Center for Teaching Excellence at AU: Faculty Corner

Faculty Corner

The Faculty Corner is a one-stop resource, designed exclusively for faculty to assist with their technology and teaching needs. The Corner facilitates professional interaction between faculty members in a relaxed environment. Services include Blackboard support, statistical packages support, web/graphic/multimedia support, video editing & image/text scanning.

Faculty are encouraged to use our resources personally. You can, however, have your TA check out a laptop with a special permission slip. If your TA requires additional assistance or resources, please check into your individual departments. For special circumstances please call and speak with one of our managers.

Borrow Equipment
Faculty of AU may borrow the following from the Faculty Corner: iPods, Personal Response Pads, a portable LCD projector, and laptops. Reservations may be made over-the-phone or in-person.

Software
Software supported in the Faculty Corner include MS Office Suite (with Access and Publisher), SAS, SPSS, EViews, Stata, StatTransfer, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Adobe Acrobat 7.0, Photoshop CS, InDesign CS, Illustrator, Apple Final Cut Pro Suite and Corel Word Perfect.

Hardware
Hardware includes four Dell PCs with Intel Pentium IV Processors, a G5 Mac that provides faculty members for digital video editing and video authoring, and an auto-feeding text recognizing scanner that can create .PDFs and MS Word documents.

Faculty Newsletter
Read the latest edition of Areté, a semesterly newsletter that provides articles on technology, learning, and teaching.

Green Teaching
Learn how to make your course more sustainable and qualify for a Green Teaching Certificate and Green Teaching Mug (while supplies last).

Faculty Corner round table

All of the comforts of your office, plus free coffee and friendly staff to assist you.

Location
Hurst Hall, Room 204B

Hours
Mon - Thu: 9:30am - 8:00pm
Fri: 9:30am - 5:00pm

Contact
Phone: (202) 885-2734
Email: facultycorner@american.edu

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