The
University at Buffalo is home to many campus centers
and campus services that serve to enhance the curriculum
or advance teaching skills. Additionally, the University
at Buffalo community provides valuable student services
that instructors may need to, or choose to use, in
the course of teaching.
- Course
and Resource Development
- University
Libraries
The UB Libraries offer a variety of teaching
and support services to enhance teaching and
learning. This includes services designed to
improve students' ability to use the library,
find appropriate materials, and incorporate
these findings into their course projects or
papers, and identifying, compiling and administering
relevant resources for instructors.
- Center
for Teaching and Learning Resources
The Center for Teaching
and Learning Resources promotes, sustains, and
recognizes the highest quality of teaching at
the University at Buffalo. It promotes an ongoing
discussion about teaching and learning matters,
striving both to facilitate that conversation
and to contribute to it intellectually. The
Center keeps a spotlight on teaching through
a wide variety of programs, services, and activities
designed to support faculty in enhancing the
overall quality of their instruction at the
University at Buffalo.
- Educational
Technology Center
The ETC serves as a faculty gateway to information
technology service providers across the UB campuses.
Mapping the IT landscape and consulting with
faculty to build IT project teams are each a
major service of the ETC staff.
- DEVO
DEVO provides videoconferencing services and
supports interactive video classes. The facilities
are available to faculty, staff and students
of the University as well as members of the
community.
- iMedia
iMedia is a University resource available to
faculty, staff, and students who need design
assistance or image creation for their instructional
or research projects.
- SUNY
Training Center
SUNY Training
Center (SUNY TC) is a component of Advanced
Learning and Information Services in the office
of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs. The SUNY TC is a special-purpose, system-wide
organization within SUNY that promotes the use
of leading-edge educational technologies throughout
the State University. The Center makes training
and professional development available on a
diverse list of multi-media systems and hundreds
of software programs. More so, it acts as a
catalyst for the development of educational
technologies on individual campuses.
- Student
Services
- Office
of Disability Services
The Office of Disability
Services (ODS) is the University at Buffalo's
center for coordinating services and accommodations
to ensure accessibility and usability of all
programs, services, and activities of UB by
people with disabilities - and is a resource
for information and advocacy toward their full
participation in all aspects of campus life.
- Student
Response Center
The Student Response
Center is the single point of contact for students
who require the services provided by the former
offices of Records and Registration, Student
Accounts, Financial Aid and Academic Advising.
The student response center also houses and
maintains student policies and the campus academic
policies.
- Services
to Instructors
- Scoring
Services
Scoring Services provides faculty and staff
with a quick and efficient way to administer
and grade exams. Students record their answers
on a Scantron scoring sheet with a number 2
pencil only. Scanning is performed by a Scantron
4000 Mark Reader.
- Instructional
Technology Services
ITS provides a comprehensive
set of services to support the use of information
technology in the educational process including:
Video Duplication, Video Camera Taping Requests,
Camcorder Loans, Language Tape Duplications,
Technology Room Equipment Access, Coordinating
Conferences and Special Events, Video Loans
and Media Feeds.
- Technology
Cabinet Combinations
To receive a combination for a technology cabinet,
visit the ITS page, input your UBIT and click
submit. Combinations are instantly emailed to
you.
- Student
Academic Records
Single point of contact for faculty and administrators
who require Records and Registration, Student
Accounts, Financial Aid and Academic Advising
information.
- Web
Grading
UB's online tool designed to provide an easy,
accurate and accessible mechanism for recording
grades.
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