Implementation of classes in 2021 1H (first and second semesters)

April 5, 2021

To all students of the Graduate School of Agriculture and Faculty of Agriculture

from Chair of the education committee of the Graduate School of Agriculture and Faculty of Agriculture

From April, first-year and second-year classes at the Faculty of Agriculture, centering on lecture-based, experiment-based, practice-based, and research-based courses, will as far as possible be conducted face to face. Depending on what happens in Japan and overseas regarding the pandemic, classes may switch from face-to-face to online delivery. We ask all students to continue to make every effort to prevent the spread of infection, bearing in mind the need to avoid becoming infected or spreading the infection, so that we can create an environment in which teaching and research can be carried out, which is the primary purpose of a university.
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Implementation of classes

1. Students must wash their hands before entering the room, and wear a mask. During the class, efforts should be made to ensure ventilation, with the total heat exchange ventilating equipment (Lossnay) being switched on, and, if necessary, the windows opened. To combat heat stroke, the air-conditioning should be used as necessary.
2. If you feel ill, please do not come to the University under any circumstances. Please seek advice from your department administrators or the relevant member of teaching staff, etc.
3. To ensure that you maintain a sufficient distance from your fellow students in the classroom, please only take a seat where there is no X on the desk.
4. Classes will be delivered from the first period, in line with the master timetable, based on the Academic Year Calendar.
5. Some classes will be delivered remotely by the lecturer using Zoom or similar video conferencing software. In this case, it is possible to view the class in the timetabled classroom using your own laptop.
6. In order to avoid the ¡°three Cs,¡± lectures for which high attendance is expected may be delivered in more than one classroom. In that case, in principle, the lecturer will deliver the lecture face to face in the main classroom (in red on the master timetable), and it will be transmitted live to the secondary classroom(s) (in black on the master timetable) using Zoom, etc. Some such lectures will be accessed using the students¡¯ own laptops; others will be transmitted to the classroom screen. For main and secondary classroom(s) allocation when lectures are delivered to more than one classroom, please check the Class Code list. For details, please check the Google Classroom for each class, and clarify any unclear points with the lecturer.
7. Do not forget to charge the laptop that you will use in class before you leave home and bring it to the University fully charged. Please also investigate the possibility of bringing a portable power source. If you need to charge your laptop during class, ask the lecturer if you can switch to a seat near a power point. Charging is not available in Lecture Hall 1.
8. For those who cannot avoid recharging their laptop, a limited number of laptops can be charged over the lunch break in classrooms £¼link to number of classroom charging points£¾, other than those in Lecture Hall 1, between 12.00 and 12.45 after the second period. (Only laptops to be used in class can be charged.) At the end of the lunch break, please clear the desk and chair that you used before leaving the room.
9. Use of extension cords other than the power points provided by the University is forbidden. This rule should be strictly observed because of the possibility of excessive use of electric power causing a power supply failure to the whole building.
10. Please check regularly for other information regarding classes, as there are likely to be notices from teaching staff on the Google Classroom for each class or on the t-board online bulletin board £¼link to the online bulletin board£¾.
11. In addition to preparing an Internet environment that will allow you to study at home, please refer to the links below to create your Course Plan.

¡¾List of links¡¿

• First half of 2021 academic year timetable (Faculty of Agriculture)
• First half of 2021 academic year timetable(Graduate School of Agriculture, Agriculture major)
• First half of 2021 academic year course registration£¼University members only website£¾
• Syllabus
• Academic Year Calendar
• Class Code list? (now available: will be updated regularly) £¼University members only website£¾
• Second half grade disclosure and confirmation£¨search ¡°results disclosure¡± on the t-board online bulletin board£©

[Online Education Preparation / Trial Period] April 13 (Mon.) to May 8 (Fri.)

?£¼Existing students£¾¡¡

Second half grades will be on the online bulletin board, so please check them there.

£¼New students£¾

1. Explanation of classes and course registration, information system orientation, and library orientation can all be accessed via the University¡¯s G Suite (Google Classroom) ¡°new student orientation¡±£¼due to be available on Apr 2, class code xe3whir£¾£¼University members only website£¾

2. To use the University¡¯s G Suite, please set up a University account (including password change) in accordance with the documents entitled ¡°University Account IDPW Notification¡± and ¡°To begin to use the information system,¡± to be mailed out on Apr 1.
After initial set-up, you will be able to use services such as the University¡¯s G Suite (University members only website).

¡ùPlease check the University members only website after setting up a University G Suite account.

3. Next, please set up a University email account and check how to use Google Classroom.

4. Please discuss any queries relating to account set-up with the member of teaching staff responsible for information support for your department or major program £¼link to list of names£¾from Apr 2.

5. A student handbook, Course Description handbook, and master timetable will also be mailed to you.

6. Documents to be mailed on Apr 1 will all be mailed to the address to which the acceptance notification was sent.

Schedule for classes

¡¾Advance preparations¡¿

?¡¾Course registration preparation period¡¿

Online bulletin board
Syllabuses, timetables: /campuslife_career/campuslife/course/syllabus/
Class code list(available now: will be updated regularly)¡¡ £¨University members only website£©
SPICA£¨University members only website£©

¡¾Course registration period¡¿
Apr 7 (Wed) ¨C Apr 20 (Tues) 8£º30 - 22£º00¡¡¡ùshuts at 17:00 in the final day

¡¾Course registration confirmation and correction period¡¿
Apr 22 (Thurs) ¨C Apr 28 (Wed) 8£º30 - 22£º00¡¡¡ùshuts at 17:00 on the final day

¡¾Commencement of classes¡¿

• Apr 7 (Wed) ¡¡¡¡Classes will be in accordance with the 2021 Academic Year Calendar .
• The commencement date is different for some Graduate School courses and intensive courses, etc.
• Please check the Class Code list, the t-board online bulletin board, and the Google Classroom for each class.

¡¾Advice relating to studies¡¿

If you need advice about your studies, please contact your education committee member, your member of the student support committee, the Health Service Center, or the Student Support Office, as below.

• Education committee member
• Student support committee member
• Health Service Center
• Student Support Office (Graduate School of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture£©

[Course Registration Period] June 1 (Mon.) - June 12 (Fri.), 2020

Even if you register for the online lecture in Google Classroom, you will not be eligible for credit unless you register for the course via the SPICA system.
? Please be sure to register for courses via SPICA.

?Academic Information System (SPICA): https://spica.gakumu.tuat.ac.jp/portal2/

WEB bulletin board: http://t-board.office.tuat.ac.jp/A/menu.php#Boar

Search for "Registration / Registration correction period" on the WEB bulletin board

Contact

Graduate School of Agriculture and Faculty of Agriculture, TUAT

Student Support Office, Fuchu

Email address: akyomu1(symbol @)cc.tuat.ac.jp

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