Faculty

Find instructor resources including the latest curriculum materials, professional development tools, policies, communities of practice and expertise to bring online learning to life with expertise and technology.

Instructional Resources
Smarthinking	LMS Support
Turnitin	Online Pedagogy—Theories and Best Practices
Polices
Student Academic Alert Form	Academic Start Dates
Faculty Guidelines	University Alliance Calendar
Policy Manual
Other Resources
Technical Support	Free and Discounted Software for faculty

Instructional Resources

Smarthinking

SMARTHINKING provides online tutoring in Mathematics (Basic Skills - Calculus II), Writing, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology, Accounting, Economics, Introductory Finance, Spanish and Statistics. Online Math tutors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the school year. Over 80% of SMARTHINKING online tutors have a Masters or PhD in their respective discipline, and they average eight years of teaching experience.

Students can:

"Drop-in" for live tutoring.
Submit questions for a response within 24 hours.
Pre-schedule sessions; and view archives of past sessions.

Turnitin

Recognized worldwide as the standard in Plagiarism Prevention. Turnitin instantly identifies papers containing unoriginal material and acts as a powerful deterrent to stop student plagiarism before it starts.

LMS Support

A Learning Management System (LMS) is a set of software tools designed to manage user learning outcomes. It includes user notification, the provision of on-line learning. Computer based training, on-line assessment, management, adaptive release, content repositories, collaborative learning, application sharing, discussion threads, chat and training resource management

Online Pedagogy - Theories and Best Practices

The resources listed below are designed to provide online instructors with principles and best practices for online teaching.

Polices
Student Academic Alert Form
Faculty Guidelines
Policy Manual
Academic Start Dates
University Alliance Calendar

Other Resources

Technical Support

Questions about the operation and issues with the LMS may be directed to:

Gil Conradis
(321) 674-8203
conradis@fit.edu

Free and Discounted Software for faculty

Directions for obtaining software for home, student, faculty and staff use:

http://www.it.fit.edu/purchase/software/

Online Faculty Newsletter

The faculty newsletter is a periodic publication for faculty and staff.

Florida Institute of Technology