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Dates for Fall 2008
August 25 , 2008 - Instruction begins for full-term classes
September 15 , 2008 - Instruction begins for General Hybrid Classes* and most online classes
October 20, 2008 - Instruction begins for Second 8 Week Classes
December 15 - December 21, 2008 - Final Examination week
Class Schedule for Fall 2008 (8/25 - 12/21)
Class Schedule for 1st 8 Week Classes (8/25 - 10/19)
Class Schedule for General Hybrid Classes (9/15 - 12/21)
Class Schedule for Late Starting Classes (9/15 - 12/21)
Class Schedule for 2nd 8 Week Classes (10/20 - 12/21)
Distance Education Classes - Throughout the Semester
Final Examination Schedule (December 15 - December 21)
Registration Dates/Deadlines - Office of Admissions and Records
*General Education Hybrid Classes first meet during the week of September 15 through December 21 with 9 hours of class activity on Blackboard or outside class instruction. See instructor for specific details.
Fall Activity List - During the registration period
- Create a class web page with your course syllabi and any other pertinent course information.
- Post your class web page to your faculty profile.
- Establish and use Blackboard for all of your Fall classes.
- Order your class reading resources (textbooks and other supporting resources).
- Download In Advance the Add Permit Code (APC) for your Fall classes.
- Download your class roster within 24 hours prior to the first class start day/time.
- Send out a group e-mail to your students to remind them of your later starting classes (any classes with start dates after September 15).
- Establish a greeting on your voice mailbox.
Getting Started for Fall 2008
Course Syllabus Development
All faculty members are required to prepare a syllabus for each specific class section. The syllabus should describe how the individual instructor will carry out the terms of the official course outline by giving specific dates, grading standards, and other rules of conduct of a course required by the instructor. A syllabus allows the instructor to include methods and topics which may go beyond the course outline and gives the instructor the opportunity to bring out his or her individual talents and strengths. To learn more about developing a comprehensive syllabus, click here. For samples of exemplary course syllabi, click here.
Provide the Division Office with a copy of your course syllabus within the first week after the beginning of each class. Submit your syllabus in hard copy form to Sue Brown or electronically to scsbs@saddleback.edu.
Faculty Profile
All faculty members are encouraged to create and post their faculty profile on the online class schedule. In addition to pertinent information about you as a faculty member, please attach a link to your class web page. To create your faculty profile, click here.
Samples of Faculty Profiles for:
Allison Camelot
Amira Rezec
For questions or concerns about creating and posting your Faculty Profile, please contact our ITC staff via email at
usersrv@saddleback.edu.
Class Web Page
Students use the online class schedule to "shop" for classes. To better inform students of the content and procedures of your class prior to registration and/or the first class session, please consider establishing a class web page and posting it to the online class schedule. To get you started, the College will develop a class web page for each division faculty member. Once created, you can easily post the web page by attaching it to your Faculty Profile. To access your college class web page, click onto Faculty iServer Directories.
To learn how to create and maintain your Class Web Page - please click here.
Note: Be sure to post your textbook order and purchasing options on your faculty profile and/or class web page. For a sample, click here.
Blackboard Account
You are encouraged to establish a blackboard account to post your syllabus, course calendar, assignment descriptions, lecture notes, and discussion boards for each of your classes. You can create a new blackboard account by completing and submitting the "Blackboard Faculty User Request Account Form ." To access this form, click here.
For additional information on Blackboard online instructions, click here.
ITC will provide assistance to any instructor who would like to learn about the Blackboard system. ITC User Services can be reached at 582-4397 or via e-mail at /itc/user/ or usersrv@saddleback.edu.
Top 10 Reasons Why Students Can't Log Into Blackboard
/itc/user/BBTopTen.html
Pertinent information for students on Blackboard for online clases, please click here.
Computer Help Guide for Students and Faculty, click here.
E-mail System
Effective May 2008, the College has converted its email system to Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (connected to Microsoft Exchange) You can use a Web browser to access your Microsoft Exchange mailbox from any computer with an Internet connections. You can read and send messages, organize contacts, create tasks, schedule appointment and meetings on this web-based system.
To access this site via any internet connection, go through Exchange Email at https://exchange.socccd.edu or via MySite by following these steps.
- Get onto your MySite by accessing www.saddleback.edu.
- On the MySite homepage, click onto My Email to Exchange Email.
For log on information, please click here.
To access help on how to use your Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access, please click onto this site: https://webmail.hik.se/exchweb/help/USA/ie3/
Class or Groups E-mails to Students
All students have a Saddleback College e-mail address. Students can access their e-mails via MySite or by forwarding their Saddleback College e-mails to a different address. To access information on the student e-mail process, please click here.
