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Instructional Logistics

Lecturer/TA Office Hours and Keys

Lecturers and TAs should forward the days and times they are planning to hold their office hours to Natural Sciences Faculty Support at nsfacultysupport@ucmerced.edu. Work space assignments for respective office hours are based on a first come first serve basis. If your TA or lecturer office hours request cannot be accomodated into one of our NS work spaces please refer to Instructor Resources on how to reserve rooms in other spaces such as class, library, and conference rooms. 

Those who currently have a key checked out may keep it until they are no longer assigned to their respective work space. Once you are assigned to a work space and need a key please contact nsfacultysupport@ucmerced.edu.

Instructional Copy Code

Please note that instructional copy codeds are for instructional copies only. The instructional copy code is emailed to assigned instructors of record along with a link to this page every semester. Copy codes are course-specific and change each term.

Instructional copy code can be used at the following locations:

  • Science and Engineering 2 265
  • Science and Engineering 2 365
  • Science and Engineering (SE) 247
  • Science and Engineering (SE) 347
  • Classroom and Office Building (COB) 310
  • Academic Office Annex Building (AOA) in hallway nook
  • Social Sciences and Management Building (SSM) 256
  • Social Sciences and Management Building (SSM) 350

Copy support is provided by instructional staff when there isn't a TA assigned to the course or an exception is made for extenuatingly cirucumstances such as a period of high workload for the course TA(s) or abrupt leave of absence.
(Instructions on how to use your copy code with our printers coming 2018!)

Instructional Computing Support

For those that teach a lab course using Linux, instructional computing support can be requested by emailing soe-it@ucmerced.edu . For those teaching a lab course using Windows, you may request support by emailing helpdesk@ucmerced.edu.

Course Evaluation System

Student course evaluations are used as an important source of information for the future improvement of courses and instruction. At the end of each term of instruction, students enrolled in natural sciences classes are sent a link to complete their course evaluation via Class Climate, our course evaluation feedback system. After grades for the class have been posted, instructors and teaching assistants are sent a link to review their evaluations.

Scantron Machine

There is a Scantron 888P+ machine available for use in SE1 347 in addition to an iNSIGHT 30 OpScan 4ES Scanner in COB 310 for a large red form (No. 223127) and a large blue form (No. 106473). Both rooms are Catcard Accessible. The OpScan 4ES scanner is connected to a laptop that is password protected. Please email snscurriculum@ucmerced to request the password with your primary instructor attached. The links provided below are useful to both verify what scantrom forms are compatible with each machine and helpful information on how to operate them.

Forms for Scantron Machine 88P+ :
https://store.scantron.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=10573&si...

Forms for OpScan 4ES Scanner:
https://store.scantron.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=10589&si...

Video on how to operate 888P+ Scantron machine :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6mo1OQ6mWc

Video on how to operate OpScan 4ES Scanner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVyqXtjLN8U

Instructions on how to grade form No.106173 with Opscan 4ES Scanner:
opscan_scanner_grader_-_directions.doc

Section Assignments
Census is on the third week of every semester. For Spring 2018, it is Monday, February 5.

It is very important that all instructor/TA assignments are correct in the Banner Student Information System, not only for Course Management System (CatCourses) access (please see below) but specifically for reporting to the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) as well as for the end of semester course evaluation process to ensure students are completing course evaluations for the correct instructor.

Please visit the following link to confirm your section assignments are correct on the course schedule:
https://mystudentrecord.ucmerced.edu/pls/PROD/xhwschedule.p_selectsubject

If there are any errors in the instructor assignments, please email 

Please notify Scheduling staff what changes are needed ASAP before census each semester so that any necessary changes can be processed and reported to the Office of the Registrar before the census snapshot is taken. Thank you for your prompt attention to this important detail.

Lab Access

All lab access will be set by the first day of instruction. If you do not have access to the labs for which you will need access in order to teach your class by the first day of instruction, please contact: