Faculty and Staff Information

CAMPUS SYLLABI GUIDELINES & REQUIREMENTS
The university’s course syllabus site outlines expectations for students and guidelines for instructors. Please make sure you comply with the requirements when preparing your syllabus.

DEPARTMENT-SPECIFIC POLICIES
The Dance Department has specific policies and content that should be added to your syllabus and to Canvas. If you have questions about any of these items, contact the chair.

Please include the following:

Dance Department Grading Criteria

Dance Department Learning Goals

Risk Statements
Every student in a movement class must fill out a risk form. Please make sure you inform your students verbally and in writing that they must fill out this form to participate. We have prepared a tutorial on how to set up an electronic quiz in Canvas to create an “electronic quiz” to satisfy this documentation. Please FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS. If you have any difficulty with this, please contact Sally Roedl.

Use of Contact and Touch Policy
The department has a Use of Contact and Touch policy that you should include in your syllabus, if it applies to your course. If you have questions about whether you should include this policy on your syllabus, contact the chair. 

Absence Policy and Concert Requirements
Please include both the absence policy and concert requirements in your syllabus which are available online here: https://dance.wisc.edu/academics/course-policies/. Any questions about either of these policies can be directed to the chair.

SYLLABUS SUBMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT
A copy of your syllabus is due to the Dance Department no later than Tue Feb 5. Please upload your file to this folder. 

DANCE DEPARTMENT GOOGLE CALENDAR
Here is the link to our Departmental calendar.

ADD THE DANCE CALENDAR TO OFFICE 365

If you are interested adding our Departmental calendar into Office 365, please follow these instructions:

In Office 365 Calendars (in the webmail client, NOT the Outlook app):

• Click Add Calendar
• Click on Subscribe from the web
• Copy and paste this URL into the box: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/wisc.edu_ditamhnrh2uj9k6a6vrdja7it8%40group.calendar.google.com/private-3d1c30f67c23ae5026775d2c5ebd280e/basic.ics
• Name the Calendar: Dance Department Calendar
• Click Import

Note that you are subscribing to the calendar, so you have view access in 365. The Dance calendar is not editable via Office 365. If you need assistance with this, please contact Kelly Kwiatkowski at kkwiatkowski@wisc.edu.

CANVAS COMMUNICATIONS FOR DANCE DEGREE & CERTIFICATE STUDENTS
Dance degree and certificate students will receive communications via the CANVAS Communications site. Dance faculty & instructors will be ALSO BE ADDED as “students” to the Dance Communications on Canvas, so that they have access to the same information that is sent to our degree candidates and certificate students.

If you have any questions about Canvas Communications contact Kelly Kwiatkowski at kkwiatkowski@wisc.edu.

EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS FOR ALL DANCE STUDENTS

Students enrolled in introductory courses (elective classes) and all of our degree and certificate students will get periodic email communications. Students are added to a semester email list called ALL DANCE STUDENTS. Information sent to this list will include concert information, ushering opportunities, course/program offerings and more.

If you have a student enrolled in your class who is not receiving these messages, contact Kelly Kwiatkowski at kkwiatkowski@wisc.edu.