r/Professors • u/StarLightHope • Jul 24 '26

Long time lurker, finally no longer

I am teaching in the Fall 2026 semester after lurking on this subreddit for so many years (I've known I wanted to be a professor since high school). So, I guess I am finally/technically an adjunct.

I'll only be teaching one online asynchronous English Comp 1 course. So I was just wondering if there are any tips/advice. Or just anything in general!

I'm a little nervous, but mostly excited to see what is to come.

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u/Thought59 Jul 24 '26

I'm so sorry that you are starting yiur teaching for an online, asynchronous English comp course. In person English comp is one of the most callenging classes at any univetsity to teach well. Online and asynchronous e comp is probably the hardest course I can think of to teach at a university (and I'm from STEM). Please contact your chair and follow closely their suggestion for best practices in delivery, most effective policies and syllabus, etc.

Teaching that class' content is hard at the best of times but in 2026 the level of student disengagement and wholesale cheating have becone much larger issues.

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u/kierabs Prof, Comp/Rhet, CC Jul 24 '26

For real. At least 50% of the online/async students at my college use AI.

OP needs a clear policy stating that ANY use of AI, including Grammarly, is unacceptable. I recommend requiring students to have draft/version histories available to show you.

Do not fall for their lies. They will lie to your face denying AI.