New Faculty Orientation

• The Teaching and Learning Center offers Productive Beginnings: Resources for Your First Year, a monthly series designed to assist new faculty throughout their first year at NAU. This series is by invitation only and is designed for faculty members new to teaching at NAU. Topics vary each month, and all new faculty will be automatically enrolled in the program.
• Productive Beginnings will be held on the following Fridays from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. and offered in person and online.
• Spring 2026 Dates: 1/23, 2/20, 3/20 & 4/17

This optional program aims to pair new faculty members with current NAU faculty members for a year-long relationship. The goals of the program are to promote collegiality and get the new faculty member oriented to the NAU landscape. We expect that this mentor is just one of several on the new faculty member’s mentorship team. Matches are finalized by mid-September. Both mentor and mentee receive the Little Elden dining plan to support their monthly meetups.  Mentoring dyads are typically from different colleges and always from different departments. Read more and apply for a mentor.

• View our calendar of events
• We offer workshops, sessions, faculty learning communities, book discussions, & events.
• New offerings each month.
• Free institutional memberships to NCFDD  and more.
• Applications to be selected for our yearly ACUE cohort in the Course in Effective Teaching

The FAAR Open Labs are intended to help new faculty prepare for their January review and to support the best practice of updating their FAAR at least at the end of each term. As part of the facilitation, we encourage new faculty to seek out guidance from their academic home for local guidelines while supporting the more general aspects of the platform. FAAR Open Labs are held in December and May.

You will find the 20-minute webinar series in your inbox each Monday morning via the NAU all-faculty listserv. This series will provide you with topical information such as classroom management, feedback & grading, student engagement, teaching strategies, course design, and more.

The Teaching and Learning Center supports faculty in course design, pedagogy, and educational technology.

• Canvas Support, A-Z Instructor Resources, and NAU Supported Educational Technologies
• Contact our Instructional Design Team: TLC-HELP@nau.edu
• Or submit a ServiceNow ticket

Do you need immediate assistance with technical Canvas questions?

• Search the Knowledge Base for Canvas-related articles
• Contact the LMS Support Help Desk at 928-523-5554 or 866-802-5256 for Tier 1 support
• ITS Faculty Support hours are 7:30 am to 7:00 pm most days (view daily schedule)

Are you new to Canvas and not sure where to begin?

• Review the Canvas Support and Training options
• Join an online workshop or open lab

• NCFDD: Access your free membership to receive an array of resources, including professional development programs, training, and mentoring support.
• Academic Impressions offers professional and leadership development for faculty, staff, and administrators in Higher Education. Create a free account using your NAU email address.
•  Chronicle of Higher Education offers insight into critical issues and the actionable analysis you may want to read about. Set up your free NAU account using your NAU email address.
• Educause’s mission is to advance the strategic use of technology and data to further the promise of higher education. Sign up for your free NAU membership to access the tools and resources.

• NAU Faculty and Staff Landing Page
• Cline Library resources for faculty
• Disability Resources
• Educational Technologies NAU Supports
• Faculty Senate
• Grading information and resources
• Human Resources: Learn more about benefits, required training, and employee resources
• Instructor Resources: An A-Z list of resources helpful to instructors
• ITS – Information Technology Services: Setting up your phone, computer, and devices
• Registrar’s Important Dates and Deadlines (including Finals Week schedule)
• Office of the Dean of Students and Academic Success Centers
• Office of the Provost and Academic Resources & Policies
• Personnel Action Calendar
• Purchase a campus parking permit: Transit Services
• Review the NAU Policy Regarding Syllabi, including the syllabus template
• Stay informed with the NAU GO app
• University Identification Card (JacksCard)
• View the calendar of events for faculty professional learning

• Parking information is available at nau.edu/parking.
• View the campus map.