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New Faculty Orientation THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | JANUARY 2019
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New Faculty OrientationTHOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | JANUARY 2019
• Welcome/Territorial Acknowledgement• Intercultural Context• TRU Mission, Governance, Priorities &
Policies• Student Services information• Educational Technology• TRU Systems• Health & Safety• HR information• TRUFA information• Library/Copyright information• Research & Graduate Studies• CELT Services
AGENDA
At the end of the New Faculty Orientation
you will be able to:
- recall some basic information about TRU
and working at TRU
- identify who to contact to follow up on the
basic information that you don’t recall
- get to know other new faculty
- feel really good about coming to TRU
Learning intentions
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your TRU
Intercultural context
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your TRU
TRU Mission, Governance, Priorities & Policies
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THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY | JANUARY 2015
Senate*
Faculty Councils
Program Committees
Chairs
Committees of Senate
Educational
and Academic
Matters
Operational
MattersBRD
policies
ADM
policies
ED
policies
*Open Learning Planning Council for OL
TRU Governance Chart - simplified
Board of Governors
President
VP Advancement
VP Academic (Provost)
Deans
Faculty
VP Admin & Finance
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Senate*
Faculty Councils
Program Committees
Chairs
Committees of Senate
Educational
and Academic
Matters
Operational
Matters
*Open Learning Planning Council for OL-
membership is different from Senate
TRU Organization Chart - simplified
AVP MarCom
Secretariat (General Counsel)
Exec Director
Aboriginal Education
Operational Departments
AVP
TRU World
AVP
Grad Studies
AVP
Enrolment (Registrar)
AVP
AcademicAVP
Open Learning
Relationship
membership
supervisory
advisory
Board of Governors
President
VP Advancement
VP Academic (Provost)
Deans
Faculty
VP Admin & Finance
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TRU Policieshttps://www.tru.ca/policy/
• BRD 14-0 Cancellation of
Classes
• ED 3-9 Examinations
• ED 3-11 Submission of Final
Grades
• ED 8-3 Course Outlines
• ED 3-5 Grading Systems
• ED 3-1 Student Attendance
• ADM 14-1 Faculty Office
Hours
.
• ADM 5-3 Alcohol, Cannabis
& Tobacco
• ADM 28-0 Animals/Pets on
Campus
• ADM 19-0 Expenses: Travel
• ED4-0 Student Academic
Appeals
• ED 5-0 Student Academic
Integrity
• All policies regarding
security, health & safety (eg,
ADM 2-1, ADM 25-0, ADM
2-2, ADM 23-0, BRD 16-0,
BRD 2-0
• The rest of them, but
remember that they’re
there and they apply
whether you know them or
not
Need to Know
NowNeed to Know
Sometime
Likely Won’t
Need to Know
Anytime Soon
TRU Policy ED 8-3 Course Outlines
Academic Freedom
(Instructor)
Collegial Governance
(Dept →Faculty →Senate)
Format of the course
outline
Course title,
number, & acronym
Course credit &
vectoring
Pre- and co-requisites
Calendar Description
Educational
Objectives
You can’t
unilaterally change
these without going
through the whole
governance
process.
These are approved by your Chair.
You create them but can’t change
them after the Outline is
approved/distributed.
These are
completely up to
you and are your
intellectual
property.
Course topics
Required text(s)
Evaluation
means and %’s
Formal exam dates
Special activities
Instructional activities
Resource materials
(readings, slides,
Lecture notes)
Assessment tools
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your Campus Life - services
Student Services
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your Campus Life - services
Educational Technology
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your Campus Life
TRU systems
Software Systems
you NEED to know Software Systems you
don’t need to know
Banner
Argos
FAST
HR Smart
Curricunet
DCU Online Scheduling
Archibus
Moodle
OneDrive
Romeo
ASAR
Bio Generator
FAST
HR Smart
oneTRU
Outlook
SharePoint
O Drive
Telbook
TRU Employee (myTRU)
Software Systems
you may choose to
know
Software you
NEED to know
System What it is Why you need to know it
oneTRU Intranet (TRU’s in-house website)
It’s the go-to place to look for the rest of the systems
Outlook Email and calendar Email is used constantly at TRU
Telbook An on-line “phone book” for TRU
To find people
SharePoint TRU’s in-house document storage (accessible from anywhere)
Some departments store meeting agendas, minutes, and other documents
O: Drive TRU’s in-house document storage (only accessible on-site at TRU)
Some departments use this more than SharePoint
TRU Employee Access to Banner Access to class lists, FINAL MARKS, and all of your employeeinformation
Software Systems you
may choose to know
System What it is Why you may choose to
know it
Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) an
on-line teaching system/resource
Many (most?) faculty use this for their
courses (assignments, resources,
marking, etc.)
