Teaching resources for Quinnipiac faculty

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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Grades

Gradebook

During the semester Blackboard can be used to record individual grades collected from online tests or entered from paper based tests or written assignments. The gradebook maintains a weighted grade based on work to date for each student.

Submitting final grades

When the course is completed you can manually transfer the final grades from Blackboard to Webadvisor.