There are four main sets of tasks that lie behind the web team teaching model: those related to course development/Continuous Improvement; those related to activites before the course begins; those applicable during course delivery; and those important after the course is over. There are three participants involved: the course creator, the team leader, and the team teacher. The course creator is identified largely by precedence and contract as the person with the intellectual property rights to the course material. The team leader will, usually be the course creator, at least in the next few years and is charged with the supervisory duties for the team teacher. The team teacher most closely corresponds to what is an adjunct faculty in a face to face course.

All web faculty are required to update and improve both their course content and their course pedagogy. New web faculty and new team teachers are required to attend an introductory seminar on web pedagogy offered by the web director each semester.

The web director along with the associate dean are responsible for working with faculty to insure that each web course meets the UB standards for excellence.

The team leader shall teach at least one but no more than one section of the course being offered. The only exceptions to this policy shall be at the discretion of the Associate Dean.

The duties of each party are spelled out in the tables below. You will find explicit duties in each of the four phases of course teaching

Course Development / Continuous Improvement	Course Creator	Team leader	Team Teacher
Engages in ongoing pedagogical development work, such as course innovations, publishing papers on web teaching, making presentations on web teaching, attending workshops, seminars etc., to create a robust web learning environment.	x	x
Create Course Content On the UB Platform.	x
Review Peer and Student Feedback on Prior Versions of Course	x	x
Suggest Improvements/Additions/ Modifications to content		x
Verify course content as equivalent to other sections	x	x
Verify learning objectives and workload equivalent to other sections	x	x
Provide suggested syllabus for course	x
Provide suggested textbook choice for course	x
Provide suggested set of assignments, projects, exams, etc	x
Provide answer keys, etc. where applicable for suggestions	x
Provide sample set of main forum entries, example of forum	x
Provide suggested outside readings	x
Provide suggested grading criteria	x
Test and update web links	x
Deliver up-to-date course content as ready for course	x
Arrange for creation of working copy of course, suitable forums		x
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Before course begins:	Course Creator	Team leader	Team Teacher
Coaches the team teacher in the necessary pedagogical and subject area skills to be successful on the web.		x
Select cases, and problem sets		x
Identify articles and other supplementary readings		x
Modify syllabus with specific assignments & deadlines		x
Place bookstore orders for textbooks and course packets		x
Establish grading criteria		x
Prepare notes on solutions for problems		x
Prepare teaching notes on the cases		x
Interact with ARC regarding tutors		x	x
Interact with Langsdale re. setting up electronic reserves		x	x
Prepare, test and update e-mail distribution list			x
Prepare welcome page		X	x
Test and update web links		x	x
Report problems with course structure/web interaction to creator		x
Coordinate with UB platform creation of current term's copy of course		x
Prepare grading spreadsheet for weekly assignments			x
Design weekly discussion questions for the forums		x
Search web for relevant links		x	x
Assist with web searches			x
Assist with library searches			x
Design instructions for forum participation		x
Post instructions on how to submit problems and review solutions		x
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During course delivery:	Course Creator	Team leader	Team Teacher
Delivers continuous coaching and feedback to the team teacher as problems and strategies continually emerge. Such coaching and feedback includes how to coach students and using carefully set out but simple course rules to maintain and facilitate a healthy dialogue on the web Forum.		x
Download, comment on and upload student solution files			x
Assist with student file downloads, uploads and faxes			x
Read and comment on student responses to discussion questions			x
Read and comment on student responses to web searches			x
Read and comment on student responses to cases			x
Clarify common student mistakes re. problem sets			x
Interact with Langsdale re. uploading electronic reserves on right dates			x
Interact with bookstore and students regarding mailing of course materials			x
Summarize "what we've learned" each week on the forum			x
Assign roles for each student for the team exercises			x
Follow up and e-mail students who miss deadlines			x
Follow up on students who "disappear unexpectedly"
Coordinate addresses and dates for mailing materials			x
Interact with ARC tutors			x
Setup team areas			x
Respond to student e-mails on course matters			x
Respond to student phone calls			x
Call on students who are having trouble			x
Refer technological issues to Eduprise Personell			x
Supervise teams during simulation project			x
Manage deadlines, student requests for extensions, etc.			x
Weekly monitoring of forum discussions		x
Handle student questions on content if team teacher can't		x
Clarify technical issues during case discussions		x	x
Supervise team teacher in above		x
Design questions for course evaluations of team teacher		x
Supervise team area for team-based cases			x
Grade all assignments			x
Submit individual mid-term grade reports to team teacher			x
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After course is over:	Course Creator	Team leader	Team Teacher
Finish grading all assignments			x
Submit grades to team leader by due date			x
Submit grades to registrar		x
Review student comments for continuous improvement	x	x	x