Thursday, August 12, 2021

Start of Year Info for Faculty from Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS) - Fall 2021

Dear Faculty Colleagues,
As we continue to prepare for the start of the fall semester, please remember that you can contact Faculty Instructional Technology Support (FITS) with your instructional technology needs.

FITS provides assistance for faculty members who wish to explore and develop uses of instructional technologies in their teaching, assignments and assessments through one-on-one consulting, workshops, and discussion sessions.

Beginning next Wednesday August 18, our office resumes a limited schedule of hours for virtual no-appointment necessary drop-in support (via Zoom, posted on our Calendar of Events).


  • Tuesdays 10am-Noon

  • Wednesdays 2-4pm

Our staff members are also available to meet with you either in-person or virtually by appointment. Please drop a note to fits@depauw.edu to arrange a consultation, or contact any of us individually:

FITS has student ITAP Associates available to help provide in-class, out-of-class or virtual workshops for your students in project-specific technologies like video editing, collaborative documents, 3D modeling, pivot tables and more. Drop us a note with your questions regarding student-led sessions.

Our FITS website offers resources related to teaching/learning (including video archives of last year’s presentations related to mixed-mode instruction), and our Calendar of Events. Other resources we hope you will engage with, include:

  • Keep Teaching At DePauw: A Moodle site to help DePauw faculty members remotely sustain our community of practice, by sharing and discussing our successes, strategies and challenges.

  • Information Services Helpdesk: Offering technical support for DePauw students, faculty, and staff members. Email helpdesk@depauw.edu or phone x4294 for assistance with technical issues such as account access, classroom tech issues, etc.... 

  • DePauw Libraries: Offering electronic reserves, research databases and more. 

 

You can find out more about other campus resources for instructional technologies through the following:

DePauw’s traditional classrooms will be equipped this year, with tripod-mounted USB webcams and USB conference speaker/microphones. FITS has created a brief video introducing these devices, that you may view here

We look forward to helping guide you through a successful semester!

Your FITS Team,

Veronica, Jin & Beth