Editing Herzing Issues: Faculty Instruction and Curriculum Design (section)

=== HU-131: NSG525 synchronous session schedule posted Week 4 (May 27) after Weeks 1-3 already passed; 9-minute notice for Week 4 session; posted by unknown U user; Posted on date blank in Canvas; non-standard times Week 1 and Week 4; Week 15 on Sunday ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:14em" | Severity
| High
! Status
| CONFIRMED
|-
! Issue type
| Synchronous Session Schedule Posted After Sessions Already Occurred / Missing Posted Date / Unknown Poster
! Date added
| 2026-05-27
|-
! Owner
| colspan="3" | Dr. Gregg / NSG525 Faculty / Program Chair
|}
'''Finding.''' Per the tracker's evidence, the NSG525 (Clinical II) Synchronous Session Schedule was posted as a Canvas announcement and emailed to students on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 9:21 AM, week four of the semester. The schedule listed sessions for weeks one through fifteen, and weeks one (May 6), two (May 11), and three (May 18) had already passed before students received any notice of the schedule. Students had no advance notification of the Week 1, 2, or 3 synchronous sessions. The week four session was listed for Wednesday, May 27 at 0930 to 1030 CST, the same day the announcement was sent, with only nine minutes between the email notification (9:21 AM) and the session start (9:30 AM). The Canvas announcement list view showed the Posted on date as blank, suggesting the announcement was backdated or the date was deliberately omitted. The announcement was posted by an unknown user shown only as U, with no faculty name attached, though it was signed by Dr. Gregg. Additional scheduling irregularities included a non-standard time for week one (1030 to 1130 CST instead of 11 to 12 CST), a non-standard time for week four (0930 to 1030 CST), and week fifteen scheduled for Sunday, August 23 at 0800 to 0900 CST, a different day of the week from all other sessions.

'''Evidence.''' Canvas announcement, NSG525 Synchronous Session Schedule, signed Dr. Gregg, posted by an unknown U user, Posted on date blank. The posted schedule listed: week 1, Wednesday May 6, 1030 to 1130 CST; week 2, Monday May 11, 11 to 12 CST; week 3, Monday May 18, 11 to 12 CST; week 4, Wednesday May 27, 0930 to 1030 CST; weeks 5 through 8, Mondays June 1, 8, 15, and 22, 11 to 12 CST; week 9, Monday July 6; weeks 10 through 13, Mondays July 13, 20, and 27, and August 3; week 14, Monday August 10; and week 15, Sunday August 23, 0800 to 0900 CST. Canvas email notification from ClinicalII(NSG525-7E), 2026 Summer C16, notifications@instructure.com, to the reporting student, Wed 5/27/2026, 9:21 AM; the week four session started at 9:30 AM CST, nine minutes after the notification email. Source Group: Canvas NSG525 Announcement, NSG525 Synchronous Session Schedule; Canvas Notification Email from ClinicalII(NSG525-7E), 2026 Summer C16, to the reporting student, Wed 5/27/2026 9:21 AM.

'''Reported statement.''' <blockquote>Please review the schedule below for weekly synchronous sessions. We will typically meet every Monday except week 1 when you are just getting access to the course and the week of Memorial Day. Those weeks will be Wednesday.</blockquote> The notification email was sent at 9:21 AM and the week four session began at 9:30 AM, nine minutes later.

'''Standards.''' 34 CFR 668.14 (administrative capability): institutions must provide students with timely and adequate notice of course requirements including synchronous attendance obligations. ACEN Standard 4: course schedules must be communicated to students in advance of the sessions they govern. Posting a fifteen week synchronous schedule in week four, after three sessions have already occurred, deprives students of the advance notice needed to plan attendance. The nine minute notice for the week four session provides no meaningful opportunity for students to prepare or attend. The missing Posted on date in Canvas raises a backdating concern, since if the announcement was created with a future or past date the timestamp records have been altered or omitted. The unknown U poster identity prevents accountability, since students and administrators cannot identify who posted the schedule or verify its authority.

'''Impact.''' Students missed weeks one, two, and three synchronous sessions without knowing they existed or were required. Synchronous sessions in the MSN-DE program are recorded and posted, per Dr. Gregg: "These will be recorded and posted," but attendance may be tracked separately, so students who did not attend due to lack of notice may face attendance or participation penalties. The nine minute notice for week four effectively eliminated any reasonable opportunity to attend that session. Week fifteen on a Sunday at 8:00 AM CST diverges significantly from the program standard and may catch students off guard when it occurs, and the non standard times in weeks one and four versus all other weeks create additional confusion.

'''Notes.''' The announcement was labeled All Sections and signed by Dr. Gregg (hgregg@herzing.edu). The Canvas notification confirmed the course was NSG525 Clinical II. The blank Posted on date is visible in the Canvas Announcements list view; standard Canvas announcements show a post date, and this field was empty. The unknown U poster identity is unusual, since Canvas typically displays the faculty member's name and profile picture when they post announcements, and a U with no name may indicate a deleted or deactivated account, a system generated post, or a posting under an unrecognized user account. Cross-reference: {{HU|HU-045}} (faculty non-responsiveness), {{HU|HU-096}} (last minute assignment posting), {{HU|HU-098}} (graduation email communication failures), {{HU|HU-126}} (NSG525 quiz deadline discrepancy), {{HU|HU-112}} (NSG525 week one duplicate quiz answers).

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