What's new?

Software tutorials Classroom facilities Arnold Bernhard Library Other support services

For new faculty

Getting started Getting a computer Getting an id & password Working from
on campus Working from
off campus Advising students Library services

For part-time faculty

Email and voicemail Space for working & meeting with students Support for evening classes Copiers & printers for faculty Working from off campus Online teaching seminars Support from the Office of Academic Affairs

Basic course administration

Getting info on my courses, rosters & rooms Posting my syllabus & faculty information Posting course content Communicating with my students Assigning & collecting homework Creating, giving & grading tests Posting individual & final grades

Course design

Course design: an overview Course design: a tutorial for teaching faculty Finding content Building content Buying content

Communicating with students

Office hours Announcements Email Student journals Discussion boards Group web site

Assessing student performance

Basic assessment concepts Simple tests Question pools Written assignments Improving students' academic skills

Assessing the course

Feedback during a course Course evaluations Programmatic and University wide assessments

Faculty development

Some basic teaching principles The Faculty Collaborative for Excellence in Learning & Teaching Seminars on teaching Summer grants for teaching Writing across the curriculum Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Academic Affairs support for faculty development Center for excellence in teaching & service to students Teaching centers at other Universities

Getting help

Problems in the classroom Blackboard problem Laptop problems Academic integrity incident Helping students in academic difficulty Support for part time or evening faculty Helpful contacts

Frequently asked questions

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What's new?

Did you miss Dr. L. Dee Fink's presentation on "Creating Significant Learning Experiences"? Download his “A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning” and come to seminars sponsored by the Faculty Collaborative on collaborative course design.

Using iTunes to Find and Save Podcasts to Load into Blackboard Courses

Three new tutorials for podcast deployment in courses.

Faculty Guide to Arnold Bernhard Library Resources

Click here for access to the libary homepage and the pdf file for the Resources guide.

Tutorial on course design

This tutorial is in Blackboard, and can be accessed by all faculty from the "Course design" pull down menu to the left on every page, or from the page that describes the tutorial.

Faculty Collaborative Seminars now available on video. All Technology Users Group (TUG) and Excellence in Education Seminar Series (EESS) presentations are videotaped and posted to this website. You can navigate to the seminar page by using the Faculty Collaborative Interactive Calendar, or by using the drop-down menus: Faculty development/Seminars on Teaching and selecting from the seminar list.

For example, check out the video for the TUG seminar on Using Facebook, given Sept. 27, 2007.