NAU-supported faculty tools

This is provided to all instructors as a way to email all students enrolled in your course. You might use this tool to contact students before a class begins to inform them of textbook requirements, email/attach the course syllabus, or inform them of late-breaking schedule changes, etc. If you create a welcome message and select “save and send,” the welcome message will be sent to all current students as well as any who subsequently add the class at a later date.

This allows instructors to enter term and class numbers and retrieve the class roster, including students’ email addresses, majors, and academic levels. The roster can be retrieved on a web page, via email, or as an RTF file.

Access NAU’s faculty and staff email service.

This includes NAU Gmail (student email) and other Google apps, including Drive, Docs, Sites, and Groups. Faculty and staff may request a Google Apps account here.

Zoom is a web conferencing tool that provides screen sharing, video conferencing, and related online conferencing functionality. This tool is fully functional on all platforms and available to all members of the NAU community free of charge. Large enrollment Zoom rooms can be requested at additional cost from the Solution Center.

In this self-paced tutorial, students will check their understanding of what it means to plagiarize or cheat, often discovering they knew less about this subject than they thought. All students are auto-enrolled in the student-facing shell on an ongoing basis.

This is an online AI-enabled proctoring service that prompts an observer to drop in upon questionable activities by the student. This service requires students to use Chrome and have Honorlock’s extension already downloaded.

NAU has licensed Turnitin Originality to check student submissions for originality and plagiarism.

Disability Resources administers academic tests, quizzes, and exams that require the accommodation of extended time, a distraction-reduced environment, adaptive equipment, readers, scribes, and/or an alternative test format, and other assistance.

Available from Cline Library, this technology gives blind or visually impaired students better access to library materials. The new technology includes Top-Braille, SmartView Versa+, and Tiger Embosser.

The center assists in making print material and video content accessible for all users. Some examples of this include making sure a PDF document is properly tagged and formatted so that it is readable by an individual who is blind or visually impaired, using a screen reader, and adding closed captions to video content to make it accessible for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

The library provides research help, special collections, document delivery services, loan services (including laptops and equipment), course reserves, and more.

Online course evaluations for most courses.

Facilitates the evaluation process and allows faculty to report accomplishments for departments, colleges, and the university.

This guide is a student reference point for academic support, involvement opportunities, health and wellness, and financial assistance. Whether they attend classes online, on the Flagstaff campus, or on one of NAU’s statewide campuses, we encourage students to explore the opportunities available to make the most of their college experience.

This office collaborates with faculty to advance intentional curriculum, strategic learning design, and meaningful assessment. The office provides tailored consultations, assistance, and support for the enrichment of student learning and academic excellence at Northern Arizona University.

QM promotes a continuous improvement model supported by a database of professionally trained, community-based QM peer reviewers eligible for assignment to peer review teams. Courses that successfully meet the QM rubric standards in an official course review are eligible to carry the QM certification mark.

This center organizes and conducts offerings aimed at engaging faculty in focused conversations about designing teaching and learning experiences to contribute to a “teaching commons” at Northern Arizona University.

ITS classroom support assists faculty with in-classroom technologies, including projectors and classroom computers.

The help desk provides dedicated faculty support for Canvas, Kaltura, Collaborate, and other learning tools.

This center is the central point of contact for NAU faculty, staff, and affiliates requiring technical assistance and support with NAU software, hardware, networking, and telephones.

The center provides technical help for students with passwords, Canvas, Gmail accounts, and more.

Request services, report problems, and track your own service incidents with ITS, Telecomm, and Instructional Design and Support.

Find articles, FAQs, and walkthroughs on a variety of NAU technologies, from Canvas to Zoom.

Access technology tutorials on a wide range of topics, from programming to photography.