New Faculty Orientation

All Florida Atlantic University students are required to obtain an OWL Card. It serves as your official photo identification, as well as your FAU debit card, library card, and ticket to certain university events. In addition, for those that choose, residence hall building key and meal plan card. The FAU OWL Card is also recommended for faculty and staff.

To obtain your OWL Card, visit the    OWL Card Center    on Florida Atlantic University's Boca Raton, Jupiter, or Davie campuses. Bring with you a photo ID, either your driver's license, military ID or passport. You must also be registered for classes within the current semester, have a current FAU employment contract, or LLS membership card.

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Various studies show up to 66% of students do not purchase a required textbook for a course, and that students do not register a course if they are unable to afford its required materials.  This impacts student persistence, graduation rates, and completion if they are taking fewer courses. 

To help students persist and make higher education more affordable, Florida Atlantic University and the State of Florida have textbook affordability initiatives.  They encourage faculty and instructors to use free and low-cost learning materials to support student learning.  See the following for information, resources, and ways you can support these initiatives.

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Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources (OER)  are teaching and learning materials that can be freely used or reused at no cost.  The purpose of OER is to enhance learning through the use of curated materials that are readily or openly available to students. 

OER can be free or available at a lower cost than commercial textbooks, assisting in college or textbook affordability initiatives.  Instructors can select a variety of materials such as multimedia to either substitute for or supplement a textbook.  Students can learn from a variety of materials and in different formats.  

OER uses  Creative Commons (CC) licenses of various types that permit sharing and degrees of customization and use.

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8/12/2024
SESSION 4:  Syllabi Textbook Posting Requirements and Open Educational Resources

Florida Atlantic University Libraries Mission:

As leaders at Florida Atlantic University, we connect people to knowledge and global communities of learning across time and space. Reimagining services and spaces, we enable users to explore, collaborate, educate, and create in their journey toward academic excellence and lifelong learning.

The Florida Atlantic University Libraries serves the faculty and students in its campus locations at Boca Raton, Jupiter, and Harbor Branch and also those at Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, and Davie.  The Libraries provides access to scholarly materials in all formats to meet the instructional, scholarly, and research needs and with enhanced in-person and virtual services. The Libraries are committed to student success and offer the space and resources for research and study for the FAU community.

The Libraries have prioritized working collaboratively with the University community on a Top 100/R1 research initiative that includes highly library-engaged campuses and the broader community. FAU Libraries house approximately 3.7 million items and provide access to over 80,000 electronic journals, nearly 500 databases, and a growing collection of e-books and streaming videos. The Libraries house many distinctive collections, including artists’ books, sound recordings, print music, rare books and manuscripts, and University Archives. The Digital Library creates online collections from unique materials housed in Special Collections and University Archives and serves as the University's repository for the intellectual output produced on campus. 

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• Florida Atlantic University Libraries:  https://library.fau.edu
• Faculty Resources & Services Guide:  https://libguides.fau.edu/faculty-boca
• Special Collections:  https://library.fau.edu/special-collections
• Ask a Librarian / LibAnswers:  https://library.fau.edu/research-instruction/ask-a-librarian

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides different types of instructional resources to the Florida Atlantic University community. Those resources include facilities, specialized systems, software applications, technology equipment, as well as training.

OIT maintains more than 240 different types of facilities to accommodate the 29,000+ students taking classes at all of the university's six campuses (Boca Raton, Davie, Jupiter, Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, Harbor Branch).

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• Main OIT web page:  https://www.fau.edu/oit/
• Instructional Resources Overview: https://www.fau.edu/oit/instructional/
• Canvas Information: https://www.fau.edu/canvas/

What We Believe

The Center for Online & Continuing Education aspires to be an internationally recognized leader in the higher education landscape for its success in utilizing technology and instructional design to increase access and student learning while decreasing instructional costs.

What We Do

We are committed to increasing access to education, improving student-learning outcomes, and holding constant or reducing instructional costs by effectively utilizing technology in course delivery redesigns.

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Our comprehensive academic support services include advocacy, academic accommodations, Assistive Technology equipment/software training, Assistive Technology Computer Lab, Learning Strategies training, and an active student organization. SAS has offices across three of Florida Atlantic's campuses: Boca Raton, Davie, and Jupiter; however, accessibility services are available for students attending any of the six Florida Atlantic campuses.

We are here to work with faculty providing academic accommodations. If faculty have questions, we provide the contact information for a students assigned SAS Consultant on the accommodations portal, or they can reach out to the Director, Michelle Shaw mshaw@health.fau.edu. Call us or come to our office and meet with one of our staff members to find out about our accommodation process and our outstanding Assistive Technology that provides independence for our students.

Instructor Guide to SAS

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• Academic Coaching and Career Enhancement for Student Success (ACCESS)
• Center for Teaching and Learning (encompassing the Center for Learning And Student Success )
  • Science Learning Center (SLC)
  • Math Learning Center (MLC)
  • Professional English Language Support (PELS)
  • University Center for Excellence in Writing (UCEW)
  • Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)
• Office of Academic Success Initiatives Assessment for Undergraduate Programs
• Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (OURI)
• Prestigious Fellowships
• Scholars Program
• ROTC and Military Science Programs
• Student Athlete Success Center 
• Testing and Certification Center
• Test Prep
• University Advising Services
• University Honors Program
• Bachelor of Professional Studies