Though I'm new at Regis, I have already come across a plethora of places where educator resources are housed and where related announcements are made. Among those places are InSite, RegisLearns, idt.regis.edu, iSupport, 'facilitator documents' found within each WorldClass course, a “Resources for Facilitators” webpage, and more. These resources are controlled by various campus organizations and my guess is that it is difficult for a Regis educator to quickly and consistently find what they may need.
With our existing educator resource structure in mind, I was glad of the opportunity to sit in on the University of Denver, University College's presentation (by Molly Smith and Allison O'Grady) of "Where do I go to find That? Adventures in the creation of a faculty resource portal." During this session, a seemingly straight forward solution was presented: a centralized resource repository.
At DU, University College, using their LMS (Canvas), their Instructional Support Specialists built a 'course' for educators to act as a central resource repository and communications distribution platform. Educators were enrolled in the faculty resource portal 'course' and, through great will and collaboration, multiple organizations on campus came together to populate the portal's content and to send out announcements to all educators as needed.
Early feedback at DU seems positive; educators appreciate the one-stop-shop and are reportedly finding what they need quicker and easier than ever. Of course, the resource itself wasn't enough; a targeted set of advertising campaigns on campus was necessary to get the word out to departments so that educators would even know that this great portal had been made.
In the coming year, I hope to get caught up with existing and related conversations here at Regis so that I can do my part to help Regis educators get the information they need, when they need it.
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