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UT Dallas Faculty Handbook

Resources for Instructional Faculty

Whether you're a faculty member, a teaching assistant, or a teaching associate, facing a classroom of students can be a challenge. Below is a collection of documents and websites designed to help you better prepare for the task that will likely consume the bulk of your time as a member of the instructional staff.

Syllabus Templates

The Committee on Educational Policy and the Faculty Senate approved templates for UT Dallas syllabi. Templates are available on the UT Dallas Syllabus Templates page.

Click here for the UT Dallas Syllabus Templates page

Orion/PeopleSoft

General help for navigating through Orion, the Student Information System powered by PeopleSoft, is available through the Orion Training Web Site. However, the Office of the Registrar has produced a 1.2 MB PDF version of the training material for the Faculty Self-Service module to which all faculty should have access. In the Faculty Self-Service module, faculty have access to their schedule of classes, class rosters, and grade rosters. With Adobe Reader, you can access the Faculty Self-Service Manual for review at your convenience.

PDF Documents for Download

Classroom Diversity
College Teaching
FERPA Manual, from the Office of the Registrar
Grading Efficiency
Improving Classroom Discussion
Questions in the Classroom
The Teaching Portfolio
Time Management
Working with Students One-on-One

UT Dallas Websites of Interest