How to Succeed in Your First Semester at ATU Hit the Ground Running How to Succeed in Your First Semester at ATU

Get your syllabi ready Post to Blackboard Don’t forget to include: contact info, office hours (required to have 1.5 hours per 3 hour in person class with times posted on your door) Disability & Sexual harassment statements (strongly encouraged)

Learn Blackboard Basics Students will expect Blackboard content Gradebook: students will check gradebook, update regularly Even if you have used Bb before, consider getting some training Campus Support Open 24 hours (can always help you with Blackboard)

OneTech Learn to navigate it (not intuitive) This is where you enter attendance accounting, grades, register advisees, and find your class lists and schedule Read the Announcements Use “Term Selection” when you get lost or stuck/it takes you back to the top

Attendance You have to keep attendance (really) Attendance accounting for federal purposes Every “F” grade requires a last attended date

Grades Only ABCDF, no +s or –s Midterm grades due for all students under 60 credits Grades due immediately after finals end

Portfolio Due every year (based on the calendar year, not the academic year) 3 areas: Teaching, Research, Service Keep Everything! (use a box or folder, keep a list) Look at the portfolios of those ahead of you Larger portfolios at 3rd year review and tenure

Students Probably do not know how college works Will need encouragement to do more than the minimum Will need encouragement to seek you out in office hours Will need you to connect them to resources on campus/will not be aware of what is available to them

You’re Here at an Exciting Time Changing Culture at Tech New Strategic Plan Move to Shared Governance Research Support (especially for research that includes undergrads) New Ideas are Everywhere; You Can Make Things Happen

Legal Information FERPA Freedom of Information (FOI) Mandatory Reporters

Questions? Ask questions of people in your department Find colleagues a year or two ahead of you who can advise you

Good Resources to Know About Student Wellness and Counseling (free and confidential—you are not confidential) Disability Services (test anxiety help, mental and physical disabilities, short or long term) Dean of Students (for crisis situations, hospitalizations, etc.) When you don’t know how to help, talk to your department head or call someone—Jerry Cares