Resources for “Preparing for Your Course and for Your First Day”
Back-to-School-Week Event at the University Center for Excellence in Teaching (UCET), August 2009
University Center for Excellence in Teaching (UCET) Websites
http://www.iusb.edu/~ucet
Official UCET website
http://www.iusb.edu/~ucet/AcademicIntegrity.shtml
Academic Integrity topics and Judicial Affairs video
http://www.iusb.edu/~ucet/syllabusAddition.shtml
UCET website for information that may be copied and pasted to your syllabus, including Religious and Disability Accommodations as well as Academic Integrity.
http://www.iusb.edu/~ucet/library.shtml
Information on the UCET library books available to faculty for loan; alphabetical and categorical listing and periodic featured book
Indiana University South Bend Websites
http://dsa.indiana.edu/Code/
Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct
http://www.iusb.edu/~sbepe/emerg-status.shtml
IU South Bend Campus Emergency Information
http://www.iusb.edu/~sbwrite/
The Writing Center at IU South Bend
http://www.turnitin.com
Plagiarism detection service subscribed to by IU South Bend. To request for an account, email ucet@iusb.edu
http://www.iusb.edu/~sbit/pdf/techdesk.pdf
Instructions for using the technology in our classrooms
Call ext. 5555 if you need assistance in the classroom.
http://www.distance.iusb.edu
Official website for the distance learning initiative on the IU South Bend campus
http://www.qualitymatters.org
Standards and rubrics for hybrid and fully online courses which IU South Bend has subscribed to through Extended Learning Services; this information may also be used for developing and teaching on-campus classes
IU Campus-wide Websites
https://oncourse.iu.edu/portal
Oncourse CL (course management system for collaboration and learning) website
http://www.ittraining.iu.edu/lynda
IU students, faculty and staff get free access to Lynda.com’s e-learning library for various software programs such as Adobe and Microsoft Office Suite for PC and Mac users. These tutorials are available to the IU community from August 20 to December 20, 2009.
Other Websites
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/dayone.htm
On “The Most Important Day: Starting Well” by Delivee L. Wright, Teaching and Learning Center of the University of Nebraska
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=349101
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) Video Resources for your first day of class
