Rochester Institute of Technology - 20112 Adjunct Orientation

“Welcome!” Adjunct Faculty Orientation: 

“Welcome!” Adjunct Faculty Orientation ImagineRIT As an RIT adjunct, you’re not just teaching a course, you are joining RIT’s community of teaching & learning excellence.

Goals of tonight’s session: 

Goals of tonight’s session Familiarize you with the RIT Adjunct Faculty Portal Meet your Wallace Center staff Discuss resources available to you at RIT Get to know one another!

Agenda: 

Agenda Overview of RIT What is a wiki anyway? Questions to Ask Your Department Starting as an Adjunct at RIT What is the SIS System/ Course Milestones/Legal Issues BREAK (7:00ish) Wallace Center Support Breakout groups (as time allows) Evaluations & Wrap-up

History of RIT: 

History of RIT RIT is privately endowed, coeducational university with nine colleges and institutes emphasizing career education and experiential learning. 1829  RIT traces its roots back to 1829 , as the Rochester Athenaeum , a reading society. 1891  The Athenaeum merged with the Rochester Mechanics Institute (founded 1885) in 1891 . 1940’s  Renamed the Rochester Institute of Technology in the 1940 s. 1966  RIT chosen for site of National Technical Institute for the Deaf 1968  RIT moves to Henrietta campus

RIT’s 9 colleges: 

RIT’s 9 colleges CAST , College of Applied Science and Technology CIAS , College of Imaging Arts and Sciences COLA , 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 , E . Phillip Saunders College of Business CHST , College of Health Science and Technology - New

RIT Fast Facts: 

RIT Fast Facts RIT Student Body as of Fall 2010 Undergraduate 14,224 Graduate 2,982 Total 17,206 Male 11,440 Female 5,766 NTID 1,450 Kosovo/Croatia 1,021 Dubai 200 RIT Full Time Matriculated Day Undergraduate Yearly Tuition $31,584 Student Activities Fee $228 Health Facilities $225 Rent $6,096 Board 4,317 Total $42,450

More Facts!: 

More Facts! Our campus nickname: " Brick City " Our sports mascot: RITchie the tiger We operate on the quarter system -- four 11-week quarters, year round, and we move to a semester system in AY 2013!

What is the RIT Adjunct Faculty Wiki?: 

What is the RIT Adjunct Faculty Wiki? Wikis are collaborative websites that multiple people can view and edit. used for a variety of collaborative purposes, including knowledge repositories, course or project management, or document sharing and editing. RIT Adjunct Faculty Portal is a wiki that contains the majority references used today https://wiki.rit.edu/display/adjunct/Home

Starting as an Adjunct: 

Starting as an Adjunct What should you ask your Department? What is the SIS System? What are the course m ilestones in a quarter? Where do I find information on…(Quick Links) RIT Support Units Legal Issues to Remember

Department Specific Questions: 

Department Specific Questions Administrative staff contact information Ordering textbooks Syllabus Department Policies Classroom Support Office equipment and supplies Student-faculty rapport https://wiki.rit.edu/display/adjunct/Questions+to+Ask+Your+Department

What is the SIS System? : 

What is the SIS System? Student Information System: Official registrar’s records https://sis.rit.edu/info/welcome.do?init=facultyStaff

Class List in SIS: 

Class List in SIS

Class List with Photo: 

Class List with Photo

Milestones: 

Milestones

Student Support Services: 

Student Support Services

Legal Issues: 

FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 Copyright and Plagiarism Turnitin feature in myCourses ADA Compliance Teaching classes with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students--See handout To request captioning to be added to your media, contact The Wallace Center at 475-2551 https://wiki.rit.edu/display/adjunct/Legal+Issues Legal Issues

Important Links: 

Important Links Tools/People/Resources “Important Links” page in the RIT Adjunct Faculty Portal Wiki

Slide 18: 

Let’s take a BREAK!!!

The Wallace Center Support: 

The Wallace Center Support One number to call: 475-2551 Teaching and Learning Services Reference Librarians myCourses Support Classroom Support

Teaching & Learning Services: 

Teaching & Learning Services Instructional Design Consultants are your go-to professionals

TLS Team: 

TLS Team

http://library.rit.edu Susan Mee : 

http://library.rit.edu Susan Mee What number do you call?

Slide 23: 

Academic Technology

Academic Technology Support: 

Academic Technology Support Supports faculty use of a wide range of academic technologies in online, blended, and campus courses myCourses: Course Management System Adobe Connect: Web conferencing RIT Wiki: Group-editable websites iClicker : Student response system What number do you call?

Classroom Support: 

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: 

Media Services Captioning-Course media must be captioned. Allow at least one week for processing Classroom capture Adobe Presenter Custom multimedia development

Academic Technology and Media Team: 

Academic Technology and Media Team

Breakout groups: 

Breakout groups Q & A session

Slide 29: 

Evaluation & Wrap-up