{"id":11451,"date":"2024-01-30T15:50:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/?page_id=11451"},"modified":"2025-09-03T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:05:05","slug":"strong-student-campaign-make-performance-expectations-explicit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/strong-student-campaign-make-performance-expectations-explicit\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Expectations Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><strong>&#8220;Do the Work On Time&#8221;: Help students keep on track with coursework by establishing clear expectations, deadlines, and consequences, while offering support.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>This week\u2019s \u201cBe a Strong Student\u201d message to students asks them to do the work on time<\/strong>. Here are some strategies instructors can implement to help support their efforts:<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Have a clear late work policy<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Balance compassion with high expectations:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Send the message \u201cextensions on deadlines are for exceptional circumstances&#8221; recognizing that there may be special circumstances warranting extensions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make clear that submitting work late impedes learning; some students have become habituated to soft deadlines and don&#8217;t understand their effect on learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Encourage students to complete their work by deducting points &#8212; but be careful to not overdo it and have students fail classes unnecessarily.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use Canvas\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-apply-a-Missing-Submission-policy-in-the-Gradebook\/ta-p\/963\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cmissing submission policy\u201d <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to set Canvas to post a default grade at a defined time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Be clear about make-up classwork: establish whether and how students can make up missed classwork.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Offer clear assignments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provide students with clear assignments <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/assignments-assessments\/?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(see template and other tips<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/assignments-assessments\/?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scaffold<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> major assignments, helping students to work on the assignment in pieces rather than rushing to complete them all at the very last minute.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provide <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/teaching-resources\/clear-course-design\/plan-your-course\/rubrics\/?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rubrics:<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> rubrics help students understand expectations and requirements (and help instructors grade).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Encourage and support students<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remind students of options for help, including student\/office hours, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-academic-success-and-tutoring\/?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CAST<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-writing-excellence\/?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CWE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/2021\/10\/22\/book-an-appointment-with-a-librarian\/?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sprague librarians<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Offer clear, timely, and actionable feedback; <strong>returning assignments within two weeks<\/strong>, for example. See tips on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/plan-for-grading\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> planning for grading<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Encourage students to regularly check the Canvas gradebook to gain an accurate idea of their grade.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Encourage them to complete a time management activity. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">See these examples provided by CAST:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><i><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2024\/01\/Time-Management-Activity.pdf\">Time Management Activity<\/a>(opens as PDF)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2024\/01\/Time-Management-Hand-outs.pdf\">Time Management Handouts<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(opens as PDF)<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Be a &#8220;strong&#8221; role model<\/h1>\n<p>Instructors can also model similar &#8220;strong&#8221; behaviors in their teaching. For example, getting the work done on time for faculty has rough parallels in returning grades on time (and explaining that timeframe to students); setting, communicating, and sticking to a reasonable email response policy; and keeping the course syllabus or schedule up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For more information or help, please <a href=\"mailto:faculty@montclair.edu\">email<\/a> the Office for Faculty Excellence or <a href=\"https:\/\/montclair-faculty-excellence.libcal.com\/appointments\/\">make an appointment<\/a> with a consultant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><p><em>Last Modified: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 4:05 pm<\/em><\/p> CK<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/195\/2022\/08\/CC.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" width=\"80\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTeaching Resources by <a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/faculty-excellence\/\">Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Office for Faculty Excellence<\/a> is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Third-party content is not covered under the Creative Commons license and may be subject to additional intellectual property notices, information, or restrictions. 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