click on the gray box "Change Grades" located at the top and bottom of your screen. This will prompt you to open Adobe Acrobat to print the form out. Please note that you will not have this option if the grade you want to change is a "W" or "T", you will have to fill out the paper version of the Change to Academic Record form as before. The Dean's Office will only process the latest version of the Change to Academic Record form (at the bottom in small print it should have the 07/2003 date).

Joyce Poon and the "TA coordinator" elected by CSGSA (see http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/csgsa/representatives.html#Other) will select the TAs for you. If you want TAs with particular backgrounds (e.g., TAs who have done well in specific courses, as evidenced by their transcripts), or if you don't think that your currently assigned TAs are well suited to your needs, then contact Joyce or the TA coordinator as soon as possible!