To send class (or student group) e-mails, access your Mysite and go to MY Work to Faculty Services to Current Schedule. Click onto  next to each specific class. For Fall 2008, you can use faclass ticket number@saddleback.edu or as an example fa14770@saddleback.edu.
Textbook Orders
As you begin to order textbooks and other instructional materials for Fall, please work closely with the textbook publishers. Book companies tend to have “deep” pockets. Specific to your discipline, you may find that many textbooks now come with a wealth of resources such as video clips, tutorials, online tests, links to supporting information, and textbooks online, etc. Dynamic textbooks and their supporting resources will assist you in creating a productive and innovative learning experience for your students.
Per the College's official outline for credit courses, faculty members must assign readings from a college-level textbook. In addition, specific courses may require and be augmented by additional reading sources such as newspaper articles, journals, primary source readings, and literature based books. For further information on your selection of textbooks and additional reading sources, please consult with the official course outline and the department chairperson. You can obtain a copy of the official course outline through the Division Office.
Textbook Order Process for Fall 2008:
To order your Fall 2008 textbooks, please do the following:
- Download this textbook order form to your computer (home or work).
- Complete and save your form to your computer.
- Send as an attachment to scsbs@saddleback.edu
Textbook Order Form - download to your computer and send completed form to scsbs@saddleback.edu as an attachment.
Should you need any help with this form or process, please immediately email sbrown67@saddleback.edu or pflanigan@saddleback.edu
Status of your Textbook Orders for Fall 2008.
To check the status of your textbook orders for Fall 2008, please do the following:
1. To ensure that your textbook order has been correctly posted on the College Bookstore web site, please click here.
2. Visit the College Bookstore (Student Services Center) to ensure that your textbooks are in stock.
3. Ensure that the information posted on our web site Division Student Resources for Required Textbook by Instructor for Fall 2008 is correct.
If you encounter any problems with your textbook order, please immediately contact Jim Harding, book store manager, at
(949) 582-4716 or via email at James Harding.
Note: Be sure to post your textbook order and purchasing options on your faculty profile and/or class web page. For a sample, click here.
Student Support for Textbooks
The cost and potential lack of access to textbooks can make it difficult for students to take and/or be successful in your classes.
To support students with textbook costs and availability, please consider the following..
- Submit your book order to the division office.
- Ask your textbook publishers for two desk copies of your textbook. Place one desk copy on reserve in the college library.
- Limit the number of textbooks/instructional resources to what is absolutely necessary to support the learning in your course. With higher gas and housing prices, it is becoming increasingly more difficult for our students to purchase expensive textbooks/instruction resources.
- Be creative. Explore alternative (and less expensive) sites for students to purchase textbooks. Via online or at a number of off-campus bookstores, textbooks may be less expensive and easier for students to obtain.
- Include the title and ISBN number of your textbook on your faculty profile, class web site, and course syllabus. This will enable students to obtain textbooks at alternative sites such as the internet, off-campus bookstores, through friends, etc.
For alternative sites for students to purchase their textbooks, click here.
Security Procedure for Textbooks
For the safe delivery of textbooks to faculty once these textbooks have been delivered to the division mailroom (BGS 317), the division staff will follow this process.
- Textbooks will be hand-delivered to the offices of all full-time faculty members in the BGS building.
- Most textbooks will be packaged and labeled. The textbooks will be placed under lock and key in BGS 318. Faculty will receive a notification of a textbook arrival in the division mailbox and instructed to immediately ask one of our administrative assistants for the textbook package.
- Given limited storage, your textbook delivery will be remain in the division office area for one month from your notification date. To access the textbook notification form, click here.
Add Permit Codes
The Add Permit Code (APC) is an electronic method for students to add your class from the first day of class until the code expiration date.
To access general information on the Add Permit Codes for Fall 2008, please click here.
To access your codes, please follow these steps:
1) From the College Homepage, access your Mysite.
2) Click onto Work and then Create/Manage APC Codes.
3) Follow the instructions outlined in Create/Manage APC Codes.
**Please click here for adding students to your Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 classes.
***Please click here for sample APC Codes.
Adding Students - After First Class Session
Prior to "Census" day as noted on your individual class rosters, please....
1. Ensure that all students are officially enrolled in your classes.
2. Drop any "no" show students via your Mysite.
3. Add students with the AP codes up to the date of their expiration.
Please note the following:
All students must be officially enrolled in the class in order to attend the class session and prior to the expiration date on the class APC code.
To better understand our process for adding process, please click here.
For general information on how to add students and manage your class rosters, please click here.
Class Roster
Students can add and drop your classes until about 24 hours prior to the first class meeting. Please download your online class roster via the internet after this official closing time.
