If you
need to have projectors, slide projectors, overheads, Visual
Presenters, VHS Tapes/DVDs delivered to your classroom you need
to contact Instructional Media and Support Services.
If you are experiencing
problems logging into Atlas or are unable to see courses
assigned to you either under the My Courses Tab or the Mid-Term
or Final Grade functions, please contact the OIT Help Desk
If you
are interested in learning how to use Atlas for communicating
with your students, doing course administration, or mid-term and
final grades, please contact your faculty resource center to
gain assistance
There is
an Atlas Student Help Desk which can resolve questions about
login, enrollment, holds, etc. The desk is staffed by a
full-time person and student workers.
Contact
phone number
407-582-5444
Departmental Websites
For
Valencia departmental websites, there is a template which
conforms to the "Valencia Look" and you can obtain a
departmental site by contacting one of the individuals to the
right.
For electronic classrooms please contact Instructional Media and Support Services
if you are having a problem with the equipment in the room.
Our Instructional Support Services Technician will be able to
resolve any issues with this equipment and/or arrange to show
you how to utilize the equipment.
TLS has a wonderful
website with lots of resources for faculty including assessment
tools, active learning exercises, classroom activities and much
more. Please see their Web site for more information:
All faculty have access to creating a "Front Door" site in
Atlas. Simply Login to Atlas, Click on College Services,
and locate the link for login to Faculty Front Door. Fore
more details, see instructions on
this site.
Flashlight Online
is a Web-based system that enables you to create surveys from
the question bank or with questions you write yourself. You can
then (if you choose) administer the survey online, receive a
simple analysis of data, and download raw data for use in your
own statistical package. Contact Melissa Pedone to be
registered in the system as a Valencia Faculty member in the
system and receive a user name and password.
(To create an account and show you how
to use the system)
West Campus faculty have access to this software tool for electronic grade
book courtesy of our Provost, Paula Gastenveld.
Please contact: Maureen
Ramsey at the Learning Technology Center at West for more information.
Valencia Community College
has a site license for Microsoft Products to
include Office (Access, Excel, FrontPage, PowerPoint, Publisher,
Word) and Windows Operating Systems. All computers at Valencia
should have this software installed and available for use by
you. Some copies are available for home use and you should
contact the OIT help desk if you require a copy for your home
computer.
OIT Help Desk
(To install on office
computer or fix)
If you have problems with
hardware and/or software on the computer in your office, you
should contact the OIT Help Desk and a technician will visit
your office to resolve the problem.
There is now a media Web
server available for all faculty to use in order to post digital
audio and video files to supplement your courses. The IIT
department has the ability to digitize pre-recorded video and/or
record live video for use through the Valencia Web site. Please
contact : Nemir Matos
Cintron ext.
1956 if you are interested in using this exciting medium.
Valencia
has obtained a college-wide license for the
Turnitin.com anti-plagiarism service. This service will allow
instructors (or students) to upload papers via a Web interface,
and the papers will then be checked for potential plagiarism,
poor or questionable citation, and so on. Response time is
generally less than a few hours; often as little as a few
minutes. The service checks against an extensive database of
existing papers, all published academic and professional
journals, and the Internet. You may also learn more about it at http://www.turnitin.com.
Should you desire to have an account, please
respond to Angelique Smith via
GroupWise e-mail. He will be able to set them up within 24
hours.
Notify your department that
you want a WebCT course or enhanced course first.
Faculty needing assistance between 8AM and 5PM can contact the
Instructional Designer assigned to their campus. If you have a technical question or
if it is after hours, please call 1-877-725-4357.
If you
students are having problems with their WebCT course have them
contact the following number:
1-877-725-4357. This is a 24-hour hotline for Valencia
Students.
Faculty 