OneDrive “Cloud” storage of your documents
hosted WITHIN TRU (it’s privacy
compatible)
It’s a safe and accessible way to store
all of your work documents
Romeo Ethics approval system for research If you’re doing any research that
requires ethics approval
ASAR A form to get approval to have log-on
access for all of these software systems
If you need to get access to
software/systems
FAST All things finances You can see your ProD account
HR Smart Job postings and applications If you’re applying for TRU positions
Bio Generator A way to build a professional bio/profile
on TRU website
If you want to have a professional web
profile
Software you don’t
need to know
System What it is Why you don’t need to know it
Banner all things to do with class scheduling,
grades, student records, etc.
Some information is
confidential and you won’t
likely need to use any of
these.
Who may have access:
Chair
Program Advisor
Program Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Associate Dean/Dean
Argos creates reports from Banner
FAST all things finances
HR Smart job postings, applications
Curricunet course/program approvals
DCU Online
Scheduling
building class schedules
Archibus facilities work orders
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your Campus Life
CELT supports
LUNCH
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your Work Life
Occupational Health
& Safety
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your Work Life
Human Resources
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your Work Life
TRU Faculty Association
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your Work Life
Library/Copyright
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your Work Life
Research & Graduate
Studies
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your Academic Life
Learning & Teaching
Committees of Senate
Associations
Administrative Titles/Roles
Faculties/Schools
Software
TRUDepartments
EPC – Educational Programs Committee
APPC – Academic Planning & Priorities
Committee
BCOS – Budget Committee of Senate
Labour Unions
TRUFA – TRU Faculty Association
TRUOLFA – TRU Open Learning Faculty
Association
CUPE – Canadian Union of Public
Employees
Other Associations
TRUSU – TRU Students’ Union
Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts, & Tourism
Faculty of Arts
SOBE – School of Business & Economics
EDSW – Faculty of Education and Social Work
Faculty of Law
School of Nursing
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Student Development (“Student
Services”)
School of Trades & Technology
TRU administrative software
Banner – everything related to
students/courses/schedule/marks
Onetru – internal website that includes…
Sharepoint – a safe place to store all your
TRU documents
myTRU/TRU Employee – Banner page for
all of your individual information AND for
entering final marks
Educational Software
Moodle – a learning management system.
You can have a Moodle site for each of your
courses
Mentimeter, KAHOOT, Socrative, H5P, Big
Blue Button, Wordpress, Top Hat, Google G
Suite – software relate to/used in
instruction. These may have privacy issues
which require a consent form.
VERBA connect – history of assigned
textbooks (see Book Buyer for info).
MARCOM – Marketing and Communications
IPE – Institutional Planning and Effectiveness
(administers course evaluations)
CELT – Centre for Excellence in Learning &
Teaching
AVP – Associate Vice President
Provost – the Vice President Academic
that oversees all academic matters
Registrar – the AVP that oversees all
matters regarding student registration,
schedule, and records
OLFM – Open Learning Faculty Member
Chair – elected by each
department/school
APAR – Annual Professional Activity Report
(see the Collective Agreement)
PRC – Performance Review Committee (see
the Collective Agreement)
Other terms
TRU
NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION 2019
GLOSSARY
SUMMARY
Lifelines:
- Your Chair/Dean
- A department mentor
- HR
- CELT
John [email protected] 5664
Carolyn [email protected] 5171
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