Faculty & Staff Resources

Instructional Design & Development

The Instructional Design & Development team supports faculty and departments with the design and development of online courses and programs, in addition to assisting with policies and procedures. Learn more here.

Call for Courses

A Call for Courses provides academic departments the opportunity to formally submit courses
to be taught in an upcoming term. Access instructions here.

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Common Actions

For online courses or Blackboard supplements:

• Request a Blackboard course supplement
• Receive technical support for Blackboard or Elluminate
• Access the Blackboard learning guide for instructors
• Propose a new online course
• Access online teaching resources
• View upcoming events and workshops

For calls for courses and course scheduling:

• Access instructions and forms for Summer 2010 Call for Courses
• Login to Maven
• View payroll information: Department and XLS Responsibilities
• View payroll information: Salary Formulas

For student advising:

• Quick Facts: UMOnline
• Quick Facts: Wintersession
• Quick Facts: Summer Semester

Other:

• Subscribe to XLS' bi-monthly e-newsletter
• Join the conversation at the XLS Commons blog
• Invite an XLS staff member to my classroom to share information about XLS learning opportunities