Transcript RIT Adjunct Faculty Orientation SPRING 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
Faculty
Orientation
SPRING SEMESTER 2014
Agenda
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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 Colleges
CAST
CIAS
CLA
COS
GCCIS
College of Applied Science and Technology
College of Imaging Arts and Sciences
College of Liberal Arts
College of Science
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: [email protected]
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 2014
January 27
Classes begin
First day of 6-day
Add/Drop
February 1 Saturday classes begin
February 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 classes
March 31
Classes resume
April 25
Last day to drop with a
"W"
May 14
May 15
May 17
May 16,
19-22
Last day of classes
Reading Day
Last Saturday classes
Final exams
May 23
Convocation &
Commencement
ceremony
May 24
May 27
Commencement
Final grades due
Teaching Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing Students
Teach2Connect:
http://www.rit.edu/ntid/teach2connect/
RIT Libraries
SUSAN 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
Meet YOUR Librarian
Dr. Adwoa
Boateng
Science/
Health Sci
& Tech
Jennifer
Freer
Business
Roman
Koshykar
Computing
& Info Sci
Susan Mee
Global
Campuses
Online
Learning/CMS
Adam Traub
Applied
Science&
Technology
Kari
Horowicz
Imaging
Arts &
Science
Joan
Naturale
NTID
Linette
Koren
Engineering
Lara
Nicosia
Liberal
Arts
library.rit.edu/research/
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 SIS
JOE ZELAZNY
ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT
TEACHING & LEARNING STUDIO
INNOVATIVE 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
Receive assignments in the
Dropbox
Turnitin plagiarism detection is built-in.
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: [email protected]
For quick questions and to report something that’s
not working:
ITS Help Desk: 475-HELP (4357)
[email protected]
The Teaching &
Learning Studio
M A RT Y GO L I A
I NST R UC TI ONAL DESI GN RESEARCHER & CO NSULTANT
I L I / T HE T EACHI NG & L EA R N I NG ST U D I O
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
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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
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
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One number to call: 475-2551
• myCourses support
• Classroom support
• Technology support
• Instructional design consultation
Q&A