rit adjunct faculty orientation spring semester 2014

RIT Adjunct Faculty OrientationSPRING SEMESTER 2014

Agenda• Welcome & Introductions • Preparing to Teach at RIT • Teaching Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Students • Library Resources • ILI/Teaching & Learning Studio • myCourses/SIS Overview• Q & A

“Welcome!”

As an RIT adjunct, you’re not just teaching a course, you are joining RIT’s community of teaching & learning excellence.

Our CollegesCAST College of Applied Science and Technology

CIAS College of Imaging Arts and Sciences

CLA College of Liberal Arts

COS College of Science

GCCIS B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

KGCOE Kate Gleason College of Engineering

NTID National Technical Institute for the Deaf

SCB Saunders College of Business

CHST College of Health Science and Technology

RIT Adjunct Faculty Resource Portal Contains the majority of references used today and more... • https://wiki.rit.edu/display/adjunct/• Quick tour of the wiki • Questions: Anne.Marie.Canale@rit.edu

Your Home Department Some questions are best answered at the department level:• Administrative staff contact information • Ordering textbooks • Syllabus • Department Policies • Classroom Support • Office equipment and supplies • Student-faculty rapport

Key Dates: Spring 2014January 27 Classes begin

First day of 6-day Add/Drop

February 1 Saturday classes beginFebruary 3 Last day of 6-day

Add/Drop period

February 4 First day to drop with a "W"

March 24-28 No classes (spring break)

March 29 No Saturday classesMarch 31 Classes resume

April 25 Last day to drop with a "W"

May 14 Last day of classesMay 15 Reading DayMay 17 Last Saturday classesMay 16, 19-22

Final exams

May 23 Convocation & Commencement ceremony

May 24 CommencementMay 27 Final grades due

Teaching Deaf andHard-of-Hearing Students Teach2Connect: http://www.rit.edu/ntid/teach2connect/

RIT LibrariesSUSAN MEE

REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

http://library.rit.edu

Use Summon to…• Get started on your research project• Search over 95% of the library’s content• Explore research across disciplines

Library Resources• 260+ Research Databases• 35,000+ Journal Subscriptions• 500,000+ Books and eBooks• Research Consultations• Course- and Subject-specific Library Guides• Library Class Sessions• Course Reserves and Book Requests

library.rit.edu/research/meet-your-librarian

Dr. Adwoa BoatengScience/ Health Sci & Tech

Jennifer FreerBusiness

Kari HorowiczImaging Arts & Science

Linette KorenEngineering

Roman KoshykarComputing & Info Sci

Susan MeeGlobal CampusesOnline Learning/CMS

Joan NaturaleNTID

Lara NicosiaLiberal Arts

Adam TraubApplied Science& Technology

Meet YOUR Librarian

Compliance Issues RIT Copyright Policy• Course reserves

Plagiarism• TurnItIn

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Americans with Disabilities Act• Captioning services

* The materials presented on this slide are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. For questions regarding FERPA, ADA Compliance, or RIT’s Copyright Policy, please contact RIT’s Office of Legal Affairs:http://www.rit.edu/fa/legalaffairs

Navigating the RIT Systems:myCourses and SISJOE ZELAZNYACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTTEACHING & LEARNING STUDIOINNOVATIVE LEARNING INSTITUTE

RIT’s Course Management System: mycourses.rit.edu

Where to Get myCourses Help For the user manual and to request individual consultation:

wallacecenter.rit.edu/technology

For quick questions and to report something that’s not working:

www.rit.edu/tls/contact…or come see us in

Wallace A600!

Note the browser check

My Home

Favorite courses can be pinned to the top of the list

The Course Home is the first thing a student sees

Use News Items to broadcast expectations to students

Content keeps all course readings and links in one place

Restrictions hide and show content based on the calendar

Change your role to Student to see what they can see

The Classlist allows you to email the whole class

The View User Progress Dashboard shows how students are using material

…it even lets you pull reports on each student’s progress

Turnitin plagiarism detection is built-in.

Receive assignments in the Dropbox

Turnitin flags problematic content for review.

Use Grades to communicate assessment status to students

Discussion areas provide asynchronous discourse

You can author and deliver Quizzes through myCourses

Where to Get myCourses Help For the user manual and to request individual consultation:wallacecenter.rit.edu/technology

For quick questions and to report something that’s not working:

www.rit.edu/tls/contact…or come see us in

Wallace A600!

RIT’s Student Information System:sis.rit.edu/facultystaff SIS is used to report the official grade of record at the end of each academic term.

Major functions of SIS include:• Ability to email the whole class• See the queue of wait-listed students

Start at sis.rit.edu/facultystaff

Login with your RIT Computer Account.

Self Service > Faculty Center > My Schedule

Select the Class Roster tab

Switch Enrollment Status dropdown to Waiting or All to display students on the wait list.

Where to Get Help with SIS: For the online training materials:• www.rit.edu/sistraining• Email: ritenrollment@rit.edu

For quick questions and to report something that’s not working:

ITS Help Desk: 475-HELP (4357)

helpdesk@rit.edu

The Teaching & Learning StudioMARTY GOLIA

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN RESEARCHER & CONSULTANT

IL I/THE TEACHING & LEARNING STUDIO

The Teaching & Learning Studio

Supports faculty with…• Instructional Design• Academic Technologies• Classroom Technology

How?• Individual consultation• Workshops and events• Web resources: rit.edu/tls• Helpdesk: 475-2551

rit.edu/tls

Academic Technology

Supported Technologies

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Additional Technology Tools

Classroom Support• Operates and maintains the audio and video

equipment in most academic classrooms and auditoriums on campus

• Equipment delivery• Training on all installed classroom equipment• Swipe access for podiums where required

What number do you call?

Media Services• Captioning

• Course media must be captioned

• Allow at least one week for processing

• Classroom recording• Custom multimedia

development

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Services to faculty• Online resources and Individual consultations on

course design and academic technology• Syllabus development• Online learning and flipped classroom ideas• Setting up in myCourses• Support for developing media• Events: workshops, panel discussions, guest

speakers• Teaching Elements and Faculty Stories• Non-semester classes

One number to call: 475-2551• myCourses support• Classroom support• Technology support• Instructional design consultation

Q&A