New Faculty

New Instructor Checklist

There is a lot of information about the Department of Information Technology (IT) and the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TLT),  but here is one place where you can quickly find information you need to get started.

And watch the video New Faculty Orientation to learn more about resources to get your semester started and how TLT can assist.

 
ITEM ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
 ☐  Classrooms
Academic room assignments are designated by the Registrar’s office Visit Classroom Technology page:

  • How to enter a classroom
  • Find out what technology is or is not in the room
  • How to use the technology in the classroom
 ☐ Learning Management System

OAKS is the College’s learning management system and is built on the Desire2Learn/brightspace platform.  The online course environment provides tools that help foster collaboration and communication, and facilitate learning outside the classroom.

To access OAKS go to my.cofc.edu>log in with your Cougars username and password> click on the OAKS icon in the upper right.
  1. Review the Checklist for Getting the Semester started 
  2. Review the Getting Started Quick Guide for new users
  3. Step by step video and text tutorials
  4. How Do I questions
  5. For questions about using OAKS contact your Instructional Technologist.
 ☐  Software
Some of CofC campus-wide software licenses are:

  • Google Apps for Education– full range of applications available to both students and faculty that  includes Calendar, Drive, forms for surveys, website and blog creation.
  • Kaltura -YouTube-like online media area available to both students and faculty.  Upload tutorials, online lectures, original work or create screen casts.
  • PollEverywhere – on-line based audience response system, similar to clickers.
  • Voicethread– online media album available to both students and faculty that allows people to comment on slides using voice, text, audio or video.
    VT Campus licenseAdding VT to OAKS
  View a full list of software available to faculty
 ☐ Web Services
 IT offers two blogging platforms, Blogger (part of Google apps)  and WordPress.  Faculty can request a WordPress blog by contacting Helpdesk  For more information visit IT web services.
 ☐ Your Office
 TLT does not provide your office equipment or software, but we do have equipment that you can check out for 10 days and we also have a facility, the Faculty Technology Center (FTC), that has specialized software and tools that you can use.

Checkout  a variety of tools such as laptops, iPads, digital voice recorders and cameras.  Visit our equipment checkout form to see a full list and reserve.

View  more information about the Faculty Technology Center (FTC) 
 ☐ Help?
 Be sure to also visit the IT webpage to learn about other IT departments and services including Help Desk.

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