To down your class roster, access the Saddleback College home page (www.saddleback.edu)
- Select MYSITE
- Select FACULTY/STAFF LOGIN
- Enter user name (ex: jsmith)
- Enter password (last 4 digits of Social Security Number + 00)
- Select “My Work” to “Faculty Services” to “Current Schedule.”
- Select ROSTER Download
Positive Attendance Accounting Procedures
If your class is listed as a Positive Attendance class, please click here for information on how to process your attendance records for Fall 2008.
Faculty Support and Services
Telephone and Voicemail
Every full-time and part-time faculty member is assigned a college telephone extension number. Students and staff will contact you via this number. To facilitate this contact, please set up a personal greeting on your voicemail box.
Click here for instructions on how to set up and use your voicemail box.
Course Copies
For your convenience, send your course materials electronically to our Copy Center via scprintjobs@saddleback.edu . Duplicating requests should be made three to five days in advance. You can pick up your copies from the Copy Center in the
Library, Room 128, phone 582-4513.
When you send your attachments, please include specific instructions:
Paper: 8 ½” X 11” or 8 ½” X 11” 3-Hole or 8 ½” X 14”
Color of Paper Copy: 1-Sided or 2-Sided or 1 sided to 2 sided or 2 sided to 1 sided
Finishing: 1 staple or 2 staples or saddle stitch or uncollated or tape binding
Audio Visual Equipment
The Audio Visual Department provides faculty with media support. If you require audio visual equipment to teach portions of your class, please complete this online work order. Prior to submitting your work order, check your assigned classroom. All of the classrooms on campus now have permanently mounted projection systems which include a computer and DVD/VHS player. The remote control for some of the equipment is inside a locked gray box. For the combination to the lock, call AV at 582-4520. To access directions to operate the permanently mounted projection systems, please click here. If you encounter any problems with the safe delivery or operation of your audio visual equipment, please contact the AV Department at X4520.
Computer Labs for Student Use
Students can use these labs to access blackboard, MySite, and their college emails and to conduct research and write up homework assignments.
IMC Lab in BGS 248 ( 75 computer station) - Hours are: Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
LAP/ICC in Library 114 (44 computer station) - Hours are: Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students must enroll in TU 300 (a free "0" unit lab).
Library (75 computer station) - Hours are: Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SM 207 (29 computer station) - Hours are: Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Division Faculty Handbook for 2008 - 2009
The Division Handook for Faculty is designed to provide an overview of our division and to familiarize you with the faculty support services, teaching tips, and college politices and procedures. Please use the Division Faculty Handbook for 2007 - 2008 as one of your primary information sources to divison and college instructional practices.
To access the Division Faculty Handbook for 2008 - 2009, please click here.
Student Conduct
The Administrative Regulation 5401 was recently updated and reflects significant changes to our previous policy on Student Conduct. Prior to creating your course syllabus and your first class session for Spring 2007, I would highly recommend that you review our most recent policy. To access the College’s policy on Student Conduct, please click onto this site.
https://www1.socccd.cc.ca.us/docs/edsvcs/ar/BP-5401AR.doc
College Catalog for 2008 - 2009
To access the College Catalog for 2008 - 2009, please click here.
Nag Tips
Absences or Being Late to Class
Instructor absences must be reported to the division office at the earliest possible time. To report your absence, please follow these steps:
- Call 582-4733 and/or leave a message via e-mail at scsbs@saddleback.edu
- After division hours, call both the Campus Police at 582-4585 to directly notify your students AND leave a message for the division at 582-4733 or via e-mail at scsbs@saddleback.edu
If you are late for a class for any reason, you must notify the division office. To report your tardiness, please follow these steps:
- Call 582-4733 and/or leave a message via e-mail at scsbs@saddleback.edu
- After division hours, call both the Campus Police at 582-4585 to directly notify your students AND leave a message for the division at 582-4733 or via e-mail at scsbs@saddleback.edu
Class Cancellations
Classes without a minimum enrollment of 22 students may be cancelled or merged with another section. To be counted as an official member of the class, a student must be present and enrolled. However, classes necessary for graduation or with extenuating circumstances may be offered with enrollments of below 22 students with your dean’s approval. Instructors are to immediately report to Patti Flanigan at 582-4365 or at pflanigan@saddleback.edu if your first day enrollment is below 22 students.
No Show Drops
Please remember to drop your no-show students online prior to the census date marked on top of your roster. This process can be completed via MySite - Work - View Current Schedule.
Student Attendance
Due to a personal liability to you and to the College, after the first date of class attendance, the student must be officially enrolled in the class in order to attend the class session.
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