Semester Prep

FACULTY TEACHING SUPPORT

Faculty Consultations are available starting Monday, Aug 19th, 2024 through Friday, Aug 23rd, 2024 from 11AM-12PM.

All faculty are welcome to consult with Distance Education Instructional Designers (IDs) to help you prepare for the upcoming semester. For additional consultation options for faculty, please visit the Teaching Consultations & Support page.

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Educational Technologists are located on each campus and the teams provide faculty – and staff – training and support on Blackboard and other academic technologies, classroom AV, and provide technology that can be checked out to support instruction. The Educational Technology Support team can be reached with a central phone number for support across the District – 512-223-0111.

Check Out Equipment

Do you need a webcam, iPad, or headset? The Office of Academic Technology has these and many other items available for check out – See the complete list. Faculty can visit their campus Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) to check out technology. Visit Check Out Equipment for more details.

Teaching & Learning Centers

Below are the upcoming hours for all other campus Teaching and Learning Centers (TLCs) and contact information:

Fall 2024 support hours will commence on Monday, August 19th:

On Campus Support:

• • Monday through Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Phone/Virtual Support:

• • Monday through Friday: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  • Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

INTERSESSION

All ACC Libraries will be CLOSED August 5 – 18 while staff work behind closed doors on inventory and related projects. Virtual reference will continue as usual.

For the week of August 19 – 23, all libraries will be OPEN 8am – 5pm.

Virtual reference and circulation support will be maintained 24/7 throughout intersession and the fall semester through our 24/7 live chat.

Your ACCeID also gives you access to our electronic resources, guides, and tutorials at any time. Our full list of databases and resources is extensive, so here are a few favorites:

• • A to Z World Food for exploring recipes, foods, and food culture from around the world
  • ComicsPlus for all things graphic novels with titles for all ages (I highly recommend downloading the app on your phone or iPad for a flip-the-pages experience.)
  • Flipster for popular magazines and targeted periodicals such as People, Advocate, Bon Appetit, Consumer Reports, MIT Technology Review, Architectural Digest, and many more (I highly recommend downloading the app on your phone or iPad for a flip-the-pages experience.)
  • Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center for “how-to” instructions for virtually every hobby enthusiast or newbie with full text for more than 1,500 leading hobby books and craft magazines
  • Kanopy for streaming over 18,000 videos, including films from the Criterion Collection, festival circuit documentaries, and TV series
  • Social Explorer provides easy access to visual demographic information about the United States and thousands of interactive data maps going back to 1790.
  • Statista will satisfy your data cravings with statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources in business and government.

If you have any questions at all about library services and resources, please feel free to visit any of our libraries or use our 24/7 live chat to connect with a librarian for support.

FALL

The hours of operation for ACC Libraries for the fall semester are listed on the library website.