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  1. Instructors may wish to rename office hours as \u201cstudent support times,\u201d or a similar term, since many students have misconceptions about the purpose of office hours.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Instructors should announce office hours during the first week of class and explain what students can use them for. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Instructors should normalize attendance by explicitly inviting students to visit them during their office hours. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Instructors should remind students regularly at key points in the semester, such as before midterm exams or project due dates.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Instructors should consider sharing success stories with examples about former students who utilized office hours.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Departments may collect office hour schedules to provide to students upon request. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Instructors may decide whether to schedule general office hours for all courses or specific times for each course. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Instructors may provide more than the minimum number of office hours; a good guideline is one (1) hour per week per three-credit course. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Additional modalities and meeting times by appointment may be offered to give students greater flexibility. For example, instructors teaching a face-to-face course may provide an online office hour option. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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